... Azerbaijan; the separatist project in Karabakh; the false winner complex; the pro-Russian course of presidents Kocharyan and Sargsyan.
With the irrevocable defeat in the Karabakh war, Armenia achieved the appeasement of Azerbaijan. In their public statements, Nikol Pashinyan and other Armenian politicians tend to repeat the mantra about Baku’s impending attack, even if well aware that Azerbaijan has no such intentions. Armenia’s security is already ensured, regardless of how strange these words may sound today. Armenia is not threatened ...
... turn, are influenced and shaped by personality traits, perceptions (which is filtered through biases, stereotypes and heuristics), motivation/emotion [
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Nikol Pashinyan’s diplomacy?
Andrey Kortunov:
The Liberal Project and Its Relevance for Armenia
Nikol Pashinyan, with no prior diplomatic training and interest in foreign policy, is known for his emotional and fiery speeches, which often contain insults, outbursts of anger, threats. Emotions are capable of altering humans’ normal cognitive function....
... Prime Minister.
As massive crowds packed Yerevan’s Republic Square
, the veteran Armenian politician ultimately bowed to popular pressure and
stepped aside on April 23
. The second phase of the April Revolution saw the ascendancy of
protest leader Nikol Pashinyan
to the Prime Minister’s office. Pashinyan’s proposed electoral reform promises to pave the way for a more competitive political system in Armenia, breaking the monopoly of the ruling Republican Party, which has dominated Armenian politics since the late 1990s.
Even more remarkable was the lack of any foreign involvement in the April Revolution. There were no “little green men” in the ...
