Landlocked Armenia, surrounded on two sides by unrelenting foes, has limited access to the outside world. Railways could potentially help alleviate this isolation by providing reliable outside connections for trade and passenger traffic.

Armenia’s statistics agency recently released its annual report on a number of socio-economic metrics covering sectors from trade to tourism to employment and inflation. Hovhannes Nazaretyan presents some of the more interesting findings reflecting the state of the country.

The issue of tiny but strategically placed Soviet-era enclaves in Armenia and Azerbaijan has come to the forefront of peace talks in recent months. Hovhannes Nazaretyan maps it out.

As the geopolitical landscape in the South Caucasus remains precarious, potential changes in EU and U.S. leadership can pose additional challenges for Armenia. Amid these uncertainties, Armenia's diplomatic efforts become increasingly important and serve as a test of its resilience.

Armenia trades with three of its four neighboring countries, except Azerbaijan. Land borders with Georgia and Iran serve as crucial lifelines for Armenia, connecting the landlocked country to the global market.

In the past year, especially since the major Azerbaijani incursion into Armenia in September 2022, the Armenian government has made diversification of the country’s security, including arms procurement, a priority. Hovhannes Nazaretyan explains.

The home of Aram Manukyan, widely recognized as the founder of the First Armenian Republic, located on 9 Aram Street in downtown Yerevan, continues to be abandoned and dilapidated and its future uncertain.

In the first hearing in the U.S. Congress since the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan, U.S. officials warn Baku that the use of force against Armenia is “completely unacceptable.”

Armenia has faced significant challenges in arms procurement since the end of the 2020 war. This article looks at the timeline of defense cooperation between Yerevan and Paris as France is emerging as one of Armenia’s key defense partners.

Thousands of mercenaries from Syria were deployed by Turkey to Azerbaijan during the 2020 Artsakh War. In one of the most comprehensive reports on the use of mercenaries to date, Hovhannes Nazaretyan provides extensive background, evidence and international reactions.