In EVN Report's news roundup for the week of September 25: TRIPP starts moving from agreement to implementation; the government proposes sweeping reforms to the Armenian Apostolic Church; Armenia makes first exports to Azerbaijan and more.
Azerbaijan’s recent campaign to erase and reappropriate Armenian heritage is more than an exercise in historical revisionism. Nerses Kopalyan examines the strategic logic behind this initiative, demonstrating how Baku’s dire political need for a culture war with Armenia is designed to address its own strategic depth, while countering Armenia’s growing political capital in Washington, D.C.
The Kaps Reservoir has been in the making for four decades, surviving a Soviet collapse, earthquakes, governments and repeated delays. As Armenia prepares to restart the project, its unfinished history raises broader questions about the country’s ability to plan, finance and deliver major infrastructure projects.
In his new juris/prudence column, Davit Khachatryan examines Armenia’s statehood through the lens of international law, arguing that governments may change but the Republic’s legal identity and obligations endure. It explores sovereignty, state responsibility, international claims, and the lasting legal consequences of decisions made in Armenia’s name.
Drawing on Armenia’s history and recent security challenges, K.M. Greg Sarkissian reflects on what sovereignty means for a small state navigating competing powers and argues that resilience depends not on choosing between geopolitical camps, but on strengthening institutions, diversifying partnerships, and building a country where Armenians can confidently build their future.
In EVN Report's news roundup for the week of September 18: Azerbaijan’s push to rewrite Karabakh’s heritage draws backlash; European Parliament backs trade measures for Armenia amid Russian restrictions; Moscow and Yerevan spar over the future of Russia’s military base in Gyumri and more.
In this deeply personal reflection on the third anniversary of the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh, Yana Lalaian returns to the landscapes of Artsakh through memories of family, food, rivers and village life. As the possibility of losing that landscape becomes real, memory itself becomes a way of holding on to home.
Արցախի էթնիկ զտումից երեք տարի անց կորստի, հիշողության, նոր կյանք կառուցելու փորձի և վերադարձի սպասման միջև ապրող արցախցիներին անդրադարձող հոդվածի ՁայնաԳիրը։
Three years after the displacement of Artsakh’s Armenians, the routines of exile have become ordinary. Siranush Sargsyan explores how a displaced community navigates grief, memory, identity and belonging while rebuilding lives in Armenia and abroad, and struggling to imagine a future beyond loss.
Dana Mashoian Walrath’s “The Book of Genocides” uses art, history and family memory to examine ten genocides and the patterns of dehumanization that precede mass violence. Christopher Atamian reviews an unconventional work that asks whether remembering genocide differently can help us recognize its warning signs.
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