- Former Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan has been arrested on charges of embezzlement.
- Armenia’s military expenditure will increase by 11% in 2022, according to a draft government budget.
- Lithuania will donate 50,000 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine to Armenia.
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Turning Points in U.S. – Russia Relations
Thomas Graham, Anatol Lieven and Svetlana Savranskaya join a panel on ‘Turning Points in US-Russia Relations’ at a symposium organized by the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. The panel took place on July 10 in Tbilisi. Thomas Graham was special assistant to the U.S. president on Russia from 2004 to 2007. He is currently a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Anatol Lieven is an author, journalist, and policy analyst. He is a visiting professor at King’s College London and a senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible […]
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Inside Tbilisi’s strange election
In this in-depth conversation, sociologist Alexander Thatcher joins Patrick Elliott to unpack Georgia’s shocking election results and their implications for democracy in the South Caucasus. The discussion explores the complex dynamics of Russian influence in Georgian politics and society, examining how Moscow’s strategic interests shape regional developments.
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AI education to be introduced to schools across Armenia
The STEP.ai program, developed by AGBU Armenian Virtual College in collaboration with Synopsys Armenia and the Union of Employers of Information and Communication Technology (UE ICT), is giving Armenian high school students the essential skills in artificial intelligence. At the recent graduation ceremony, students showcased projects like face detection and image classification, demonstrating the program’s impact on their tech education. The event also marked the signing of a pivotal agreement between Armenian government officials and private sector leaders to expand AI education across the country, in a unified commitment to prepare Armenia’s youth for a tech-driven future.
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EU parliament smacks the Aliyev regime
In this week’s episode of Insights, Eric Hacopian analyzes the European Parliament’s new resolution against Azerbaijan, including potential sanctions and the call to end the EU-Azerbaijan gas deal. The discussion moves to Georgia’s pivotal national elections and their implications for regional dynamics. Finally, Hacopian examines how the latest developments in the US presidential elections could impact Armenia’s strategic interests and regional relationships.
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Instrumentalized and Alienated: Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian Refugees in Armenia
By Karena Avedissian The discourse around Armenian refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenia following the region’s ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijan in September 2023 highlights the troubling tendency for vulnerable refugee populations to be politicized. The plight of these refugees—marginalized by virtue of their displacement—has been overshadowed by how various actors in Armenia, from government officials to civil society figures and even foreign diplomatic missions, have used them as a political tool. This instrumentalization isn’t unique to Armenia, but its local manifestations reveal unsettling patterns, from targeted rhetoric to symbolic photo-ops. In a time of national trauma, one might hope for compassion […]