On November 25, a special speech was delivered at the Scientific Library of the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport to enhance staff awareness and preparedness regarding environmental and ecological security issues, as well as to promote a comprehensive and strategic understanding of these challenges.

Arlen Shahverdyan, Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, and lecturer in political sciences at the International Scientific and Educational Center of the RA National Academy of Sciences, as well as a scientist-analyst at the Center for Military Strategic Studies within the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the National Defense Research University of the RA Ministry of Defense, was invited to make a report on the topic “Strategic and political science assessments of the ecological security issue”.

The speaker presented contemporary conceptualizations and assessments of ecological security, emphasizing its influence on international political processes and interstate relations.

He referenced the scientific field of “ecological political science”, also known as “political ecology”, a discipline he has extensively studied and contributed to within the context of domestic political science by focusing on its realities and developments. The speaker, utilizing a range of up-to-date examples, provided the audience with a thorough exposition on the concept of ecological security. During the meeting, some books on environmental and nature education were personally donated by the author Arlen Shahverdyan to the HEI Library.