The twelfth episode of the “Dilemma” podcast dedicated to security issues focuses on counterintelligence, the formation and work of special services, the question of whether their main function is punitive or preventive, the role of counterintelligence in relations between “permanent” friend and enemy states, as well as in regulating propaganda and information technologies.
The guests of the program are Robert Ghevondyan, expert at the “Research Center on Security Policy,” and political scientist Saro Saroyan. The conversation is led by Areg Kochinyan, head of the “Research Center on Security Policy.”
Saro Saroyan
“State building, state construction first begins with the formation of special services”…
…”Special services act as protective layers that provide any country with resilience and become a guarantee for the state to establish itself, develop, relate, and so on.”
Robert Ghevondyan
“Regarding counterintelligence, I think the situation formed in Armenia is such that we have very serious problems with neighbors, and first of all with Azerbaijan.”
Areg Kochinyan
“The number one goal of counterintelligence should not be punishment, but prevention”..
…”Counterintelligence must operate in the field of hyper-realism. It should perceive all actors as threats, regardless of whether Armenia has allied, neutral, or hostile relations with them.”
