Armenia is ranked fourth in Global Militarization Index (GMI) 2013 published by Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC).

Armenia climbed one spot up as compared with the previous year. According to the report, since 2013, the data for Armenia also includes reservists, which is why the country now ranks considerably higher than in previous years.

The top ten also includes Israel, Singapore, Russia, Syria, Jordan, South Korea, Azerbaijan, Cyprus and Kuwait.

The experts say that rapid build-up of military capacities in the Caucasus is accompanied by heated diplomatic rhetoric and the risk of rekindling the long-term military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.