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Event Videos — NAASR Calouste Gulbenkian Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues

Securing Armenia’s Economic Outlook: Driven by a Strong Tech Sector ~ Thursday, June 20, 2024

Securing Armenia’s Economic Outlook: Driven by a Strong Tech Sector ~ Thursday, June 20, 2024

Samson Avetian will explore Armenia’s economic prospects and the critical role that technology, sciences, and innovation play to ensure security and sustainability. He will review the progress made, the current dynamics, and the outlook for the Armenian technology industry.

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A Precarious Armenia: The Third Republic, the Karabakh Conflict, and Genocide Politics

A Precarious Armenia: The Third Republic, the Karabakh Conflict, and Genocide Politics

In his newest publication of selected essays and interviews, A Precarious Armenia (Gomidas Institute, 2023), Gerard J. Libaridian explores a number of fundamental issues regarding Armenia's foreign and security policies and scrutinizes the political culture as the framework within which positions have been defined and solutions have been sought.

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Post-Election Turkey: Implications for Armenia(ns)

Post-Election Turkey: Implications for Armenia(ns)

Online panel discussion "Post-Election Turkey: Implications for Armenia(ns)", featuring panelists Ayda Erbal, Varuzhan Geghamyan, Ohannes Kılıçdağı, and moderated by Lerna Ekmekcioglu.

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Nagorno-Karabakh: At the Crossroads of Self-Determination and Subjugation

Nagorno-Karabakh: At the Crossroads of Self-Determination and Subjugation

Nagorno-Karabakh's call for self-determination in the late 1980s was one of the earliest events of democratic fervor signaling the fall of the Soviet Union. It resulted in a backlash of pogroms against Armenians in the streets of Baku, Sumgait and other cities in Azerbaijan. More than thirty years later, the conflict between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan remains unresolved and, after a 2020 war that left thousands dead, it is no longer "frozen" but in active eruption.

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Small-State Strategies for Reforming Armenia's Military: How Armenia Can Punch Above Its Weight

Small-State Strategies for Reforming Armenia's Military: How Armenia Can Punch Above Its Weight

Dr. Abrahamyan presents key findings from the Green Paper on Armed Forces Reform that was prepared by the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office and released in 2022.

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