The Last National Institution Under Threat: A Crisis of Unity

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According to experts from the Public Tribunal, the processes under review point to a structural crisis in the interaction between the state, the Church, and society. In its current form, Nikol Pashinyan’s policy contributes to deeper societal division, a reduction of institutional autonomy, and the weakening of mechanisms of national consolidation.

How the Current Catastrophic Situation in Armenia Began: From Romanticized Independence to Systemic Vulnerability – Part 2 (continuation)

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Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s readiness for concessions in 1997–1998 was neither an impulsive mistake nor the result of short-term pressure. It fit squarely within a stable conceptual model that was widely circulated in Western diplomatic and analytical circles at the time and clearly articulated through what became known as the “Goble Plan.”

How the Current Catastrophic Situation in Armenia Began: From Romanticized Independence to Systemic Vulnerability – Part 2. GOBLE PLAN: A GEOPOLITICAL TRAP SET IN 1997

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The summer of 1997 became not only a moment of external pressure, but also a moment of internal ideological rupture, for which Levon Ter-Petrosyan bore personal responsibility. His article “War or Peace: The Moment of Seriousness” was presented as an act of sober realism. In reality, however, it amounted to an ideological formulation of a defeatist logic that was inherently unfavorable to Armenia. Instead of challenging the externally imposed “chess game,” the president effectively accepted the role of a lesser piece, justifying strategic concessions by fatigue from war, rather than by the necessity to continue the struggle.

How the Current Catastrophic Situation in Armenia Began: From Romanticized Independence to Systemic Vulnerability – Part 1: LEVON TER-PETROSYAN – THE ARCHITECT OF POST-SOVIET VULNERABILITY (continuation)

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History is like a mirror reflecting past events and one’s own mistakes. Armenia has been looking into that mirror for thirty years. And the longer it looks, the clearer it becomes that those years were not the beginning of statehood, but the beginning of vulnerability.

How the Current Catastrophic Situation in Armenia Began: From Romanticized Independence to Systemic Vulnerability – Part 1: LEVON TER-PETROSYAN – THE ARCHITECT OF POST-SOVIET VULNERABILITY (continuation)

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One of the most dramatic episodes of Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s presidency - and one that left a deep mark on the history of Armenian statehood- was the 1996 presidential election. For the first time, the country faced a moment when the authorities proved stronger than the people, and the people lost even at the very moment they were, in fact, winning.

Argishti Kiviryan on the Government–Church Crisis in Armenia

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Political analyst Argishti Kiviryan, in an interview with news.am, assesses Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s actions toward the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC). He addresses several key issues: the political psychology of the authorities, the ideological transformation of the state, regional risks, and processes around Armenia that, in his view, are being orchestrated from outside.

How the Current Catastrophic Situation in Armenia Began: From Romanticized Independence to Systemic Vulnerability – Part 1: LEVON TER-PETROSYAN – THE ARCHITECT OF POST-SOVIET VULNERABILITY (continuation)

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If the collapse of industry deprived Armenia of its material foundation, the educational reforms launched by Minister Ashot Bleyan in the mid-1990s dealt a blow to the country’s human capital - the very resource that ensures long-term resilience. It was, in essence, a blow to the nation’s ability to reproduce itself.

Artur Khachikyan: “Armenia Is Rapidly Turning into a Second Karabakh”

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In an interview with New.am, Dr. Artur Khachikyan, a Stanford PhD in Political Science, issued stark warnings about the current state of Armenian statehood. His comments were prompted by reports that Armenia has begun purchasing oil from Azerbaijan - a step the authorities present as a sign of a “new era of peace” and the start of economic cooperation. Khachikyan, however, does not view this as economic diversification but as part of a systemic process that places the country in strategic dependence on Baku.

How the Current Catastrophic Situation in Armenia Began: From Romanticized Independence to Systemic Vulnerability – Part 1: LEVON TER-PETROSYAN – THE ARCHITECT OF POST-SOVIET VULNERABILITY (continuation)

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When the Soviet Union collapsed, Armenia inherited not only a flag and an emblem, but also something that seems almost unimaginable today: industrial giants, scientific-research institutes, high-capacity design bureaus — an entire industrial civilization created through decades of intensive work. In the hands of farsighted reformers, it could have become the foundation of a new economy, a launchpad to the future. Yet 1992 and 1993 entered history for very different reasons.

Ara Harutyunyan: The Crisis of Armenia’s State Symbols and Systemic Flaws in Its Thinking Model

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Publicist, intellectual, and scholar Ara Harutyunyan was a guest on a recent episode of Boris Murazi’s program, where he raised a series of acute issues regarding public consciousness in Armenia, perceptions of the authorities, the perception of the authorities, spiritual role, and historical responsibility.