Tag: Russia

If Azerbaijan’s Aliyev attacks Armenia, it risks Armenia's survival but would be self-sabotage for Baku. Such aggression would push Aliyev into Russia’s revisionist orbit, thereby undermining his external geopolitical patronage system—a key factor for his regime's survival. Anna Ohanyan explains.

Remarks made by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Baku on August 19 triggered a wave of strong reactions from Iran, underscoring the conflicting views Moscow and Tehran hold on a key regional issue.

Armenia faces distinct security threats from Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Russia, with Russia posing the most complex and severe challenge through cyber operations. This month's security briefing explores the concept of subversion as a tenable risk-mitigation strategy against these threats.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's unyielding defiance against international criticism, and the West's failure to impose consequences emboldens his regime, setting a dangerous precedent for authoritarian leaders globally, writes Tatev Hayrapetyan.

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.

Armenia and the U.S. conduct the second joint Eagle Partner military exercise, marking growing defense cooperation between the two countries. Hovhannes Nazaretyan details the exercise's objectives, scale and international reactions.

Sossi Tatikyan explores the reasons behind the EU's decision to provide assistance to Armenia through the EPF, the significance of this measure, the diverse perspectives within Armenia and the ensuing hostile reactions from Azerbaijan and Russia.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of July 19: Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations at an impasse once more; the European Commission to start visa liberalization talks with Armenia; Russia bans import of fresh fruit and vegetables from Armenia citing food safety concerns and more.

In this episode of “Examining the Context” podcast, Dr. Nerses Kopalyan notes that public discourse in Armenia incorrectly attempts to situate the country’s security context within the larger international constellation. He argues that a more cogent and empirically substantive approach can be established through the concept of Regional Security Complex Theory.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of June 28: Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan says Russia took Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenians, returned it to Azerbaijan and left; Armenia proposes joint ceasefire investigation mechanism to Azerbaijan; a shareholder of the Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine sues the Armenian Government.