... of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club and RIAC Member.
Closed-door discussion allowed Russian and Armenian experts to frankly exchange views on challenges and prospects for trade and economic cooperation both among the EAEU member states and with partners in Eurasia. Sergey Chernyshev, Assistant to the Eurasian Economic Commission Trade Minister, ...
... Russia’s attention away from the Karabakh issue. Azerbaijan is unlikely to abuse such a switch, but both Baku and Ankara are closely monitoring the situation.
Robert Quinn Carolan:
Neck and Neck: Ankara and Moscow in the New ‘Race for Africa’
Armenia also receives its bonuses from the conflict. Tens of thousands of Russians are moving to Yerevan. We are talking, among other things, about active and passionate businessmen working in the IT sector. Armenia has become a convenient hub for them,...
A path forward would be to strengthen the strategic alliance between Russia and Armenia, with the aim of preventing Turkey, and by extension NATO, from establishing any domination in the post-Soviet Transcaucasia
This July will mark the 300th anniversary of
Peter the Great’s
Caspian campaign. The campaign proved costly for ...
Armenia needs to explore what it wants to get from cooperation with China and what it has to offer to Beijing
There was, in fact, a good opportunity to strengthen relations between Armenia and China as the two sides signed the Memorandum on Promotion ...
On July 1, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held an expert meeting on low-carbon development strategies of Russia and Armenia. The event was held under the Chatham House Rule
On July 1, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held an expert meeting on low-carbon development strategies of Russia and Armenia. The event was held under the Chatham House Rule....
... players in this region. Other discussion topics included the results and international political consequences of the Second Karabakh War in 2020, the dynamics of the protracted political crisis in Georgia, the upcoming early parliamentary elections in Armenia on June 20, 2021, and other developments in the region.
The event was attended by about forty experts, former and current diplomats, journalists and public figures. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, spoke at the roundtable on behalf of Russia....
... the conducive international environment as well as the shortsighted diplomacy of Nikol Pashinyan to wage the war, not leaving it for the years to come, when the balance of power could be restored
The Karabakh issue has always been an issue shaping Armenian politics. In September 2020, Azerbaijan
initiated
large-scale hostilities against the unrecognized Nagorno Karabakh Republic, and Armenia attempted to defend its compatriots in the region. I believe that Armenia [
1
] suffered a systemic defeat ...
... member states, observers and partners, the Iranian economy is
second
only to Russia’s. In terms of economic cooperation, Russia and Kazakhstan stand to benefit most from lowering tariff barriers. In addition, the project is of particular interest to Armenia, which is the only EAEU member that has a land border with Iran—currently under a partial blockade. Armenia could thus be used as a transit country for Iranian imports and exports. A free-trade agreement with Tehran would also do wonders for ...
... (OSCE), the European Union (EU) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)–to provide a diplomatic answer to violent conflicts that emerged in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Andrey Kortunov:
The Liberal Project and Its Relevance for Armenia
Nagorno-Karabakh is the latest example, as most of the ethnic quarrels in the South Caucasus are still ongoing since 1991, with Abkhazia and South Ossetia remaining
de facto
[
1
] independent from Georgia, while only one of the three recognized ...
Like Asgard, Armenia is not a place, it is a people
The relatively recent (2017) Hollywood blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok has a memorable scene of the heavenly kingdom of Asgard collapsing. A happenstance witness to and participant in
Ragnarok
, the last battle between ...
