History of Arab countries, Formation of the Arab independent states, International and regional relations in the Middle East, Foreign policy of Armenia and Armenian-Arab interstate relations, Political Islam, Armenian Genocide, Karabakh Conflict

Graduated from YSU (1953). Doctor of History (1968). Prof. (1972), corr. member (2006)

Advisor to the Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies NAS RA (since 2006)

"Ararat" International Academy of Sciences (Paris, 1997). New York Academy of Sciences (1999), International Academy of Sciences on National Security Problems (Moscow, 1999), International Academy of Sciences on Nature and Society (Germany, 2005), Syrian Society of History of Arab Sciences (Haleb, 1985), National Geographic Society (USA, 2002), International Association of Genocide Scholarship (USA, 2005)

Honored Scientist of the Republic of Armenia (2003). Awarded with medals of Movses Khorenatzi (2001), "The Great Armenian Genocide 1915-2005" (2005), Nansen Memorial Medal (2003).

Junior research worker of the Department of Oriental Studies NAS Armenia (1960-1961), Senior research worker (1961-1971), Head of the Department of the Arab countries (1971-2001), Deputy Director (1984-1985), Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA(1995-2006)