As Armenia marks 35 years of independence, Maria Titizian examines Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s vision of a “Fourth Republic” and the idea of a “Real Armenia.” She asks what it means to build a sovereign, democratic state without marginalizing the history, memory, diaspora and national identity that shaped the Armenian people.
In this episode:
.What Pashinyan means by the “Fourth Republic” and “Real Armenia”
.The role of diaspora, memory and historical experience in Armenian identity
.The risks of imposing a new national narrative from the top down
.Why Armenia needs both a stronger state and greater political inclusiveness
.What a new Armenian narrative might look like, and why it must grow from truth rather than marginalization
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