Ruben ANGALADYAN

It is a fact that Armenia is a part of the deep international crisis. Our country saw what happened in Europe, Russia and Ukraine, and now is looking for ways out of this difficult situation. Europe is cutting down investments in production, construction and research, particularly in fields which “can wait.” Now Europe is looking …

During the past several weeks of autumn the vectors, which have been formed in Yerevan, offer a few interesting approaches. 1. positive voting of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs about the Armenian Genocide committed during the Ottoman rule, 2. recent events of Turkey started from the murder of Hrant Dink and finished with …

And so the first step is made. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. Congress’ House of Representatives approved Resolution 106 to describe the World War I-era killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide. However three hours after the US President George W. Bush made an announcement that this step is too soon to …

The third president of Armenia will bear significantly more responsibilities to the state than the first and the second ones. Furthermore, each time that responsibility will be larger. There are two reasons for that. One: The inertia processes of the collapse of the great empire (Soviet Union) have ended (as in foreign policy, in inner …

It may seem strange, but Armenians have always made the same mistakes and created problems in their relations with other countries and the international community. These mistakes and problems have led to losses. Armenians can’t negotiate well because they don’t have concrete issues, goals, resources to help reach those goals and financial background… Armenians don’t …

1. Recently, two events shook citizens living in a politically unaware Yerevan: a. The announcement made by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen (July 3, 2006) b. The announcement made by director of the “Crisis Group” Caucasian project Sabina Freizer (July 7, 2006). It’s obvious that the announcements had to do with the Karabakh conflict. They’re …

1.  From a social society to national independence 1988 was a turning year for Armenians. For the first time in the past 15 years (starting from 1973), Armenians felt sorry for the leaders of the republic as they faced hardships and went against their thoughts and feelings. Armenians are emotional and that’s going to make …

Today, Georgia is the most important cosmopolitan factor in the Southern Caucasus region, especially in this period of rising conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan. But Georgia is one of the post-Soviet countries of the region with the most issues. The poor inter-ethnic relations inside Georgia, of which everyone used to talk about back in the …