When Israeli and U.S. airstrikes hit Iran, Armenians in both Tehran and Yerevan were thrust into fear and uncertainty. Gibran Caroline Boyce follows one family’s experience, revealing how war reverberates across borders, communities and generations.
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.
Armenia faces a strategic dilemma after the 12-Day War, when Israel and the United States tried to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program through force. With key bilateral partnerships on both sides, Yerevan needs to utilize the policy of strategic ambiguity to navigate an increasingly complex and high-risk regional landscape.
MIT nuclear physicist Dr. Areg Danagoulian analyzes Iran's nuclear weapons program following recent Israeli strikes, assessing regional security implications for Armenia. The conversation explores Armenia's nuclear energy future, the need for small reactors to replace aging infrastructure, and challenges in developing nuclear engineering expertise domestically.
World Bank senior economist Julie Rosenberg discusses Armenia’s path to green growth, focusing on reducing natural gas dependency, expanding solar energy, addressing water management challenges, and implementing key policy and financing reforms outlined in the Country Climate and Development Report.
In light of the Iran–Israel conflict, Raffy Ardhaldjian argues that civil defense is a core function of sovereignty and a tool of statecraft—less about technical fixes, more about political will. Armenian political thought, he stresses, begins with readiness, not rhetoric.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of June 13: Armenia condemns attack on Iran, urges calm; a $500 million public-private partnership to build cutting-edge AI infrastructure in Armenia is unveiled by Firebird, the Armenian Government and NVIDIA; gas explosion in Gegharkunik kills five, injures over a dozen and more.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of June 6: Two teenagers from Syunik region accidentally cross into Azerbaijani territory; France opens an Honorary Consulate in Syunik’s town of Goris; tensions between PM Nikol Pashinyan and the Church flare up once again and more.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of May 30: Azerbaijani forces open fire on Armenian territory for the second day in a row; Yerevan hosts the second edition of Yerevan Dialogue; Armenians mark the independence of the First Armenian Republic on May 28 and more.
Russia’s recent diplomatic push in the South Caucasus revealed more strain than strength. Olesya Vartanyan’s analysis unpacks Moscow’s faltering influence in Armenia and Azerbaijan as the region edges further from its traditional power center.
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