Successive Armenian leaders have navigated the tension between pursuing international recognition of the Armenian Genocide and maintaining diplomatic pragmatism, especially in relation to Turkey, diaspora expectations, and evolving foreign policy priorities since independence. Hovhannes Nazaretyan explains.
Armenia's controversial "stable majority" provision distorts proportional representation and weakens parliamentary democracy. With elections expected in 2026, concerns remain over its impact on governance, coalition-building and legitimacy. Hranoush Dermoyan explains.
In this deeply moving essay, Alexander Thatcher describes his search for "the New Berlin"—a city with the raw energy of Weimar Berlin, attracting young intellectuals and creatives in search of tumult. From Istanbul and Belgrade to Ozurgeti and Tbilisi, he follows this allure of instability, cultural magnetism and self-discovery.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 4: At the International Organization of La Francophonie summit, French President Macron reaffirms France’s “unconditional support for Armenia”; the largest Iranian trade center in the world opens in Armenia; as senior Armenian officials reiterate Baku’s unwillingness to commit to a peace agreement, Ilham Aliyev accuses Armenia of committing ecocide, urbicide and culturcide.
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.
XV-XVII դարերում միաժամանակ մինչև 4-5 օծված հայ կաթողիկոս կարող էր պաշտոնավարել, իսկ Շահ Աբասը XVII դարի սկզբին քիչ մնաց Մայր տաճարը Էջմիածնից քար առ քար Սպահան տեղափոխեր՝ վախենալով, որ այն ազդեցության գործիք դառնա օսմանյան սուլթանի ձեռքին, երբ նա Արևելյան Հայաստանը գրավի։ Այս ժամանակահատվածին է անդրադառնում Վահրամ Մարտիրոսյանի ՁայնաՊատումը, որտեղ հեղինակն առավել մանրամասն է ներկայացնում իրավիճակն ու ավելի շատ փակագծեր բացում, քան հոդվածում։
In a voluminous collection of texts, historian and former diplomat Jirair Libaridian examines the reasons behind the moral, military and intellectual defeat of the Armenian elite in the context of three issues: the contemporary history of the Republic of Armenia, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and Armenian-Turkish relations.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of June 17: After more than six weeks of ongoing protests, the opposition Resistance Movement remove their tents from France Square; Armenia’s new Criminal Code will not include the article for grave insults; Armenia’s national airline FlyArna launches its first flight and more.
Does the Armenian diaspora have a role in the process of state building? Tigran Yegavian presents a brief history of Armenia-Diaspora relations starting with Armenia’s independence and offers some insights to rectify the absence of an effective relationship.
Independent Armenia’s third president was Serzh Sargsyan. This article chronicles his rise to power, the major challenges and shortcomings of his administration and his eventual resignation.
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