As Armenia focuses on defense reforms aimed at deterrence, Azerbaijan intensifies its military build-up and superiority despite ongoing peace talks. Sossi Tatikyan analyzes diverging strategies, spending and alliances, highlighting how the military imbalance threatens regional stability and undermines prospects for lasting peace.

Armenia's deepening relationship with the European Union faces complex challenges amid regional pressures and security concerns. As Yerevan strategically diversifies from Russian influence, EU engagement has grown, however, its impact remains limited without a credible membership path, a strategy tailored to Armenia’s vulnerabilities and balancing its normative commitments with its geopolitical and energy interests.

Azerbaijan’s delay in committing to a peace agreement suggests a strategy of coercion to extract unilateral concessions and weaken Armenia’s sovereignty. The international community must go beyond praise and apply real pressure to ensure a fair, enforceable peace to stop the cycle of aggression.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s escalating rhetoric against Armenia aims to justify Baku's coercive tactics, block peace efforts and intimidate international actors. Sossi Tatikyan examines Aliyev's narratives about Western and non-Western powers and their implications for regional stability.

In this comprehensive article, Sossi Tatikyan examines Azerbaijani President Aliyev’s recent interviews and their implications for Armenia-Azerbaijan relations, juxtaposing his rhetoric with PM Nikol Pashinyan’s responses and broader Armenian perspectives, offering insights and analyses.

In response to France’s criticism of Azerbaijan’s coercive tactics against Armenia and the deepening France-Armenia partnership, Baku has escalated its information warfare against Paris. Sossi Tatikyan examines how Azerbaijan exploits anti-colonial narratives against France among Sub-Saharan African nations.

Sossi Tatikyan explores the reasons behind the EU's decision to provide assistance to Armenia through the EPF, the significance of this measure, the diverse perspectives within Armenia and the ensuing hostile reactions from Azerbaijan and Russia.

With the strengthening of the France-Armenia partnership, Baku has escalated hybrid warfare against France, manipulating anti-colonial narratives and inciting unrest in French overseas territories and Corsica, mirroring tactics used by Russia in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sossi Tatikian explains.

The deepening France-Armenia partnership has spurred Azerbaijan’s disinformation campaign against France, escalating into a hybrid war. Sossi Tatikyan debunks these narratives, revealing their striking commonalities with Russian tactics.

This article explores the most accurate term to describe the de-Armenization of Nagorno-Karabakh by comparing various perspectives and examining the legal and political applicability of these terms.