In 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 …
The Iron Rhetoric of the Velvet Leader
The harsh rhetoric and actions of the Pashinyan government/movement is straying Armenia from the very democratic principles that they were vowing to achieve. In 2018 during the month of …
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Armenian Genocide Denial: A Symptom of Democratic Erosion
In April 2021, President Biden became the first U.S. President to refer to the systematic killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as a genocide, after years of Armenian Americans, …
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Armenia after the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
SECOND NAGORNO-KARABAKH WAR THAT HAPPENED IN 2020 AND ENDED WITH DEFEAT OF ARMENIA, NEGATIVELY INFLUENCED POLITICAL SITUATION, AND DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESS IN ARMENIA. OPPOSITION PARTIES AND MANY …
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Turkey’s Belligerent Foreign Policy Can’t Be Separated From Domestic Repression
Few political phenomena are as well known as the "Rally Around the Flag" effect. Tragic events or instances of conflict can shift public opinion in favor of ruling authorities. Much of the time, this …
New Regime, Age-Old Conflict: Legitimacy Pressure Pushes Post-Revolution Armenia into War
Armenia enters new fighting over an old dispute, and the fledgling democracy's pursuit of legitimacy is playing a role. Not only was legitimacy instrumental in the ouster of former Prime Minister …
Successful Protests Stop Sargasyan From Pulling a Putin in Armenia by Victoria Hill @ American University
In April 2018, Serzh Sargsyan reached the end of his constitutionally-allowed two terms as President of Armenia. Less than ten days later, the national assembly elected him as Prime Minister. The …