One year after the Washington Accords, has Armenia entered a fundamentally different strategic environment? In this episode of “State of Play”, Maria Titizian speaks with Dr. Nerses Kopalyan about how the Washington Accords have altered regional dynamics, why Armenia has gained greater strategic agency, and why the country’s greatest challenge may now lie not beyond its borders, but within its own institutions.
Topics discussed:
How the Washington Accords changed the South Caucasus
Why Armenia has greater strategic agency today
The deterrence effect behind the absence of renewed conflict Institutional reform as Armenia’s biggest national security challenge
The status of the TRIPP project and Armenia’s technology ambitions
Russia’s declining influence and continued economic leverage
Armenia’s European trajectory and economic diversification
The prospects for Armenia-Turkey normalization
The geopolitical risks that could reshape the region again
