Armenia’s New Government: Who’s Who

The biographies of the new interim cabinet formed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and other appointments.

Armenia’s New National Security Strategy: Sharing First Impressions

By Vahram Ter-Matevosyan

Armenia’s Security Council recently introduced a new National Security Strategy after a 13-year hiatus. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan writes that while it is an important milestone and invested efforts are praiseworthy, the document, with a few exceptions, is inward-looking and unambitious.

Armenia’s New Security Architecture: Russia as Geopolitical Bodyguard

By Nerses Kopalyan

Armenia needs to reconfigure the political economy of its security architecture by utilizing its security alliance with Russia, through a mechanism of burden-sharing, where Russia’s geopolitical interests are aligned with Armenia’s security interests.

Armenia’s Obstacles Within the Eurasian Economic Union

By Suren Parsyan

There are a number of obstacles and barriers within the internal market of the EAEU. If solved quickly and effectively, it can create opportunities for mutual trade to grow, making it a productive vehicle for regional integration.

Armenia’s Path to Getting Copyright Right

By Hovsep Markarian

Artists have been facing a real problem in Armenia: not getting fairly compensated for the music they release. In an age when sales of physical disk copies have drastically declined, with concerts and tours put on hold because of a pandemic, how are musicians supposed to get by?

Armenia’s Post-COVID Tourism Development Prospects

By Hranoush Dermoyan

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the tourism industry hard globally and Armenia was not spared. Another obstacle hindering development prospects for tourism in Armenia is regional and border stability which will also play an important role when travel resumes in full force.

Armenia’s Role and Place in the Geopolitical Environment of the South Caucasus

By Areg Petrosyan

Following the 2020 Artsakh War, the creation of a new geopolitical reality in the region by Baku and Ankara opened a "Pandora's Box" forcing the main stakeholders to re-articulate their geopolitical agenda.

Armenia’s Sugar Crash

By Suren Parsyan

The high level of centralization in Armenia’s sugar market has been maintained, allowing the main sugar importer, producer, wholesaler and retailer to leverage its market power into an arbitrary pricing policy.

Armenia’s Tech Sector

By Sassoon Grigorian

Sassoon Grigorian writes that Armenians are noted problem solvers, world leaders in the strategy game of chess and have the ability to be a world leader in a technology niche.

Armenia’s Technology-Themed October

By Syuzan Tosunyan

October is traditionally the highlight of Armenia’s technology-themed events calendar. This year saw two large-scale events: Engineering Week and DigiWeek 2021.