Azerbaijan continues to hold Armenian POWs and detainees, including former high-ranking Artsakh officials. Although Armenian human rights lawyers hope for the release of detainees before the COP29 summit in Baku this November, they doubt that Artsakh officials will be among them.
Armenia, once a staunch ally of Russia, has distanced itself from Moscow after the CSTO failed to respond to Azerbaijan’s 2022 attack. Hranoush Dermoyan examines Armenia’s relations with Russia and other CSTO member states amid regional tensions.
A crucial step in helping to prevent future genocides includes commemorating genocides and remembering their victims. The Armenian government recently designated August 3 as Yezidi Genocide Commemoration Day, becoming one of the first countries in the world to do so.
When she unexpectedly had to deliver her first baby at 29 weeks, Hranoush Dermoyan had no idea what the journey ahead entailed. Weighing only 700 grams, her daughter spent the first 75 days of her life in NICU. The experience revealed emotional and medical challenges, and healthcare disparities in Armenia.
Regardless of efforts to normalize relations between Armenia and Turkey, it is clear that as long as the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict remains unresolved, Armenian-Turkish relations will be held hostage to it. Hranoush Dermoyan explains.
Following the 2020 Artsakh War, the diaspora’s engagement generated innovative solutions and more notably, a sense of urgency. The Armenian Society of Fellows, a network of experts and scholars from the Armenian Diaspora and Armenia, is one of those initiatives.
Armenia’s defeat in the 2020 Artsakh War highlighted the need to reform the country’s entire military system, from command to education. While authorities claim that reforms are underway, lack of clarity and transparency has become a critical problem.
If an accident were ever to happen at the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, how prepared are authorities and relevant state bodies in Armenia to respond to such a disaster? Hranoush Dermoyan explains.
The United States has been projecting soft power in Armenia since the early days of independence; and while Russia has utilized its language and cultural heritage as soft power instruments, it still prefers coercive methods over soft power.
When proper enforcement of safety regulations is delayed, it can result in tragedy. This is exactly what happened on August 14, 2022, when a warehouse at a market in Yerevan caught fire and exploded, leaving 16 people dead and 60 injured.
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