Nerses Kopalyan

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Associate Professor-in-Residence of Political Science

Expertise: International Relations, Superpowers and Polarity Studies, International Security and Terrorism, Caucasus and Eurasia

Biography

Nerses Kopalyan is an associate professor-in-residence of political science at the UNLV. His fields of specialization include international relations, polarity and superpowers, political theory, and philosophy of science. He has conducted extensive research on analytic philosophy, feminist theory, and paradigm building. He is the co-author of Sex, Power, And Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). He is also the author of World Political Systems After Polarity (Routledge, 2017). His current research concentrates on political violence and terrorism, and its impact on geopolitical and great power relations.

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EVN Report Takes on the Washington Accords at MIT

The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

EVN Report, an English-language website in Yerevan, has presented several panel presentations in the US, both at major universities and in Armenian community institutions, as part of a one-week outreach effort.

A Week In Armenia: Hope Emerges After Trump’s Major Steps Toward Peace

Daily Wire

There’s a newfound hope on the streets in the capital of the oldest Christian nation in the world, but it’s a cautious hope. Armenians have been burned in the past by adversaries who ignore ethical norms and so-called protectors who have failed to come to their aid.

Trump Peace Deal Faces Reality Check at Global Flashpoint

Newsweek

Most days are quiet in Armenia’s sleepy southern province of Syunik. The same cannot be said for the centuries. Caught up in battles involving Turks, Russians, Persians, Mongols and Azerbaijanis, it lies on one of the most contested parts of the geopolitical faultline in the Caucasus. For some, this marks where Europe ends and the East begins. The question now is whether a new deal secured by U.S. President Donald Trump can bring lasting peace after the most recent decades of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

How Trump’s ‘Unique Solution’ For Armenia And Azerbaijan Likely Prevented A Full-Scale War

The Daily Wire

When President Donald Trump sat between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan last week, few people realized the significance of the meeting and the months of negotiations that took place beforehand to get two hostile nations to come together at the White House.