![](/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Ilham-Aliyev-and-Nikol-Pashinyan-EDM-February-13-2019.jpg)
Armenian-Azerbaijani Talks on Karabakh Appear Positive Even as Conflict Continues to Simmer Underneath
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan held four-hour-long consultations in Paris, on January 16, under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Nikol-Pashinyan.jpg)
Armenia’s Revolutionary Government Wins Snap Elections
The bloc led by the leader of the “Velvet Revolution,” acting prime minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, quite predictably won a comfortable majority, obtaining 70.4... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Armenian-soldiers.jpg)
Internal Discord in CSTO May Be Pushing Armenia to Leave Russia-Led Alliance
The issue of naming a new secretary general of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has become another bone of contention between supposed allies... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Nikol-Pashinyan-and-Hassan-Rouhani-EDM-October-15-2018.jpg)
Pashinyan Formulates Armenia’s New Iran Strategy
Armenia’s interim Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held talks with Iranian President Dr. Hassan Rouhani, on September 26, on the sidelines of the United Nations General... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Pro-Pashinyan-protests-EDM-October-11-2018.jpg)
Armenia’s Revolutionary Reformist Government Faces a Crisis
The charges against former president Robert Kocharyan and his detention (see EDM, August 8) predictably boosted political tensions and further ramped up the already intensive... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Nikol-Pashinyan-and-Vladimir-Putin-EDM-October-11-2018.jpg)
Moscow Putting Ever Greater Pressure on New Armenian Regime
Moscow has been putting ever more pressure on the new Armenian leader, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Since coming to power this past spring, Pashinyan’s government... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Aliev.jpg)
Russia, Azerbaijan Improve Relations Amidst Centrifugal Tendencies in Armenia
Recent weeks and months have seen at least five key developments that appear to demonstrate a renewed rapprochement between Baku and Moscow: First, on July... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Armenian-troops-in-Syria-August.png)
Understanding Armenia’s Syrian Gamble
Following bilateral closed-door talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, on September 8, Armenia’s interim Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told journalists that Russia and... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Robert-Kocharyan-EDM-August-8-2018.jpg)
Armenian Investigators Charge Former President, Other Top Officials With Violation of Constitutional Order
The Armenian government, formed by Nikol Pashinyan after a civil disobedience campaign forced the resignation of former president and recently appointed prime minister Serzh Sargsyan... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Nikol-Pashinyan-and-Aleksei-Venediktov-EDM-July-31-2018.jpg)
Armenia’s Involvement With NATO Helps It Strengthen Relations With Georgia
Russian and Western analysts often view the pursuit of contacts with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by countries between Russia and the Alliance as... MORE