Independent Center for Defence Studies ISDC

Watch Ruslan Pukhov's interview: unlike numerous "well-wishers", he does not say what you want to hear, but how it really is.

Updated 29/02/24read more

We present a fragment of the Q&A at the conference organized by the Analytical Center for Strategic Studies and Initiatives (ACSSI) in Yerevan.

Updated 25/02/24read more

On January 26 in the hall, kindly provided by the Mirzoyan Library, the staff of the Independent Center of Defence Studies presented the results of research, training and practical work carried out in 2023 and answered a number of questions.

Updated 27/01/24read more

On January 26, at 19:30, at the Mirzoyan Library, the staff of the Independent Center for Defence Studies will present the results of the work done in 2023 and answer questions.

Updated 11/01/24read more

On October 16, a presentation of the Russian translation of the "Steppe Frontier of Europe. 1500-1800" – milestone work of American historian William McNeill.

Updated 17/10/23read more

The article of the Head of the Independent Center for Defence Studies T. Hovhannisyan "155 mm as the main caliber of heavy artillery" can be read on pages 42-45 of the "Arms Export" magazine special issue (CAST) .

Updated 02/08/23read more

On July 10, the Mirzoyan Library hosted a discussion organized by the Independent Center for Defence Studies on the impact of tactical and operational novelties demonstrated during the Second Karabakh War (and presented in the collection of articles "Storm in the Caucasus" published in 2021) on the nature of the current warfare.

Updated 13/07/23read more

On July 10, at 20:00, the at Mirzoyan Library (Mher Mkrtchyan, 10) we will discuss the topics raised in the "Storm in the Caucasus" – a collaborative study about the Second Karabakh War, published by the Moscow Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST).

Updated 02/07/23read more

The Independent Center for Defence Studies in the first half of July will hold a discussion on the "Storm in the Caucasus" book published by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST)

Updated 03/06/23read more

Comments of the ICDS head T. Hovhannisyan on the topic of information leaks, which have become commonplace in the modern political field. ("International Review" Russian RTR).

Updated 21/04/23read more

In January the Moscow Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies published the compendium "Война среди стен" ("War Among Walls", eds. Anton Lavrov and Ruslan Pukhov). Please, find the review written by the ICDS Director Tigran Hovhannisyan for CAST’s “Arms Export” quarterly.

Updated 06/03/23read more
FUTURE SYSTEM OF TERRITORIAL DEFENSE/RESERVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

This is a matter of primary importance in current conditions and even more in the future...

Updated 25/02/23read more

On November 29, the head of the Independent Center for Defense Studies T. Hovhannisyan took part in the regular annual conference organized by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST, Moscow) "Ogarkov Readings", named in honor of the outstanding innovator of strategic art, Marshal of the USSR N. Ogarkov...

Updated 03/12/22read more

Due to recent events, the staff of our center provides expert and instructional support to the volunteer detachments deployed at the line of contact.

Updated 04/10/22read more
Introduction

The Independent Defense Research Center is founded for the citizens of the Republic of Armenia who have a call to realize and implement their individual and collective duty to their Homeland and state. 

Updated 09/05/22read more