Topic: diplomacy

(Azatutyun.am) — A senior US State Department official has discussed with Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders their efforts to negotiate an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal during his visits to Yerevan and Baku.[...]

Recently, the “Zangezur Corridor” has become a significant source of tension between Iran and Russia, with various regional players pursuing their own interests. For Turkey, it connects the Turkic world;[...]

In an article for the Mirror-Spectator published in July, I argued that Armenia’s absence from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit is a strategic error by its government. Also, in that[...]

By Ruzanna Stepanian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Senior Armenian officials have thanked Iran for reaffirming its strong opposition to land corridors passing through Armenia in response to Russia’s latest push for[...]

By Artak Khulian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — The delimitation and demarcation of Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan will not necessarily be based on a 1991 declaration championed by Yerevan, according to a[...]

By Astghik Bedevian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — The signing of an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty is conditional on a change of Armenia’s constitution, a senior aide to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said[...]

On August 18-19, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Azerbaijan for two days, coinciding with ongoing battles in the Kursk region of Russia after the Ukrainian army invaded Russia. The official Kremlin[...]

The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and the onset of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022 have dramatically disrupted the status quo in the South Caucasus, thrusting the region into the center[...]

Many are curious about how the future of US foreign policy may change, depending on whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the presidential election. Some believe Harris’s approach will[...]

In my latest article for the Armenian Mirror-Spectator, I discussed the competition in the South Caucasus among key players: Russia, Turkey, the USA, and Iran. I analyzed recent developments in[...]