Armenia and India Build Strategic Relationship (By Eduard Abrahamyan)

With Azerbaijan and Pakistan currently pursuing a strategic partnership (see EDM, September 28, 2016; December 15, 2016), Armenia and India have decided to step up their cooperation across several dimensions. Indeed, the past six months were marked by a visible reinvigoration of Armenian-Indian

“NATO’s aloofness vis-a-vis the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is no longer sustainable” (By Eduard Abrahamyan)

As NATO prepares to hold its summit this week, there is one region that deserves more attention from the alliance, argues Eduard Abrahamyan in this commentary. NATO should have a more pro-active role in the solution of the Karabakh conflict, says Abrahamyan. The escalating

Armenia, Azerbaijan and the War on Information (By Samvel Martirosyan)

Armenia and Azerbaijan are not only engaged in military operations against one another, but they are also now gradually intensifying information warfare. Today, this information war is being waged in the media, through social networks, on academic platforms – all platforms where it

Armenia Pushes to Reinvigorate Its Relationship With NATO (By Eduard Abrahamyan)

Armenia—Russia’s closest ally in the South Caucasus—appears intent on revitalizing its partnership with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This agenda turned explicit on February 27–28, when Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan paid a visit to Brussels. Besides holding several important meetings with high-level

Armenia-Belarus Friction Gaining Momentum (By Eduard Abrahamyan)

  Amidst intensifying tensions with Russia (see EDM, February 6, 14), Belarus’s relations with another erstwhile ally, Armenia, are also deteriorating. Even though, Armenia and Belarus are both members of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) military alliance, their bilateral relationship is

An Azerbaijani Front Against Iran? Central Asian Relations in the Age of Trump (By Eldar Mamedov)

Barely two weeks in office, the Trump administration has already sharply escalated tensions with Iran. First, it targeted Iranian citizens in a shameful and illegal visa ban, alongside citizens of six other predominantly Muslim countries, ostensibly on counter-terrorism grounds – despite the fact

Armenia: Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place (By Eugene Kogan)

Armenia remains in a precarious position. It is dependent on Russia and has nowhere else to turn, but at the same time Russia is supplying arms to Armenia’s arch-enemy Azerbaijan. In addition, the four-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh in April 2016 clearly exposed the

Pakistan-Armenia Friction Has Intensified (By Eduard Abrahamyan)

Joint press statement with Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev (right) during the visit of Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif (left) (source: Apa.az) The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Karabakh province, which has simmered since the collapse of the Soviet Union, seems to

Nagorno-Karabakh; No More a Frozen Conflict (By Yeghia Tashjian)

Nagorno-Karabakh; No More a Frozen Conflict “Thus, the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is not a territorial argument between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It was raised not by Armenia but by the people of Nagorno-Karabakh” The history of the conflict Wars and tragedies recognize neither borders nor