When Did Velvet Become Steel? Armenian Authoritarianism Is Now Far More Subtle but No Less Dangerous posted on August 24, 2022 by Kami ArabianDartmouth College Tagged With: Armenia, Executive Aggrandizement, Russia and Eastern EuropeIn 2018, many in the West predicted that the resignation of Armenia’s pro-Moscow autocrat Serzh Sargsyan and election of self-proclaimed reformist Nikol Pashinyan would finally lead to democratic …Continue Reading about When Did Velvet Become Steel? Armenian Authoritarianism Is Now Far More Subtle but No Less Dangerous →