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Nona Shahnazarian

26 posts
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Institute for Archaeology and Ethnography, Armenia
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National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
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Ethnographic Method, Economic Anthropology, Gender Studies, Russia, Caucasus, Migration
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Nagorno-Karabakh between Turkey’s Scylla and Russia’s Charybdis

  • December 11, 2020
  • Nona Shahnazarian and Anita Khachaturova
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) On November 10, a Russian-enforced ceasefire finally put an end to forty-five days of intense fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave that…
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Goodbye “Sashik-Fifty Percent”: Anti-Corruption Trends in the New Armenia

  • September 20, 2019
  • Nona Shahnazarian
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) A major step to reduce the corrupt practices that perpetually flow through the Armenian government is to legally and publicly hold officials responsible for their transgressions.…
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The Transformative Potential of Women’s Empowerment and Peacebuilding in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh

  • April 16, 2018
  • Nona Shahnazarian
Nona Shahnazarian (National Academy of Sciences, Armenia) discusses women’s political engagement in the peace process in Armenia and the region. Shahnazarian Podcast .mp3 Episode 14

Евразийская семья против европейских ценностей: Геополитические корни «анти-гендеризма» в Армении2

  • November 15, 2017
  • Nona Shahnazarian
С конца 2012 года термины «гендер» и «гендерное равенство» в армянском дискурсивном пространстве стали подаваться с откровенно негативным подтекстом, вплоть до того, что  стали использоваться в качестве оскорблений. Заметный откат…
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NEW POLICY MEMO: Eurasian Family versus European Values: The Geopolitical Roots of “Anti-Genderism” in Armenia | N. Shahnazarian

  • October 23, 2017
  • Nona Shahnazarian
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Eurasian Family versus European Values: The Geopolitical Roots of “Anti-Genderism” in Armenia

  • October 20, 2017
  • Nona Shahnazarian
(PONARS Policy Memo) Since late 2012, the terms “gender” and “gender equality” in the Armenian discursive space have become enveloped in undertones of tremendous negativity and even used as insults. The…
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A Good Soldier and a Good Mother: New Conditions and New Roles in the Nagorno-Karabakh War

  • May 9, 2016
  • Nona Shahnazarian
(PIPSS.org) This article, dedicated to the study of women’s behaviour in times of war, is based on several interviews with “Satenik,” a woman who served as a senior lieutenant and…

Мы – не Майдан, Мы – маршал Баграмян: Протестное движение «Электрик Ереван» и его последствия

  • January 14, 2016
  • Nona Shahnazarian
Прошлым летом, гнев и возмущение, связанные с повышением тарифной ставки на электроэнергию, выплеснули долго сдерживаемое недовольство армянской общественности, связанное с рядом проблем. Сюда вошли, в том числе, толерантность правительства к…

“Here Is Not Maidan, Here is Marshal Baghramian”: The “Electric Yerevan” Protest Movement and Its Consequences

  • January 14, 2016
  • Nona Shahnazarian
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Last summer, anger about electricity rate increases revealed the Armenian public’s pent-up dissatisfaction on a range of issues, including the government’s willingness to allow Russia to…
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Women and Conflict in the Karabakh Conflict

  • March 16, 2015
  • Nona Shahnazarian
(Women in War) This essay explores the dynamics involved in the political conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh during the breakdown of  the Communist system. Fusing narratives obtained from the…
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