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Pashinyan: Armenia Seeks Balance Among Global Powers to Protect Its Sovereignty

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Armenia is pursuing what Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan describes as a “balanced and balancing” foreign policy designed to protect the country’s sovereignty in an increasingly competitive and multipolar world. Speaking at the SCO Plus meeting in Bishkek, Pashinyan argued that a multipolar international order could provide a more reliable foundation for global stability and peace. For smaller states such as Armenia, he said, the challenge is to navigate between competing centers of power without allowing any single geopolitical force to compromise their independence. Pashinyan described Armenia’s approach as a practical response to that challenge. “When the pull of any geopolitical pole becomes so strong that it could undermine our independence,” he explained, Armenia seeks to strengthen relations with another major center of influence in order to preserve its strategic balance. The objective, he emphasized, is not simply to maintain good relations with different powers. It is ultimate...
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Armenia's Foreign Policy: Keeping Every Door Open

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Armenia is trying to do something that sounds simple on paper and becomes much harder the moment geopolitics gets involved: keep every door open . The Armenian government’s new 2026–2031 program makes that ambition fairly clear. Yerevan says it will continue pursuing what it calls a “balanced and balancing” foreign policy , with the broader goal of making Armenia’s external environment more stable and, perhaps more importantly, making the country less dependent on any single foreign power. It is an ambitious strategy. Armenia wants better relations with its immediate neighbors, deeper ties with the European Union and United States, stronger partnerships with France, China and India, continued engagement with Russia, and closer cooperation with Iran. In other words, Yerevan is not choosing one geopolitical camp. It is trying to build enough relationships that it doesn't have to. The neighborhood comes first The most interesting part of the government's strategy is that it starts...
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Armenia Accelerates Military Fortification as Defense Minister Inspects New Position

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Armenia is continuing work on a new generation of fortified military positions as Defense Minister Suren Papikyan conducts a series of inspections aimed at assessing the state of the country’s armed forces and the progress of ongoing defense projects. During one of his latest visits, Papikyan inspected the construction site of a newly developing fortified district and reviewed the progress of work firsthand. “I visited the construction site of one of our new fortified districts and followed the progress of the work,” Papikyan said in a social-media post. The visit forms part of a broader series of unannounced inspections that the defense minister has been carrying out at military units and bases across Armenia. The construction effort is part of Armenia’s broader push to strengthen its defensive infrastructure. Earlier this year, Papikyan publicly presented several of the fortification projects carried out along Armenia’s borders, describing them as part of a major engineering effort u...
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Armenia's Foreign Policy: Balancing Between East and West

 Armenia’s foreign policy is shaped by its geography, history, and complex regional dynamics. As a small, landlocked country in the South Caucasus, Armenia walks a delicate diplomatic tightrope between two major global powers: Russia and the United States. Russia has long been Armenia’s traditional ally. The two countries are bound by military and economic ties, including Armenia’s membership in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Russia also operates a military base in Armenia and has historically been seen as a security guarantor, especially in the context of Armenia’s tensions with Azerbaijan. However, recent years have seen growing frustration in Armenia over what many perceive as a lack of Russian support during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and subsequent border clashes. This has sparked public and political debates in Yerevan about the reliability of Russia as a strategic partner. Armenia’s relationship with ...
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Turkey's Operation in Syria and Human Rights in the Region

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Turkey's military operations in northern Syria in recent years have caused serious problems affecting the civilian population in the region. Although these operations caused human rights violations and displacement, unfortunately they did not attract enough attention from the international community. Attacks carried out in civilian areas threatened peaceful life and left people in the region in a difficult situation. The operations left a great impact, especially on the Kurdish population in the region. Kurds, as an important ethnic group that has existed in the region for many years, have been displaced as a result of these operations, their right to life has been violated and their social order has been turned upside down. This situation has increased the concerns of human rights activists who defend the rights of Kurds in the region. On the other hand, the USA and Russia are considered guarantors of stability in the region. However, the conflicts between these two great powers a...
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Turkish Occupation in Northern and Eastern Syria

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The ongoing Turkish occupation in the northern and eastern regions of Syria has deeply impacted the area. According to statistics, the attacks have resulted in the loss of at least 8 civilians' lives and injuries to dozens of people in the city of Qamishlo; in Kobani, 2 individuals were also injured. The Turkish occupation initiated its consecutive attacks from Kobani on December 25th, targeting Qamishlo. On the first day alone, it aimed at a total of 22 different points, striking service and vital areas, as well as commercial establishments. Similarly, on the second day, 22 different points came under attack. This time, the targets included once again service and vital areas, along with commercial establishments, but 10 of them also comprised security points. Throughout the two days of attacks, Turkish UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) attacks took center stage. Notable points among the targets included a parking lot and company in Kobani, an industrial facility and construction cente...
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MARDAGER

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  Respectfully to all freedom fighters, There's something I've been bringing up on every platform; Armenians and Kurds have shared similar fates and are bound to each other by unbreakable historical ties. The fact that both communities have suffered from Turkish attacks and even genocide throughout history is the most significant aspect strengthening this historical connection. Sometimes historical ties are formed by events, sometimes by shared great sorrows, and sometimes by heroes! Let me introduce you to one of those heroes: Nubar OZANYAN. His real name was Fermun CIRAK (some sources also mention Orhan BAKIRCIYAN). Nubar OZANYAN, a hero who engraved his name in golden letters in the struggle history of Armenian and Kurdish peoples, creating even closer ties between two already friendly communities. Nubar OZANYAN was born in 1956 in a poor Armenian family in Turkey. His mother died at a young age, and his father had abandoned him. There was no family left. He had an aunt, a...
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