Politics

In this in-depth piece, Hovhannes Nazaretyan chronicles Armenia’s constitutional history since independence, outlining the country’s three constitutional referendums to date and detailing the current process of drafting a new Constitution.

The India–Pakistan escalation underscores the power and limits of nuclear deterrence, reveals shifting regional alliances involving Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Pakistan, and highlights implications for Armenia’s security posture, including the role of Indian weapons systems in its evolving defense strategy.

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.

As Armenia reorients its foreign policy away from Russia, it is deepening ties not only with the West, but also with non-Western partners. Hovhannes Nazaretyan explores Armenia’s evolving engagement with Central Asian states as part of that strategy.

Azerbaijan has institutionalized the notion that Armenia is “Western Azerbaijan” through state-sanctioned textbooks, children’s literature, and academic curricula. Intensified since the 2020 war, this narrative reflects expansionist ambitions that extend beyond Nagorno-Karabakh—even as peace talks continue.

Azerbaijan’s lobbying efforts in Italy reveal a coordinated network of academics and media figures promoting pro-Baku narratives. Jelena Melikyan explores the ethical concerns, historical distortions, and impact on Italian public discourse, particularly regarding Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

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.

Baku’s “Western Azerbaijan” campaign uses fabricated historical claims and cultural appropriation to assert territorial ambitions over Armenia. Armine Tigranyan traces the roots, tactics and international reach of this systematic campaign of historical revisionism and cultural erasure.

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.

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.