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Regional Peace Cannot Be Built by Ignoring Azerbaijan’s Rhetoric

Regional Peace Cannot Be Built by Ignoring Azerbaijan’s Rhetoric

Tatevik Hayrapetyan

Baku’s “Western Azerbaijan” narrative continues to be prominent in state media, education and official discourse. Tatev Hayrapetyan examines how the concept has evolved, how it is being institutionalized, and what its continued promotion means for Armenia and the prospects for lasting regional peace.

One Year After the Washington Accords

One Year After the Washington Accords

One year after the Washington Accords, Armenia and Azerbaijan have largely moved beyond military confrontation,

but the foundations of peace remain fragile. Sossi Tatikyan examines the unresolved agreement, territorial and humanitarian issues, TRIPP, emerging economic asymmetries and the challenges of making peace durable.

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Reclaiming Yerevan’s Green Spaces

Reclaiming Yerevan’s Green Spaces

Hovhannes Nazaretyan

Yerevan was once a much greener city, but decades of neglect, privatization and construction have

taken a toll on its parks. Hovhannes Nazaretyan examines the city’s efforts to reclaim and restore public green spaces, from the Opera and Ring Park to smaller neighborhood parks, and the legal battles along the way.

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What the Firebird AI Data Center Means for Armenia’s Environment

What the Firebird AI Data Center Means for Armenia’s Environment

Firebird’s $500 million AI data center has been heralded as a major economic breakthrough for

Armenia, but what are the environmental implications of a project of such scale? Luan Rogers reports.

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Ainteb, After the Armenians: A Walk in Search of Ghosts

Ainteb, After the Armenians: A Walk in Search of Ghosts

In Gaziantep, once home to a thriving Armenian community, the traces of what was lost

survive in property records, old buildings and hand-drawn maps. Following these fragments through the city, Maria Gunko explores what remains of a history that has been erased, renamed and forgotten.

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Living in the Same Qucha: The Many Voices of Armenian Pop

Living in the Same Qucha: The Many Voices of Armenian Pop

Tamara Khachatryan

From estrada and rabiz to pop and hip-hop, Armenia’s music scene underwent a dramatic transformation

in the 2000s. As television and radio programming expanded and the internet opened access, a new generation of musicians and listeners reshaped what Armenian popular music could be.

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The Sound of a Place I Have Never Been

The Sound of a Place I Have Never Been

Michele Crestani

To an Italian journalist, the duduk sounds like grief, distilled through a century of Armenian

loss. But is that something an audience recognizes, or a meaning that recent history has carved into the wood? This reported journey through Armenia's most iconic instrument explores the difference between what it carries and what listeners bring to it.

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POLITICS

Why Azerbaijan Still Shapes Armenia-Turkey Normalization

Why Azerbaijan Still Shapes Armenia-Turkey Normalization

Hranoush Dermoyan

Five years into the latest normalization process, Armenia and Turkey have expanded dialogue and technical cooperation, yet the border remains closed. Hranoush Dermoyan examines why Azerbaijan continues to shape Ankara's policy, and how Turkey's domestic politics and economic interests complicate normalization.

Beyond Symbolism: Israel, the Armenian Genocide and Gaza

Beyond Symbolism: Israel, the Armenian Genocide and Gaza

Davit Khachatryan

Israel's move to recognize the Armenian Genocide is neither a legal judgment nor a purely

moral act. As Israel faces genocide allegations over Gaza, the decision raises difficult questions about law, politics, memory and the consistency of state recognition. Davit Khachatryan examines what that recognition can, and cannot, accomplish under international law, and why Israel's decision carries both legal and political significance.

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After Defeat

After Defeat: Lessons From Marc Bloch

Taline Papazian

What can a French historian's account of his country's collapse in 1940 reveal about Armenia

after the 2020 war? Taline Papazian revisits Marc Bloch's “Strange Defeat” to examine leadership, society, resistance and the difficult work of national self-reflection and rebuilding.

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An Armenian Drone Fleet At Last?

An Armenian Drone Fleet At Last?

Hovhannes Nazaretyan

Nearly six years after the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War exposed Armenia's vulnerability to drone warfare, the

country's military has unveiled a dramatically expanded UAV fleet. Hovhannes Nazaretyan examines how Armenia got here, and whether new capabilities can translate into real battlefield effectiveness.

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OPINION

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Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Geopolitical Labyrinth of the South Caucasus

Fedinant Grigoryan

As Armenia redefines its foreign policy after the collapse of the post-Soviet security order, Ferdinant Grigoryan explores how strategic diversification and regional connectivity are reshaping the country's role in an increasingly fragmented geopolitical landscape.

A Beach House, a Khachkar, an Orchard

A Beach House, a Khachkar, an Orchard

Karena Avedissian

A beach house in Lebanon, Armenian khachkars and Kurdish orchards in Iraq seem to have

little in common and while the legal and geopolitical contexts may differ, Karena Avedissian traces the logic that connects them, revealing how security narratives can transform people, places and memory into perceived threats.

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Syria and the Levant’s New Fault Lines

Syria and the Levant’s New Fault Lines

Tigran Yegavian

Syria has returned to the center of regional diplomacy, emerging as a testing ground for

a new balance of power. As Turkey, Israel and other actors compete to shape the post-Assad order, the consequences of this shifting regional architecture extend beyond the Levant to the South Caucasus.

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Power to the Public

Power to the Public

André Vartan-Boghossian

Armenia's takeover of Electric Networks of Armenia is about more than ownership. Drawing on international

examples, André Vartan-Boghossian examines what makes an electricity system resilient, competitive and accountable, and why public control of critical infrastructure may strengthen both sovereignty and democracy.

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PODCASTS

Armenians Head to the Polls

Pashinyan and Putin Trade Barbs

Sep 4, 2026

One Year After the Washington Accords

One Year After the Washington Accords

Aug 26, 2026

Translating the World Through Photography

Translating the World Through Photography

Jun 17, 2026

Statecraft & Governance

How the Washington Accords Changed the South Caucasus and Made Armenia Safer

How the Washington Accords Changed the South Caucasus and Made Armenia Safer

Disaggregating Armenia’s 2026 Parliamentary Elections

The Cost of Ruling and the Rise of the Anti-Incumbent Base

How America Became a Pillar of Armenia’s Security

How America Became a Pillar of Armenia’s Security

Armenia Flexes Its Smart Power

Armenia Flexes Its Smart Power

Columns

[Outside In]

by Maria Gunko

Gunko Maria

[Unleashed]

by Sheila Paylan

Sheila Paylan 2 2024

[Beyond Borders]

by Olesya Vartanyan

Olesya Vartanyan

[Art Speak]

by Christopher Atamian

Christopher Atamian

ENVIRONMENT

Armenia, Nagoya and the Long History of Who Owns Nature

Armenia, Nagoya and the Long History of Who Owns Nature

Davit Khachatryan

Armenia's ratification of the Nagoya Protocol and its role as host of COP17 place the

country at the center of a global debate over who controls genetic resources, biodiversity and the benefits derived from nature. Davit Khachatryan explains.

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Armenia’s Wildlife Exports

Armenia’s Wildlife Exports and an Indian Billionaire’s Golden Cages

Mariam Tashchyan

An investigation into the transfer of endangered animals from Armenia to India's controversial Vantara wildlife

center reveals troubling questions about transparency, conservation, international wildlife trade and Armenia's role in a global network that blurs the line between rescue and commerce.

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COP 17-ի շեմին Հայաստանը դեռ վայրի կենդանիների «լվացքատուն»

Ahead of COP17, Armenia Remains a Wildlife Laundromat

Mariam Tashchyan

As Yerevan prepares to welcome the world's largest biodiversity summit, an investigation reveals a stark

contradiction: Armenia remains a key transit point for endangered wildlife. Mariam Tashchyan traces the legal, commercial and institutional failures enabling the trade to persist.

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The Unloved Others: Invertebrate Conservation in Armenia

The Unloved Others: Invertebrate Conservation in Armenia

Anahit Ghazakhetsyan

Examining how Armenia’s conservation priorities overlook invertebrates, despite their vital ecological roles, Anahit Ghazakhetsyan explores

barriers of stigma, weak research and habitat loss, urging narratives that value the “unloved” species sustaining ecosystems.

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Yerevan’s Air Crisis: Inside the Pollution Emergency

Yerevan’s Air Crisis: Inside the Pollution Emergency

Hovhannes Nazaretyan

Yerevan’s worsening air pollution has moved from background concern to a public health emergency. Hovhannes

Nazaretyan examines the main drivers including construction, quarries, transport and waste and why government responses have so far fallen short.

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System Failure:Strategic Aquifers

System Failure: Draining Strategic Aquifers for Short-Term Profit

Hovhannes Nazaretyan

Armenia’s most vital aquifer is collapsing under decades of unchecked fish farming, illegal drilling and

political neglect. The Ararat plain’s groundwater, critical for drinking water and agriculture, is being drained faster than it can recover, forcing the government into a race against ecological collapse. Hovhannes Nazaretyan explains.

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Creative Tech

Armenia’s Flagship Technopark

Armenia’s Flagship Technopark: Enter the Engineering City

Seaside Startup Summit: Beyond the Pitch

Seaside Startup Summit: Beyond the Pitch

Built for One Era, Tested by Another: Armenian Tech and AI

Built for One Era, Tested by Another: Armenian Tech and AI

Armenia’s Long-Awaited High-Tech Strategy Takes Shape

Armenia’s Long-Awaited High-Tech Strategy Takes Shape

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