Opinion

Three years ago today, on September 27, Azerbaijan launched a catastrophic war against Artsakh, leaving thousands dead and swathes of territory captured. Three years on, the world is witnessing the mass exodus of the indigenous Armenian population of Artsakh.

A news story that was supposed to be a stand-up, an on-site narration laying out the facts, describing the situation, a crisis, a national calamity, an ethnic cleansing as it unfolds…

Raffi Kassarjian introduces the concept of a national, collective effort to safeguard the independence, democratic principles and complete territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia where every square cm is protected, with no compromises or territorial concessions of any kind to any external threats or demands.

A state that provides security for its people and ensures prosperity requires an innovative paradigm for nationhood, a model of an entirely new caliber of a digitally interlinked nation. Armenia must assume a pivotal role as a nucleus, with the diaspora emerging with a significant constellation of centers.

If we can turn off the noise for just a moment amid this fresh hellish phase, we might regain the panoramic clarity that we remain, as our mountains, firmly rooted in the crust of the earth from which we eternally rise, writes Sheila Paylan.

Russia is not simply abdicating its responsibilities towards Armenia; it is directly working against Armenia’s interests by aligning with Azerbaijan to strengthen the Russo-Azerbaijani axis and methodically discredit official Yerevan.

The images coming out of Stepanakert depict the terrifying spectacle of a population starving, thirsty, harassed and terrorized, while the world seems to look on with almost complete indifference. What could be the worst-case scenario, and to what extent will those involved respond?

Confronted with concerns over the humanitarian situation in Artsakh at a UN Security Council session, Azerbaijan’s representative held up printouts of Instagram posts to prove Armenians are lying about being methodically starved.

The Armenian nation has failed to formulate a common national strategic purpose that can encompass multiple national priorities, because of the absence of a coherent and consequential public political discourse.

Diplomacy, or more accurately diplomatic coercion, may ultimately avoid another war, but the endgame that the mediators seem certain to impose on the Artsakh Armenians would be nothing short of a total unilateral capitulation, writes Karena Avedissian.