ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN….
The struggle with Azerbaijan for control of Karabakh keeps Armenia poor and insecure. Karabakh is a small region in Azerbaijan with an Armenian population but... MORE
TOWARD ARMENIAN-TURKISH DETENTE?
Probably reflecting Armenia's unsettled internal situation, some of Kocharian's and Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian's summit-related remarks seemed written by different hands with different agendas. The... MORE
SUCCESSIONS…. ARMENIA:
Aram Sarkisian, a 38-year old engineer with no political experience, will replace his murdered older brother Vazgen as prime minister. President Robert Kocharian made the... MORE
KEY ARMENIAN LEADERS ASSASSINATED.
Gunmen bursting into the Armenian parliament yesterday assassinated Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchian and an as-yet-undetermined number of legislators and executive branch... MORE
IS ARMENIA’S ECONOMIC EXPANSION SUSTAINABLE?
To the surprise of some observers, Armenia's new "left-right" government has stayed the course on economic policy. Relations between Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian's government and... MORE
ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN….
Presidents Haidar Aliev of Azerbaijan and Robert Kocharian of Armenia did not bother with a neutral site for their fourth bilateral meeting in as many... MORE
AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA….
On the fringes of the Yalta summit, Azerbaijan's President Haidar Aliev and Armenia's President Robert Kocharian held their third bilateral discussion in the past three... MORE
MOSCOW’S WOOING OF AZERBAIJAN UNSETTLES ARMENIA.
While still in Baku, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov sought to reassure Armenia of continued Russian support. He justified Russia's military alliance with and arming... MORE