The EU’s Response to Azerbaijani-Turkish Aggression

By Anna Barseghyan

The Azerbaijani-Turkish joint venture of transplanting mercenaries into Azerbaijan has the potential to turn the region into a new hub of sectarian violence and create a security breakdown for the wider region. Here is the EU response.

The European Green Deal and Its Implications for Armenia

By Anna Barseghyan

The European Green Deal is an ambitious plan to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Anna Barseghyan looks at the challenges and opportunities for green policy in Armenia.

The European Record on Recognizing the Armenian Genocide

By Anna Barseghyan

Anna Barseghyan looks back at Europe’s record on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and writes that as long as new genocides are happening across the world, the Armenian question remains contemporary.

The Evolving Culture of Armenian Board Games

By Anahit Sukiasyan

You most likely played Monopoly as a child, and if your first language was Armenian, then you most probably struggled to translate the content of the cards from English or Russian. Anahit Sukiasyan writes about how Armenian board games are being developed and gaining popularity.

The Evolving Journey of the Armenian Tomato

By Gayane Ghazaryan

Armenia’s “tomato heritage” started in 1944, when plant breeder Anahit Ananyan cultivated the first Armenian tomato variety, which was named “Anahit 20” in her honor.

The Fairy Tale: Would You Believe It?

By Arshaluys Barseghyan

The only thing this fairy tale needs to become a reality is peace and peace perhaps needs a fairy tale.

The Fall and Rise of Myths in Post-War Armenia

By Garen Nazarian

Several popular myths that had become deeply entrenched in Armenian society began collapsing after the war. Today, new myths are being constructed. Will Armenians risk fooling themselves into disingenuous politics and disastrous policy based on a set of new myths?

The Fall of Kars: A Look to the Past

By Mikael Yalanuzyan

Armenia’s defeat and the loss of land in Artsakh took place exactly 100 years after the Turkish-Armenian War of 1920. Armenian society started drawing parallels between the fortress cities of Kars and Shushi.

The Families of Sari Tagh

By Maria Titizian , Roubina Margossian

Ten residents of Sari Tagh, a neighborhood in the Erebuni district in Yerevan where a group of armed men calling themselves the Daredevils of Sassoun seized a police station last summer, continue to remain in pre-trial detention after confrontation with security forces 10 months ago. Their families are now fighting for their release.

The First 100 Days of Nikol Pashinyan’s Government

Armenia's post Velvet Revolution government came with the promise of snap elections, rooting out corruption and a new style of governance. A look at Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's and his government's first 100 days in office.