Panel 1: Armenia`s Security Strategy in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities, Lessons Learned

The Republic of Armenia is currently undergoing a significant transformation in its security and defense landscape, marked by the adoption of the Comprehensive Defense and Security Concept and the ongoing development of a corresponding strategy and action plan. Simultaneously, the Government is elaborating a new National Security Strategy, diversifying the sources of military procurement and establishing new strategic partnerships. These processes reflect Armenia’s aspiration to build a more resilient, transparent, and inclusive security architecture grounded in democratic values and aligned with European standards.

For a small state situated in a geopolitically volatile region, Armenia’s pursuit of strategic autonomy and comprehensive resilience presents both unique challenges and critical opportunities. The shifting global and regional order characterized by rising great-power competition, regional instability, hybrid threats, and contested alliances compels Armenia to constantly adapt, diversify partnerships, and strengthen internal cohesion.

This panel will offer a high-level strategic reflection on Armenia’s evolving security priorities. It will examine how the state is recalibrating its defense and security posture in response to current and emerging threats. 

Panelists will explore:

• The key drivers and priorities shaping Armenia’s Comprehensive Defense and Security Concept and National Security Strategy
• Ways to build a shared national narrative of resilience that unites government, society and institutions around defense and security objectives 

• The optimal balance between deterrence, resilience, and adaptation within Armenia’s long-term security vision

• How societal resilience (education, civic trust, social cohesion) can be transformed into a strategic asset for national defense 

  Moderator | Ms. Armine G. Margaryan | President and Founder | Women & Global Security             Architecture (WGSA) | Armenia
  Panelist | Mr. Armen Grigoryan | Secretary of the Security Council | ArmeniaPanelist | Ms. Kristinne Grigoryan | Chief of Foreign Intelligence Service | Armeni