Armenia’s Security Dilemma: Seeking Shelter in a Fractured West

Armenia’s Security Dilemma: Seeking Shelter in a Fractured West

Despite the camera-ready image of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President Ilham Aliyev shaking hands at the August 2025 Washington Summit, the formal end of hostilities has not profoundly brought closure or clarity to Yerevan, as Armenia currently faces quite possibly the most opaque security landscape of any post-Soviet state. While the cessation of fighting […] The post Armenia’s Security Dilemma: Seeking Shelter in a Fractured West appea…

‘America First’: Armenia’s Reckless Gamble

The ostentatious rapprochement between Prime Minister Pashinyan and the clique of autocrats led by President Trump, coinciding with the Davos forum and the establishment of the “Peace Council,” is reshaping the landscape of Armenian diplomacy. The Armenian Prime Minister’s decision to attend and sign Armenia’s free membership is a fundamental diplomatic blunder, a slap in the face of the UN, an institution that the United States and Israel certa…