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H. SHAHUMYAN, Applicant, Institute of Philosophy, Sociology <\/strong><strong>and Law, NAS, RA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The analysis carried out suggests a dynamic link between public opinion and policy, depending on the level of democracy, institutional mechanisms, and party control. In democratic states, public opinion can guide policy, while in authoritarian systems, it is often either controlled, or ignored in cases when it does not threaten the stability of the regime. Notably, in security decision-making public sentiments can act as a source of political legitimacy or as a pressure factor for the change in policy course. This relationship is most evident at the time of elections, social movements, and attempts targeted at ensuring the legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mass media and public opinion act as complementary forces in security policy decision-making. As an \u201cagenda-setting\u201d force, mass media convey and reshape political messages, disseminating condensed versions of particular facts or comments. In their turn, citizens, by way of forming their attitudes upon this information, can exert direct or indirect influence on security policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The influence of public opinion on the formation of security policy and decisions: a theoretical and practical study - \u00ab\u0540\u0531\u0545\u053f\u0531\u053f\u0531\u0546 \u0532\u0531\u0546\u0531\u053f\u00bb \u054c\u0531\u0536\u0544\u0531\u0533\u053b\u054f\u0531\u053f\u0531\u0546 \u0540\u0531\u0546\u0534\u0535\u054d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/haykakanbanak.am\/?p=6885\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The influence of public opinion on the formation of security policy and decisions: a theoretical and practical study\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/haykakanbanak.am\/?p=6885\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u00ab\u0540\u0531\u0545\u053f\u0531\u053f\u0531\u0546 \u0532\u0531\u0546\u0531\u053f\u00bb \u054c\u0531\u0536\u0544\u0531\u0533\u053b\u054f\u0531\u053f\u0531\u0546 \u0540\u0531\u0546\u0534\u0535\u054d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-16T07:53:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-17T09:24:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/haykakanbanak.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/istockphoto-1156386644-612x612-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"612\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/haykakanbanak.am\/?p=6885\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/haykakanbanak.am\/?p=6885\",\"name\":\"The influence of public opinion on the formation of security policy and decisions: a theoretical and practical study - 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