Robert Ghevondyan, an expert at the Armenian Council, analyzed the causes of the current tensions in Armenian–Russian relations and their potential consequences.
Armenian Council
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“Visa liberalisation is conditional upon: significant improvements in the level of document security, including biometrics; strengthening of border and migration management and asylum policy; reforms and cooperation in the area …
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In recent years, Armenia’s democratic development has entered a stage in which it can no longer be viewed as a purely domestic process. It is unfolding amid profound geopolitical shifts, …
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Many democratic countries—or those undergoing democratic transition—are today exposed to hybrid attacks, often attributed to authoritarian states. These attacks typically target state institutions, governments, national leadership, as well as organizations …
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Foreign orchestrated disinformation, cyberattacks, the creation of an environment of uncertainty, psychological targeting, and other instruments of hybrid technologies become particularly active during periods that are critical for a state—when …
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The Impact of the Peace Process on Armenian and Azerbaijani Societies: The Clash Between Positive Public Sentiment and Systemic Hatred
The ongoing peace process in the South Caucasus represents a classic example of a situation in which the diplomatic rationality of state elites and the mechanisms of societal socialization evolve …
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The debate that has intensified in recent years around Armenia–Russia relations—“province or sovereign state?”—however politicized it may be, in fact precisely captures the deepest dilemma of Armenian statehood since independence. …
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The informational vectors of hybrid attacks are primarily manifested at the level of narratives. At present, one of the most frequently used propaganda “bombs” is the narrative of a potential …
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For much of the period before the shocks of 2020–2023, Armenia’s security thinking was too often reduced to one central pillar: the Armed Forces. In practice, national security was understood …
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This analytical article examines two key and, at the same time, interconnected concepts that currently shape Armenia’s political landscape: the strengthening of sovereignty and the diversification of foreign policy. Strengthening …