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Armenia – history of internal conflict in a changing geopolitical landscape

19:01 11.07.2025 Alexander Ananiev

Armenia – history of internal conflict in a changing geopolitical landscape

Amid the current standoff in Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has launched an unprecedented campaign against the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, which culminated in the arrests of Russian businessman of Armenian descent Samvel Karapetyan and a number of oppositionists and clergymen charged with …

Armenia faces a hard choice: joining EU markets will mean closing markets with EAEU

11:35 05.02.2025 Alexander Ananiev

Armenia faces a hard choice: joining EU markets will mean closing markets with EAEU

During his final news briefing on January 14, [1] the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dwelt, among other things, on the situation in the Trans-Caucasus republics. Interest in this issue means that the situation in the South Caucasus remains a foreign policy priority for Russia. Sergei Lavrov called on the …

The South Caucasus in Washington’s playbook

11:30 13.08.2024 Alexander Ananiev

The South Caucasus in Washington’s playbook

On the last day of July, a number of news agencies reported that the United States wanted to establish a transport route for Central Asian countries via Armenia and Azerbaijan to access world markets, bypassing Russia and China. What those reports did not mention, however, was the context in which …

The battle of flesh and soul in “real” and historical Armenia

12:06 22.07.2024 Alexander Ananiev

The battle of flesh and soul in “real” and historical Armenia

Mass protests, the most wide-ranging of all the years Nikol Pashinyan has been in power, demanding his resignation, have caused grave concerns I the West. The analytical center of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) published [1] on May 31 an article urging the European Union to send clear …

‘Global Party of War’ targets Transcaucasia

10:59 05.06.2024 Alexander Ananiev

‘Global Party of War’ targets Transcaucasia

Mass rallies against the policies of the incumbent government have been raging in two neighboring Transcaucasia republics Georgia and Armenia over the past month. The police have launched a fierce crackdown on thousands of protesters, hundreds have been arrested. While confrontation between the opposition and the ruling parties in the …

Tall stories about the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and “information slop” from Brussels

11:35 22.03.2024 Alexander Ananiev

Tall stories about the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and “information slop” from Brussels

When meeting with residents of a village on the border with neighboring Azerbaijan on March 18, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that a war was imminent “by the end of the week” if Armenia did not “adjust the border.” [1] He also warned the villagers that Yerevan would not …

Washington has plans for Transcaucasia

10:35 03.12.2023 Alexander Ananiev

Washington has plans for Transcaucasia

The West has made new stakes in the big game in the South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia. This time it has staked on Armenia. On November 15, the US Senate passed a bill titled “Armenian Protection Act of 2023”[1]. The document envisages cessation of military assistance to Azerbaijan while …

Iran-Azerbaijan: unity and struggle

11:03 24.11.2022 Vladimir Sazhin

Iran-Azerbaijan: unity and struggle

Today, there are more than 30 flashpoints on Earth where armed conflicts smolder or even flare up. At times, some of them subside, but then they can flare up again, engulfing ever-new territories. One of such explosive points is the South Caucasus, which is a maze of contradictions generated by …

Armenia-Iran: good neighbourly relations absolute necessity

11:49 04.06.2019 Vladimir Sazhin

Armenia-Iran: good neighbourly relations absolute necessity

Some experts believe that Iran’s cooperation with Armenia could become costly for the latter owing to the ever increasing hostility demonstrated by US President Donald Trump towards the Islamic Republic of Iran. They predict that American sanctions and extensive pressure on Iran could throw Armenia into a kind of blockade.What …

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