The periodical "Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Studies" is fully owned by the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA Publishers shal not use organizational names that would mislead potential  authors and editors about the nature of the journal's owner.  

 Until 2021, the periodical was named “The Countries and Peoples of the Near and Middle East.” Since 2021, the journal has been renamed  "Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Studies" (or "Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti" (in Armenian). The issues of the "Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Studies" include studies on the ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary history of the countries of  Southwest Asia, as well as issues of source studies and philology. A considerable part deals with the ongoing developments and processes in the Eurasian region. The periodical may be of interest for the orientalists, specialists in the field of Armenology and international relations.

The series “The Countries and Peoples of the Near and Middle East” has been published in the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA since 1960.