Instead of a guaranteed ally, the Kremlin now perceives Armenia as yet another hybrid battlefield where it is fighting the West.
Mikayel Zolyan
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Instead of a guaranteed ally, the Kremlin now perceives Armenia as yet another hybrid battlefield where it is fighting the West.
Mikayel Zolyan
While signaling internationally that it wants peace, the Azerbaijani regime continues to promote anti-Armenian sentiment at home to mobilize domestic support.
Bashir Kitachaev
The Armenian government’s efforts to reshape foreign policy after Baku seized control of Nagorno-Karabakh require the country to grapple with its national identity: something far from all Armenians are prepared to do.
Mikayel Zolyan
An official peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot by itself resolve decades of mistrust. The durability of peace will depend on healing trauma, reframing identities, diversifying narratives, and ensuring that ordinary citizens experience tangible improvements in daily life.
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Georgian Dream may continue along the path of “managed democracy” and growing pressure on the opposition and civil society. But this model of authoritarianism will still leave room for destabilization and a rollback to a more liberal political climate.
Bashir Kitachaev