“Will You Answer for Calling Him a Scoundrel”: Kocharyan’s Detention Opens a New Chapter in Armenia’s Power Struggle

National statehood, Western orientation, the Russian factor and new ideological confrontations For a long time, international analysis portrayed the South Caucasus mainly as an arena of geopolitical rivalry — a “chessboard” on which the spheres of...

Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has presented his government’s programme for 2026–31 to parliament, outlining one of the most radical revisions of the country’s foreign policy in decades. His address brought three issues together into a...

Pashinyan acknowledged that Tigranashen belongs to Azerbaijan and Artsvashen to Armenia, but said no agreement had been reached. Another question remains unanswered: after more than 30 years, will former residents want to return to villages...

Azerbaijan's energy advantage, Georgia's transit model and Armenia's technology potential illustrate the region's different economic trajectories Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia posted different growth rates in 2025, but the high share of raw...