Topic: economics

The most widely discussed topic these days continues to be the war involving the US and Iran and its future. There are different views on what the region and the[...]

WASHINGTON (Azatutyun) — US Vice President JD Vance will travel to Azerbaijan and Armenia next month to build on Armenian-Azerbaijani peace agreements brokered by the United States, President Donald Trump[...]

YEREVAN — Back in the Soviet era, intellectuals and artists belonged to various “creative” associations or unions through which the state used to support and control their activities. These included[...]

While Russia continues its war in Ukraine and still lacks the capacity to fully pursue and service its interests in the South Caucasus, Iran begins to take the initiative into[...]

Armenia and China established a strategic partnership on August 31, 2025, at the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held in Tianjin, China. The establishment of a strategic[...]

By Daron Acemoglu These are uncertain and confusing times. Not only are we contending with pandemics, climate change, societal aging in major economies and rising geopolitical tensions, but artificial intelligence[...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (MIT News) — MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson PhD ‘89, whose work has illuminated the relationship between political systems and economic growth, were named winners of[...]

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[...]

On April 5, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha Power, alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Union Foreign Affairs chief Josep Borrell[...]

By Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan NEW YORK — For some growing up in a closely-knit Armenian community, which can be anywhere in the world outside of the present-day Republic of Armenia,[...]