She

The March issue titled “She” is an attempt to create an alternative space. It asks "What if ..." What if Mother Armenia stepped down from her pedestal; what if we lived in a city where the walls also spoke of the fates of its female residents; what if space as we know it is reconfigured and She is equal owner, equal conqueror, equal creator?

Shooting to Heal

By Vigen Galstyan

Vigen Galstyan takes the reader on a journey spanning a century of Armenian women photographers who carved out their own individual spaces and honed a personal vision that spoke to urgent, collective questions, often speaking the unspeakable and approaching the unapproachable.

Short to Mid-term Steps for Post-War Armenia

By Artin DerSimonian

Armenia can either unify around a shared vision for the future or digress into internal political strife. Artin DerSimonian explores what a unified Armenian vision for the future could include if the country is to continue on the path of healthy socio-economic development.

Should Armenia Align With Stateless Nations?

By Seda Hakobyan , Alexandre Solano

This opinion piece argues that Armenia can pursue a strategy that can lead to the defense of democracy with respect to the right to self-determination of peoples by aligning itself with other stateless nations.

Should Armenian Dual Citizens Be Banned From Running For Office?

By Harout Manougian

Dual citizens cannot run in Armenian parliamentary elections, but that hasn’t always been the case.

Six Armenian Servicemen Captured: Situation on Armenia’s Borders

More than two weeks after Azerbaijani Armed Forces crossed into Armenian territory, six Armenian soldiers were surrounded and captured, escalating the already tense situation in Armenia’s border regions.

Six Lessons From the Failed Armenian-Turkish Rapprochement

By Vahram Ter-Matevosyan

Armenia’s president signed a decree on March 1 announcing the controversial Armenian-Turkish protocols null and void. Now that the the protocols are a thing of the past, Vahram Ter-Matevosyan writes that the time has come to draw some lessons from an initiative that was long dead.

Snap Parliamentary Elections: Can the Velvet Revolution Produce Political Pluralism?

By Nerses Kopalyan

With snap parliamentary elections around the corner and if all indicators hold true, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civic Contract party remains poised to sweep the vote. The question that the prime minister will have to consider is whether he wants to rule or govern.

“Soccer is [Not] a Girl’s Game”

By Kushane Chobanyan

Women in Armenia are challenging traditional perceptions that rigidly define the role of men and women in all spheres of life including sports. Kushane Chobanyan talks with women soccer players who are breaking those stereotypes.

Social Media: Political Parties Enter the Fray

By Samvel Martirosyan

How did political parties and blocs running for parliamentary elections utilize social media? Did they use targeted advertising or simply throw money away? Information security expert Samvel Martirosyan breaks it down and presents an interesting picture.