EVN Security Report
Examining the Context: Subversion and Electoral Interference, Russia and Armenia’s 2026 Elections
In this episode of “Examining the Context” podcast, Nerses Kopalyan unpacks Russia’s evolving strategy to undermine Armenia’s democracy, focusing on hybrid tactics, electoral interference, and soft power ahead of the 2026 parliamentary elections and explores how these pressures could shape Armenia’s political future and societal resilience.
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The Armenian Genocide: Between Diplomatic Pragmatism and Moral Obligation
Successive Armenian leaders have navigated the tension between pursuing international recognition of the Armenian Genocide and maintaining diplomatic pragmatism, especially in relation to Turkey, diaspora expectations, and evolving foreign policy priorities since independence. Hovhannes Nazaretyan explains.
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Smoke Signals or Political Will: Armenia’s EU Membership Bill
Armenia’s parliament passes a bill formally declaring the country’s intent to pursue EU membership. Supporters see it as a step toward strengthening democracy, security and economic well-being, while critics question its necessity, arguing that deeper ties with the EU were already progressing without such a declaration.
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Brussels Speaks, Baku Ignores
As the European Parliament demands the release of Armenian hostages in Azerbaijan in a strongly worded resolution, Baku continues to ignore the call, while Armenia’s push to finalize a peace treaty, seemingly at any cost, risks diluting the resolution’s impact and undermining potential leverage in securing justice.
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Columns
Armenia’s Quiet Defiance
Amid rising authoritarianism in Georgia and Azerbaijan, Armenia stands as a fragile outlier of democratic pluralism. Olesya Vartanyan examines whether it can withstand the regional tide of repression, or if pluralism is the country’s final safeguard for resilience.
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The Subtle Details of Syunik’s Cities
A journey through Syunik’s cities reveals overlooked details: laundry lines, rustwoven structures, and abandoned railways, that tell richer, more intimate stories of place than tourist checklists ever could. Maria Gunko’s reflection on memory, materiality and urban meaning.
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Party of One
In this deeply personal reflection, Sheila Paylan challenges cultural norms and redefines autonomy, asserting that womanhood should not be predominantly defined by motherhood. Instead, she advocates for the freedom to craft a meaningful life on one's own terms, embracing a broad spectrum of female identities and experiences.
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Eozen Agopian: Master of Light and Thread
Through layered canvases, intricate stitching and luminous color, Eozen Agopian fuses painting, textile and sculpture into transcendent works. Her art explores memory, identity and space, honoring women’s labor and evoking spiritual resonance across continents.
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Women, Peace, Art: Breaking or Reinforcing Stereotypes?
The “Women, Peace, Art” exhibition in Armenia showcased eight female artists addressing peace amid war’s haunting memories. While ambitious, the exhibition struggled with essentialist portrayals of women, often reinforcing stereotypes instead of challenging them.
Raw & Unfiltered
The Women’s Support Center and Armenia’s Reckoning with Domestic Violence
Arts & Culture
The Seven-Year Restoration of the Mother See
After a seven-year restoration, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, considered the world’s oldest cathedral, was reconsecrated in 2024, a historic effort that preserved sacred murals, reinforced the ancient structure and culminated in a chrism blessing.
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The Power and Politics of Yerevan’s Statues
Yerevan’s statues reveal shifting political ideologies and national identity, from Soviet heroes to national figures, international allies and “symbolic” women. Hovhannes Nazaretyan explores how public monuments reflect power, memory and Armenia’s evolving historical and geopolitical narratives.
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Dreams Against Empire: Parajanov’s Cinematic Defiance
In this poetic exploration of filmmaker Sergey Parajanov’s radical defiance against Soviet conformity, Ani Poghosyan traces how his visionary cinema, rooted in Armenian identity and artistic freedom, challenged empire, celebrated cultural memory, and outlived the system that sought to silence him.
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Pınar Selek’s Intellectual Journey of Resistance
Taline Oundjian traces the intellectual and political journey of Pınar Selek, a Turkish feminist and anti-militarist persecuted by the state, whose work on structural violence, memory, and the Armenian genocide offers powerful insights into resistance, identity and forgotten histories.
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