Time to transform Armenia – India cooperation into a strategic partnership
Benyamin Poghosyan, Senior Research Fellow, APRI Armenia Rananjay Anand, Co-founder and President, Indo-Armenian Friendship NGO Armenia’s pursuit of a policy of diversification after the 2020 Karabakh...
View ArticleYerevan’s shrinking green spaces
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian These days, many in Yerevan feel themselves living under a cloud. With the past years of war, displacement, and existential threats, that sentiment is appropriately...
View ArticleThe Armenian people have spoken – what exactly did they say?
In this week’s episode of CivilNet’s Insights series, host Eric Hacopian breaks down the results of the latest public opinion polling in Armenia and explains what the findings mean for the country...
View ArticleArmenia remains committed to nuclear energy, prime minister says
Armenia’s prime minister will meet with the head of the European Union and the United States’ top diplomat next month for first-of-their-kind three-way talks. Armenia remains committed to nuclear...
View ArticleOpposition leader calls on army to disobey prime minister over planned...
One of Armenia’s leading opposition figures called on the army to disobey any orders to withdraw from four border villages that Azerbaijan is demanding be ceded “immediately.” Armenia’s Nikol...
View ArticleArmenian national airline’s license suspended as financial issues mount: THIS...
The Armenian government temporarily suspended the national airline’s operating license, moving the troubled carrier one step closer to permanent closure. Almost all banks in Armenia have moved to...
View ArticleTavush border village residents want their lands back from Azerbaijan
Four years after the military clashes in the Tavush-Tovuz region of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, there are renewed concerns in the northeastern part of Armenia regarding potential aggression from...
View Article‘Turkey needs Russia’s weakening, but not its complete withdrawal from the...
Turkey is not impartial in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan and supports Azerbaijan based on pragmatic calculations, according to Mustafa Aydin, professor of international relations at...
View ArticleGeorgia announces support for Armenia’s territorial integrity
Two men were injured and a third detained after they attempted to break into a police precinct building in Yerevan. On his first visit to Yerevan, new Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze...
View ArticleLaurence Broers: Sustainable peace is ‘beyond the high table and a piece of...
Laurence Broers, associate fellow at Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia Programme, sits down with CivilNet’s Karen Harutyunyan to speak about the developments in the region since the 2020...
View ArticleArmenian law enforcement raids fringe group after police station attack
Armenian police found additional weapons in raids at homes of members and the offices of a fringe group that may be connected to a police station attack over the weekend. A Russian government...
View ArticleHow would opening the Turkish border impact the Armenian economy?
Armenia’s border with Turkey has been closed for more than three decades. So what would happen to the country’s economy if that border was opened? CivilNet’s Mark Dovich sits down with economists...
View ArticleBaku outraged over upcoming EU-US-Armenia meeting
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry condemned an upcoming trilateral meeting between top U.S. and EU officials and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. France’s ambassador to Armenia decried...
View ArticleMustafa Aydin: Three scenarios for geopolitical developments in the South...
Mustafa Aydin, professor of international relations and the coordinator at the Global Academy (Istanbul), delivered a lecture on “The South Caucasus After the Wars: Changing Geopolitics, Shifting...
View ArticleThe UK Leaks And Ethnic Cleansing
This week’s episode of Insights will analyze the public statement and press conference by former Artsakh Ombudsman Artak Beglaryan on the current situation, as well as recently leaked documents from...
View ArticleArmenia approves humanitarian aid shipment to Gaza
Armenia, with Egypt’s assistance, will provide about 30 tons of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed. Pashinyan slammed remarks by...
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AND IN OTHER NEWS: Looming Regional Uncertainty
March has been another month of uncertainty for Armenia. Its government is sending the strongest signals yet it could be leaving the ineffective Collection Security Treaty Organization, much to the...
View ArticleFormer Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan returns with a ‘New Force’
Russia’s top diplomat accused Armenia’s government of intentionally seeking to ruin relations between the two countries. Yerevan’s popular former mayor announced plans to set up a new political...
View ArticleModernization efforts at Armenia’s nuclear power plant ramp up: THIS WEEK IN...
The Armenian government will pay nearly $3 million to the French company that runs the country’s water distribution network to keep consumer costs low for the rest of the year. The head of Armenia’s...
View ArticlePerceptions on the prospects for peace in the regions
On March 16, civil activists, educators, and students from the regions of Vayots Dzor, Tavush, Syunik, and Lori gathered in Aghveran to explore the potential for peace in the region and the necessary...
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