Geopolitics and Foreign Policy

Outlining Russia’s Future in the South Caucasus - An Armenian Perspective

Outlining Russia’s Future in the South Caucasus – An Armenian Perspective

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy / By

Outlining Russia’s Future in the South Caucasus – An Armenian Perspective January 18, 2024 Benyamin Poghosyan Senior Research Fellow, APRI Armenia This article was originally published in the Stockholm Centre for Easter European Studies Guest Report No. 2, 2024.  Executive Summary Following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Russia positioned itself to control the balance …

Outlining Russia’s Future in the South Caucasus – An Armenian Perspective Read More »

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy

Strengthening EU-Armenia Relations

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy / By

Strengthening EU-Armenia Relations January 18, 2024 APRI Armenia, in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Yerevan Office—South Caucasus Region, conducted a short research project in late 2023 to look at current and evolving factors in the relationship between the European Union and Armenia. Following a comprehensive desk research, APRI Armenia interviewed Armenian officials, EU diplomats …

Strengthening EU-Armenia Relations Read More »

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy

What Next in Armenia – Azerbaijan Negotiations

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy / By

What Next in Armenia – Azerbaijan Negotiations January 18, 2024 Benyamin Poghosyan Senior Research Fellow, APRI Armenia In the late months of 2022 and 2023 there were intensive discussions about the possible signature of the Armenia – Azerbaijan peace agreement. Both international mediators and facilitators, as well as representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan were making …

What Next in Armenia – Azerbaijan Negotiations Read More »

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy

Perpetuating the Cycle of Violence

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy / By

Perpetuating the cycle of violence January 18, 2024 Benyamin Poghosyan Senior Research Fellow, APRI Armenia After Azerbaijan’s latest offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, the South Caucasus will likely see further escalations and suffering for decades to come On 19 September 2023, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale offensive along the line of contact with the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The …

Perpetuating the Cycle of Violence Read More »

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy

Assessing the Fallout from Azerbaijan’s Military Offensive Against Nagorno-Karabakh

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy / By

Assessing the Fallout from Azerbaijan’s Military Offensive Against Nagorno-Karabakh January 18, 2024 Benyamin Poghosyan For the first time since the end of the 2020 War, Azerbaijan has launched a full-scale military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. At 1:15 pm Yerevan/Baku time on Tuesday, September 19, the government of Azerbaijan began intensive shelling of the Armenian-held areas of …

Assessing the Fallout from Azerbaijan’s Military Offensive Against Nagorno-Karabakh Read More »

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy

Kennan Cable No. 81: What’s at Stake in Nagorno-Karabakh: U.S. Interests and the Risk of Ethnic Cleansing

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy / By

Kennan Cable No. 81: What’s at Stake in Nagorno-Karabakh: U.S. Interests and the Risk of Ethnic Cleansing January 18, 2024 Benyamin Poghosyan President, APRI Armenia In a corner of the former Soviet Union, overshadowed by the catastrophe in Ukraine, a blockade backed by the government of Azerbaijan has cut off an estimated 120,000 Armenians in …

Kennan Cable No. 81: What’s at Stake in Nagorno-Karabakh: U.S. Interests and the Risk of Ethnic Cleansing Read More »

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy

Middle Eastern Linkages Are Shaping the South Caucasus

Geopolitics and Foreign Policy / By

Middle Eastern Linkages Are Shaping the South Caucasus January 18, 2024 Benyamin Poghosyan Research Fellow at APRI Armenia In an interview with Carnegie Middle East Center, Sergei Melkonian discusses Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey’s and Israel’s efforts to expand their reach north of Iran. Sergei Melkonian is a research fellow at the Applied Policy Research Institute …

Middle Eastern Linkages Are Shaping the South Caucasus Read More »