As AI reshapes the global technology industry, Armenia’s traditional advantage in software development is under threat. Ashot Arzumanyan argues that the country must reinvent its tech ecosystem around physical AI, specialized research, embedded systems and institutional capital to remain competitive.
The European Union has invested heavily in Armenia’s resilience against foreign information manipulation. But when its own Special Representative reduces Azerbaijan’s state-sponsored historical revisionism to competing “narratives,” diplomacy risks becoming a vehicle for the very manipulation the EU seeks to counter.
Armenia’s first PISA results are sobering, revealing serious gaps in student proficiency and raising questions that go well beyond curriculum reform. Arevik Anapiosyan examines what the results reveal about learning, critical thinking, attendance and classroom practice, and what an evidence-based response should look like.
In EVN Report's news roundup for the week of September 11: Armenian students score below the international average in several subjects; Caucasus Heritage Watch says Azerbaijan has destroyed an Armenian-Russian cemetery in Shushi; Armenia files complaint with Eurasian Economic Union over Russian restrictions on Armenian goods and more.
Why do nations cling to familiar stories, even when reality changes? Drawing on theories of ontological security, collective memory and political psychology, Andronik Papyan examines how the loss of Artsakh unsettled Armenia's national narrative and the search for a new sense of collective identity.
Traveling through Sarajevo, Mikayel Zolyan reflects on the city’s long history of war, nationalism and coexistence. From the assassination that helped ignite World War I to the devastation of the 1990s, he considers how a society emerges from conflict and learns to live with its past.
In this episode of It Has to Be Said, Maria Titizian examines Armenia’s water crisis and argues that the country’s biggest problem is not a lack of water, but how poorly it’s managed. From leaking infrastructure and inefficient irrigation to untreated wastewater, depleted groundwater and mismanagement, the failures are systemic, and climate change is making them more urgent.
From AI infrastructure and quantum computing to major venture investments, summer 2026 brought a series of significant developments for Armenia’s tech ecosystem. Ani Toroyan looks at the projects, companies and capital reshaping the country’s ambitions in AI and deep tech.
Baku’s “Western Azerbaijan” narrative continues to be prominent in state media, education and official discourse. Tatev Hayrapetyan examines how the concept has evolved, how it is being institutionalized, and what its continued promotion means for Armenia and the prospects for lasting regional peace.
One year after the Washington Accords, Armenia and Azerbaijan have largely moved beyond military confrontation, but the foundations of peace remain fragile. Sossi Tatikyan examines the unresolved agreement, territorial and humanitarian issues, TRIPP, emerging economic asymmetries and the challenges of making peace durable.
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