National Defense Research University

The National Defense Research University (NDRU) (Armenian: Ազգային պաշտպանության հետազոտական համալսարան) is a higher educational institution of the Armed Forces of Armenia.

The project for the establishment of NDRU in Armenia was elaborated and reviewed at the US National Defense University in 2003-2004 during Colonel Hayk Kotanjian's fellowship.

[4] The general structure of the NDRU includes two parts: the Drastamat Kanayan Institute for National Strategic Studies and the Academic-Publishing Center.

The goal of the journal is to form an army-society liaison as well as elaborate on Armenian defense-academic terminology by covering a wide range of topics in various fields of military affairs.

Publications have been exported to the CSTO Joint Staff and to the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.