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2-nd Conference on Europe-Caucasus-Asia Connectivity
Armenia and the Global Gateway:
Opportunities within Global South Connectivity
Venue: Armenian State University of Economics, Yerevan / Armenia
Date: 23 May 2025
Friday (23 May 2025)
Book presentation of the 1st International Conference
Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralph Wrobel – Book presentation on the “Armenia and the Belt and Road Initiative: Perspectives from Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia”
Keynote Session 1: Geopolitical Challenges and the New Global Architecture
(ASUE, Yerevan)
Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralph Wrobel (WHZ, Germany) - Global Gateway and Africa: Old Wine in New Bottles? A Critical Analysis of EU Development Discourse
Ali Omidi (University of Isfahan, Iran) - Iran's Geopolitical Concerns in Implementing Article 9 of the Peace Agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia (10 November 2020)
Kashif Hasan Khan (Ala-Too International University, Kyrgyz Republic) - Central Asia between the BRI and Global Gateway: Strategic Choices and Economic Opportunities for the Kyrgyz Republic
Dr. Jiang Hongzhen, Dr. Lamine Baldé (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) - Cross-Border Data Flows and Privacy in the Digital Silk Road: Regulatory Challenges and Normative Tensions Between Europe and Asia
Session 2: Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia: New Connectivity Dialogue
(ASUE, Yerevan)
Prof. Dr. Jagannath Panda (Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, Sweden) India in a Multipolar World and the China Challenge
Prof. Dr. David Gondauri (Business and Technology University, Georgia) - Modeling the Strategic Impact of the Middle Corridor on Georgia’s Economy: A Multi-Layered Analysis Using Navier–Stokes, Ricci Flow, and EVA-CAPM Frameworks
Stefan Noack (WHZ, Germany) - Value Driver-based Sustainability Performance Management – A Qualitative Study on Integrating Sustainability Objectives into Corporate Performance Management Systems: Insights from German and Kazakh Experts
Prof. Dr. Vardan Atoyan, Dr. Sos Khachikyan, Nushik Petrosyan (ASUE, Armenia) - Strategies of Small States at the Crossroads of Regional Development and Global Integration: The Case of Armenia
Prof. Dr. Ashot Aleksanyan (Yerevan State University, Armenia) - Armenia’s Crossroads of Peace Project as a Resilient Mechanism for European Interregional Integration: from Diversity Strategy to Smart Diversification
Dr. Tamar Kh. Margaryan (ASUE, Armenia) - From Silicon Mountains to Digital Gateway: How Armenia’s ICT Ecosystem Can Anchor EU–Global South Connectivity under the Global Gateway
Session 3: Trade and Logistics between Europe and Asia
(ASUE, Yerevan)
Prof. Dr. Ashot Markosyan, Dr. Elyanora Matevosyan, Dr. Meruzhan Markosyan (ASUE, Armenia) - The Role of Armenia’s Foreign Trade and Development Opportunities in the Context of Cooperation with Global South Countries
Prof. Dr. Davit Hakhverdyan, Hayk Qalantaryan (ASUE, Armenia) - Capital Flows and Financial Vulnerabilities: Cross-Country Evidence and Policy Lessons
Prof. Dr. Vardan Atoyan, Dianna Matevosyan (ASUE) - Graph-Based Analysis of Armenia’s Connectivity in the EU-Asia Trade Network: Strategic Role and Limitations
Dr. Tatevik Vardanyan (ASUE, Armenia) - Towards Sustainable Connectivity: Strengthening Armenia’s Transport and Logistics Sectors within the Global Gateway Framework
Session 4: Armenia as a Hub for Finance, Technologies, and Governance between Europe and the Global South
(Erasmus Hall)
Dr. Armen Ghazaryan, Dr. Anna Kirakosyan(ASUE, Armenia)– Evaluation of Innovative Armenia: Digital Hub between West and the Global South
Dr. Nadezhda Afyan, Dr. Alla Aleksanyan (ASUE, Armenia) - Improving Governance: The Role of Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment in Sustainable Spatial Development within the Global Gateway
Anna Ayvazyan (ASUE, Armenia) - The Evolution of Corporate Governance: Integration of ESG Obligations into the Banking System
