Saturday, May 22, 2021, 1:00 pm ET / 10am PT
On Zoom and NAASR's YouTube channel Armenian Studies.

PANELISTS
DR. NERSES KOPALYAN
Assistant Professor-in-Residence of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

HAROUT MANOUGIAN
Elections expert currently based in Yerevan and contributing writer, EVN Report

Dr. ANNA OHANYAN
Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science & International Relations, Stonehill College

MODERATOR
MARC A. MAMIGONIAN, Director of Academic Affairs, NAASR

On April 25, 2021, Nikol Pashinyan formally tendered his resignation as Prime Minister and an-nounced that he would seek re-election through an early parliamentary election. It was almost 3 years to the day after the dramatic resignation of Serge Sargsyan which catapulted Pashinyan to power in the culmination of the Velvet Revolution. In the wake of the catastrophic 44-day war of fall 2020 and mounting political tensions, much is at stake in the June 20 elections.

Join us for a discussion with three distinguished experts who will analyze how we got here, what may lie ahead, and what it means for Armenian statehood.

SPONSOR
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research NAASR / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues