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The China and Eurasia Conference offers a platform to establish an academic network, exchange research ideas, compare perspectives and methodologies, and promote interdisciplinary dialogue. This year, the China and Eurasia Conference will primarily focus on the Chinese and Eurasian (Continent) geopolitical, geoeconomic and high-technology security issues in the Multipolar World Order 2.0 era. The Conference is open to representatives of other Chinese and Eurasian discipline studies. One of the main aims of the forthcoming China and Eurasia conference is to unite the international team to prepare the Handbook of China’s and Eurasia’s Security Studies.

With a legacy of five successful editions held in Yerevan (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023), our Conference has united international scholars, diplomats, and thinkers, propelling us to delve deeper into the dynamics that define our ever-evolving world. As a result of the previous conferences (2018-2019), we united team, and in 2020, we prepared China and Eurasia: Rethinking Cooperation and Contradictions in the Era of Changing World Order book (Ed. Mher Sahakyan and Heinz Gärtner), which Routledge published in September 2021. It is indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus.

After the 2021 conference, we united a new team. On March 31, 2023, Routledge published the book China and Eurasian Powers in a Multipolar World Order 2.0: Security, Diplomacy, Economy and Cyberspace (Ed. Mher Sahakyan). 

After the 2023 Conference, our international team worked on the Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Eurasian International Relations(Ed. Mher Sahakyan), which Routledge published in 2024.

The participants will present their research during thematic panels. Each speaker will deliver a paper in English. Among the different topics:

Topics 

• Topic 1: Great powers’ competition in Eurasia
• Topic 2: Multipolar World Order 2.0 on the Eurasian Continent
• Topic 3:  Security Dimensions of Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia
• Topic 4: Security of Asia Pacific and China
• Topic 5: Security of Central Asia and China
• Topic 6: Security of South Caucasus and China
• Topic 7: Security of the Middle East and China
• Topic 8: Security of Europe and China
• Topic 9:  Military-technical cooperation between China and Eurasian States (Asian and European States)
• Topic 10: Eurasian Nuclear Security Issues and China
• Topic 11: Chinese and Eurasian, R&D, Innovations, Cybersecurity
• Topic 12: Eurasian Environmental Security Issues and China
• Topic 13: Eurasian Energy Security and China
• Topic 14: Eurasian Supply Chains’ Security and China
• Topic 15: Eurasian Food Security and China
• Topic 16: Eurasian Health Security and China
• Topic 17: Eurasian Cultural Security Issues and China
• Topic 18: BRICS and Eurasian Security
• Topic 19: China, ASEAN, and Eurasian Security
• Topic 20: EAEU, CSTO, China, and Eurasian Security
• Topic 21: People-to-people exchange between China and Eurasia

Who can apply?

The Conference is designed for researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Please note that it is an academic conference, and non-academic applicants will be rejected.

Practical arrangements:

VI China and Eurasia Conference will be held in person. Participants need to cover their air tickets and accommodation in Yerevan. There is no attendance fee for Conference participants.

Registration details and schedule

1. A paper title and abstract (up to 400-600 words) and Short Bio in English are to be sent by 15 November 2025, to Dr Mher Sahakyan: info@chinastan.org and sahakyanmher@outlook.com

2. The selected participants will be notified about the organizing committee’s decision within a week of sending their applications. Selected speakers will have 10-15 minutes to present their papers.

3. We intend to edit, peer review and publish the best papers as chapters in an academic book. Invited speakers of the Conference can send their final abstracts (300 words) and short bio by January 30, 2026, and full papers for peer review in English (up to 6000-7000 words) by August 15, 2026. Please write your text in a way that corresponds to and covers any concrete aspect of the book’s main title, Handbook of China’s and Eurasia’s Security Studies.  There are two tying concepts for the chapters of this Handbook. The first is the Multipolar World Order 2.0 Concept, and the second is the Realism approach. 

Please use The Harvard referencing system. 

The author must declare that the submitted chapter is original, has not been published elsewhere, or will not be republished. Please check International standards for authors.

Schedule and location

China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research, Yerevan, Armenia (In person, detailed information will be provided to invited speakers).

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