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.
Grappling with the “New World Disorder” following Donald Trump’s return to office and his sweeping policy changes, Sheila Paylan draws on her personal battles and urges us to harness historical wisdom and enduring human spirit to navigate these turbulent times.
The global suppression of free speech is escalating, from U.S. campuses to authoritarian regimes. As dissenting voices are silenced, the importance of defending freedom of expression grows, writes Sheila Paylan, not only to express ourselves, but to echo the voices of those who cannot.
The institutional mechanisms, economic arrangements, and social power networks that Catholicos Garegin II constructed and relied on are incompatible with Armenia’s democratic project and the values of the Church as a sacred institution, writes Nerses Kopalyan.
Armenians may be wary of going to the polls in the upcoming snap parliamentary elections, but democracy remains the only option on the ballot.
Since 1997 and the coming to power of reformists in Iran, Western countries have refused to see anything else in Iran other than the symbiosis of the so-called reformers and hardliners within the regime. Sohrab Mobasheri, an Iranian political activist and journalist in exile explains: "The writings on the wall were present...Anybody who was willing to do so could see the signs..."
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