Armenia's Election: Between Moscow, Brussels and Its Own Path
Armenia goes to the polls on 7 June. Following its defeat and the loss of control over Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s military offensive in 2023, the country is reassessing its alliances – deepening ties with the EU, the United States and India, while carefully managing its relationship with Russia.
But change is not straightforward. Russia is actively trying to shape the outcome of the elections with economic pressure and propaganda. There have also been reports of Armenians being flown in from Russia to vote for pro-Russian parties. And moving away from Moscow does not automatically mean independence – it raises the question of whether Armenia is simply trading one dependency for another.
We speak with Anna Ohanyan about what this election really means – and what it takes for a small state to find its own path in a world dominated by great powers.
Participants
- Anna Ohanyan (Professor of Political Science at Stonehill College and Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
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Host: Hakob Matevosyan (Researcher at ZOiS)
(Music: “Complete” by Modul is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0-License.)
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