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How to Train Your Dragon: Armenia’s Velvet Revolution in an Authoritarian Orbit

This article examines the issue of democratic breakthroughs in highly geopoliticized, fractured regions in the post-Soviet space. While recognizing the political challenges of democratic transitions in such regions, it investigates specific conditions conducive to effective democratic openings in such regions.

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By Anna Ohanyan
Published on Mar 25, 2022

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

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Anna Ohanyan

Nonresident Senior Scholar, Russia and Eurasia Program

Anna Ohanyan is a nonresident senior scholar in the Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Program.

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Anna Ohanyan
Nonresident Senior Scholar, Russia and Eurasia Program
Anna Ohanyan
Political ReformCaucasusArmenia

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