--- title: Dr. Armen Sarkissian | TIME description: Dr. Armen Sarkissian, a scientist and former diplomat, served as the fifth prime minister and the fourth president of the Republic of Armenia. His next book, The Small States Club: How Small Smart States Can Save the World, will be published in November 2023. canonical: https://time.com/author/dr-armen-sarkissian/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/dr-armen-sarkissian/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dr. Armen Sarkissian ## Dr. Armen Sarkissian Dr. Armen Sarkissian, a scientist and former diplomat, served as the fifth prime minister and the fourth president of the Republic of Armenia. His next book, _The Small States Club: How Small Smart States Can Save the World_, will be published in November 2023\. ## Dr. Armen Sarkissian *  Jan 12, 2023 ### [Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh Face Crisis](https://time.com/6246850/armenia-azerbaijan-nagorno-karabakh-lachin-corridor/) Dr. Armen Sarkissian, former president of Armenia, calls on the global community and announces his p... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-armen-sarkissian/","name":"Dr. Armen Sarkissian"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-armen-sarkissian/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-armen-sarkissian/"},"name":"Dr. Armen Sarkissian","jobTitle":null,"description":"Dr. Armen Sarkissian, a scientist and former diplomat, served as the fifth prime minister and the fourth president of the Republic of Armenia. His next book, The Small States Club: How Small Smart States Can Save the World, will be published in November 2023.","url":"https://time.com/author/dr-armen-sarkissian/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```