by Kami Arabian | Aug 24, 2022 | Dartmouth College
In 2018, many in the West predicted that the resignation of Armenia’s pro-Moscow autocrat Serzh Sargsyan and election of self-proclaimed reformist Nikol Pashinyan would finally lead to democratic consolidation. Today, however, this hope appears unjustified. Since his...
by EPEKESEN19@KU.EDU.TR | Jun 7, 2022 | Koç University
The harsh rhetoric and actions of the Pashinyan government/movement is straying Armenia from the very democratic principles that they were vowing to achieve. In 2018 during the month of April and May an approximately one-month long series of civil unrest...
by Catherine Kasparyan | May 2, 2022 | Brown University
In April 2021, President Biden became the first U.S. President to refer to the systematic killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as a genocide, after years of Armenian Americans, Armenians around the world, and affiliated groups calling for this...
by AABDULLAYEVA19@KU.EDU.TR | Jan 17, 2022 | Koç University
SECOND NAGORNO-KARABAKH WAR THAT HAPPENED IN 2020 AND ENDED WITH DEFEAT OF ARMENIA, NEGATIVELY INFLUENCED POLITICAL SITUATION, AND DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESS IN ARMENIA. OPPOSITION PARTIES AND MANY CITIZENS DEMANDED RESIGNATION OF NIKOL PASHINYAN AFTER WAR. Due to failed...
by Joseph Ozmer | Dec 14, 2020 | University of Georgia
Few political phenomena are as well known as the “Rally Around the Flag” effect. Tragic events or instances of conflict can shift public opinion in favor of ruling authorities. Much of the time, this can be a mixed blessing for the authorities in question....
