... situation in the country is extremely precarious. It is no longer merely a question of whether Nikol Pashinyan will stay in power, or what the relations between the civil authorities and the military leadership will look like, or in what terms the status of Nagorno-Karabakh will be ultimately defined. The question now concerns the future of the Armenian statehood, it being more serious than ever before in the 30 years of Armenia’s post-Soviet history.
The situation is further exacerbated by the fact that ...
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In any case, the talks between the armed group and the authorities continue. Trying to resolve the situation by force is fraught with risks because the group is well-armed. What is more, it includes people who are regarded as heroes of the Nagorno-Karabakh War and who command great respect in society as a whole and within the armed forces. Therefore, the authorities are likely to take a wait-and-see approach, especially since on the whole the situation is under control: clashes and protests have been localized and the majority of those who support the actions of the armed group on social networks are in no hurry to take to the streets themselves.
And yet any misstep on the part of the authorities or their opponents would be enough ...
... for International Development (USAID), the key vehicle of American “soft power” in the world, had an official budget of $23 million in 2014. In 2015, it was increased to $27 million
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Alexander Skakov:
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: March Madness
However, we cannot rule out politicization of the mass protests (not necessarily over the tariffs issue) under certain circumstances, especially now that the authorities have started to promote the idea of constitutional reforms (the president spoke about it in September 2013; a concept of reform was unveiled ...
