If Armenia Wants Western Defense Support, Doctrine and Partner Engagement Reform Must Happen Now

Armenia cannot protect the indigenous Nagorno-Karabakh people and Republic of Armenia without a competent vanguard. The Armenian Ministry of Defense can continue to rely on Russia, but will Moscow come to Armenia’s aid during another major attack? Probably not. Armenia’s biggest vulnerability is that it relies on Russia for defense, which has been a noncommittal […]

If Armenia Wants Western Defense Support, Doctrine and Partner Engagement Reform Must Happen Now was originally published on Global Security Review.

May 1, 2023
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If Armenia Wants Western Defense Support, Doctrine and Partner Engagement Reform Must Happen Now

Armenia cannot protect the indigenous Nagorno-Karabakh people and Republic of Armenia without a competent vanguard. The Armenian Ministry of Defense can continue to rely on Russia, but will Moscow come to Armenia’s aid during another major attack? Probably not. Armenia’s biggest vulnerability is that it relies on Russia for defense, which has been a noncommittal […]

May 1, 2023
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Azerbaijan Coerces Nagorno-Karabakh While Armenia Plays Russian Roulette

The Republic of Armenia has been under attack by Azerbaijan. Baku may not halt its aggression any time soon. If matters worsen for Armenia, Russia may offer the ultimate trade of sovereignty for security. The West needs to understand that Armenia, a rising democratic state, strongly linked to Western businesses in IT and ranked 11 […]

Azerbaijan Coerces Nagorno-Karabakh While Armenia Plays Russian Roulette was originally published on Global Security Review.

April 28, 2023
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India, Iran, Armenia Form Trilateral Grouping, 1st Round of Talks Focuses On Economic Issues, Communication

J.P. Singh, the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs (Left), Mnatsakan Safaryan, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia (middle) and Seyed Rasoul Mousavi, the Assistant of the Foreign Minister of Iran at the trilateral meeting held at Yerevan This comes at a time when Pakistan, Turkey & Azerbaijan have been intensifying trilateral cooperation. Armenia has emerged as a key

April 23, 2023
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India-Armenia Partnership Civilizational, Will Turn Into Strategic Partnership Soon: Envoy

Amid expanding defence cooperation, Armenia to soon have a Defence Attaché at its embassy here, it has been learntStating that the increasing political cooperation between Armenia and India must be “institutionalised in a long-term cooperation” between the two countries, Armenian envoy in India Youri Babakhanian said, adding that some day they will turn this into a strategic partnership and that

April 16, 2023
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