Armenian Revolution Aided by Restraint of Military, Security Services
The protest movement in Armenia, which forced former president and recently appointed prime minister Serzh Sargsyan to resign on April 23 (see EDM, April 23, 24, May... MORE
Moscow Worries Armenian ‘Velvet Revolution’ Could Lessen Its Leverage Over Yerevan
Armenia has been in the grips of a mass public protest movement since early April, when opposition leader and member of parliament Nikol Pashinyan launched... MORE
Armenian Events May Frighten Putin Even More Than Ukrainian Ones
The popular mass protests that forced former Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan to resign as the newly installed prime minister of that country—a tactic he copied... MORE
Protesters in Armenia Demand Snap Parliamentary Elections and Prime Minister Sargsyan Resigns
After Serzh Sargsyan’s second presidential term ended on April 9, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) appointed him the country’s new prime minister by... MORE
Armenia Gears Up for ‘Future Wars’
In mid-March, the Armenian Ministry of Defense (MoD) released an 18-page strategic document entitled “2018–2024 Modernization Program for the Armenian Armed Forces.” The document lays... MORE
Russia’s Arms Sales: A Foreign Policy Tool in Relations With Azerbaijan and Armenia
During his recent visit to Yerevan, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council of Russia, Konstantin Kosachev, stated that Russian weapons... MORE
Armenia Annuls Zurich Protocols With Turkey, but Hopes for New Engagement
On March 1, Armenia’s National Security Council officially scrapped the Zürich Protocols, signed with Turkey on October 10, 2009, under the internationally mediated normalization and... MORE
Is Armenia Testing a New Foreign Policy Concept?
The Armenian government expects that the long-renegotiated Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Armenia and the European Union, which was signed on November 24,... MORE
Armenian President Nominates a Successor
The constitutional amendments Armenia adopted in December 2015 provided for a fundamental change—shifting from a presidential to a parliamentary system, but establishing a transitional period... MORE
A Year in Review: Armenia Seeks Closer Cooperation With the West While Avoiding Angering Russia
The year 2017 could be considered a tranquil one for Armenia’s domestic and international political life. It passed without a repeat of anything as violent... MORE