In the latest episode of the security-focused program Dilemma, cultural anthropologists Aghasi Tadevosyan, Nikol Margaryan, and Areg Kochinyan, Head of the Research Center on Security Policy, discuss the church–state conflict.
Key topics of the discussion include:
The transition from Soviet Armenia to an independent state and the role of the Church
The rise of the Church and religious sects since the mid-1990s
The Tsaghkadzor conference and the Church
The dynamics of Church–society and Church–state relations
The symbolic value of the Church in Armenian society
The Soviet Union and ecclesiastical structures
The symbolism of the flag after the 44-day war
The role of the Church in the absence of statehood
Possible positive resolutions to the current situation
