From 1978 until 1982 he was visiting scholar at Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Institute of Oriental Studies, Soviet Union Academy of Sciences.

In that capacity, he was in charge of policy formulation and implementation of bilateral political, economic and cultural exchanges with the Arab countries.

On 26 April 2004, Poladian presented his credentials to Sheikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain.

[13] The book is based on a previous publication by the author on the same subject with slight additions and modifications (see "Kurds in Arabic Sources", Yerevan 1987, published in Russian by the Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences of Soviet Armenia; translated into Arabic by Dr. Khatchadour Kasbarian and Abdul Karim Aba Zid, date and place of translation unknown).

Parts of the above research could also be found in an earlier book of Poladian, published by the now closed "Zayed International Center for Coordination and Follow-up" (see "Studies in the History and Culture of the East", Abu Dhabi, 2001).

In his works Poladian touches not only the cultural relations and dialogue between the nations, but he discusses also the Arab role in helping the Armenians during the Genocide and documenting events, which is very much understudied.

Little has been said of the role played by Arabs in addressing the humanitarian disaster that ensued as hundreds of thousands of refugees and orphans streamed out of Anatolia.