«Հաղորդակցության վեկտորը» - Դավիթ Յան

The article "Vector of Communication," presented as an interview with David Yan, addresses questions of the formation of an entrepreneur and scientist's personality, as well as the strategic prospects for the development of Armenia's educational system in the context of interaction with the diaspora and world experience.

Introduction and Methodology
The material is structured as an extended conversation, in the course of which the interlocutor progressively reveals the autobiographical foundations of his professional development and moves on to an analysis of Armenia's educational policy. This composition allows one to trace the connection between the personal experience of receiving an elite physics and mathematics education and the subsequent concept of building a national educational infrastructure.

Biographical Context
The beginning of the interview examines the factors that influenced the choice of life path:

family environment (physicist parents, an atmosphere of scientific enthusiasm);
studies at a physics and mathematics school in Yerevan, where the competitive atmosphere played a key role;
enrollment at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Physics and Technology Institute), complicated by biographical circumstances (the father's nationality), and dramatic details of the entrance examinations;
the transition from academic physics to entrepreneurship (the creation of Lingvo).

Key Thesis: Education as the Foundation for the Diaspora's Return
The central thesis of the article is that quality education in Armenia can become a catalyst for attracting the intellectual and financial capital of the diaspora. The logic of the argument is structured as a chain: training young specialists of world caliber → their experience abroad → return to Armenia as investors and entrepreneurs → creation of jobs and scientific laboratories in the homeland.

International Parallels
Israel, Finland, and Singapore are cited as models of successful transformation of small countries. Particular attention is given to the Israeli experience (the "Yozma" project), which demonstrates that a global orientation of startups combined with a successful diaspora creates the conditions for turning a small country into an innovation hub.

Armenia's Educational Landscape
The article discusses the complementarity of various initiatives — the "Ayb" school, the Dilijan business education project (an initiative of Ruben Vardanyan), the "Tumo" center, and other private educational projects. It emphasizes the necessity of their coordinated, non-competitive coexistence, as well as the importance of extending this experience to schools of the Armenian diaspora, including the initiative to revive the Melkonian educational institution in Cyprus.

The Language Question
Separately addressed is the public controversy surrounding the law on foreign-language schools, which is characterized as an artificially created problem, potentially capable of hindering the implementation of promising educational projects.

Conclusion
The key conclusion of the article is that sustainable development in Armenia is impossible without the creation of a world-class educational system capable, on the one hand, of drawing on the best international experience, and on the other, of taking into account the country's unique historical and cultural context and the potential of the global Armenian diaspora. The coordinated development of numerous educational initiatives is viewed as a condition for shaping a long-term national strategy.