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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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  • February 27, 2020
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(Caucasus Analytical Digest) The contributions to this special issue address these issues by looking at the interplay between informal and formal institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. PDF © Caucasus Analytical…
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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.…

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…

“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…

Police Reform in Armenia: Revolution or Evolution?

  • October 29, 2013
  • Nona Shahnazarian
This memo was revised in February 2014. This memo addresses current police reforms in the Republic of Armenia. We analyze these reforms’ origins, assess their successes and failures, and compare…
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The 2014 Olympics and Indigenous People in Sochi

  • June 25, 2013
  • Nona Shahnazarian
The 2014 Olympics in Sochi in the Krasnodar province of the Russian Federation has been slowly bringing attention to the region’s various minorities. Though there has been tremendous historical foot-dragging…
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  • May 18, 2013
  • Nona Shahnazarian
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