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ARMENIA: A DIFFICULT ROAD TOWARD THE EUROPEAN AND THE EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION
Dr. Gayane Novikova
March 25, 2010
The current status quo in the South Caucasus defined the further possible developmental trends of each state, in particular Armenia, directly affecting its road toward the European and Euro-Atlantic integration Full text
Policy Papers, Vol. 4, Issue No.1 (31)
CONSTRUCTING AND DECONSTRUCTING HISTORIES:
THE ETHNICITY FACTOR IN THE NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT
February 24, 2010
By Milena Oganesyan Full text
DEAR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES,
January 6, 2010
On behalf of the researchers of the Center for Strategic Analysis I have the pleasure to welcome you in 2010 Full text
Policy Papers Vol. 3, Issue No.10 (30)
THE ISSUE OF LEGAL VALIDITY OF PEACE TREATIES OF ARMENIA AND RELATING TO ARMENIA: AN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ANALYSIS
By Dr. Vladimir Vardanyan
September 30, 2009 Full text
THE STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF THE RUSSIAN CAUCASIAN POLITICS
Dr. Gayane Novikova
July 11, 2009
To analyze the Russian policy in the South Caucasus is very easy and very difficult in the meantime. Easy, as far as there is a kind of an axiom – Russia might act reflectively and might be dangerous. Full text
Policy Papers Vol. 3, Issue No.9 (29)
THE GEORGIAN GAMBIT, OR TO SUM UP SOME RESULTS OF THE FIVE-DAY WAR
By Dr. Gayane Novikova
March 20, 2009 Full text
Policy Papers Vol. 3, Issue # 8 (28)
The IMAGE OF ENEMY: A SOCIOLOGICAL SURVEY
By Dr. Anahit Mkrtchyan
January 10, 2009 Full text
Policy Papers Vol. 3, Issue # 7 (27)
POWER AND OPPOSITION IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
By Dr. Mariam Margarian
October 6, 2008 Full text
Policy Papers Vol.3, Issue # 6 (26)
IRAN AS A REGIONAL POWER: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES
August 8, 2007 Full text
THE GHOST OF THE REGIONAL COOPERATION
Dr. Gayane Novikova
July 25, 2008
In case of the South Caucasus there is a lack of optimism as far as the situation in and around the region in the terms of hard security has not improved; moreover its conflict potential is growing Full text
Policy Papers Vol.3, Issue # 5 (25)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA AND THE USA. IMPLICATIONS FOR ARMENIA
By Richard Giragosian
June 10, 2008 Full text
GEOPOLITICAL COMPONENT AND INTERNATIONAL PRECEDENTS OF THE CONFLICTS SETTLEMENT
Interview of LTC (R.) Sergey Sargsyan to “168 Hours” Newspaper, Armenia
May 16, 2008 Full text
Policy Papers Vol.3, Issue # 3-4 (23-24)
THE ROLE OF TURKEY IN A NEW GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION:
VIEWS FROM ARMENIA AND TURKEY
SPECIAL ISSUE
May 12, 2008 Full text
ON THE VERGE OF WAR? or INCREASING SECURITY DEFICIT IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
By Dr. Gayane Novikova
April 28, 2008
The South Caucasus proves its image of a disquieting periphery of Europe. Along with the increasing interest of some states of the European Union toward the Caspian oil and gas as an alternative source of energy resources to the Russian Full text
ACTIVE FUNCTION OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY AS A CONDITION FOR THE SOCIAL CONFLICT LEGITIMIZATION
By Dr. Anahit Mkrtchyan
February 28, 2008
Various development processes of societies showed that inevitable conflicts between the groups, having different statuses, do not exclude at all that the interests of parties, being distinct from each other, also may coincide Full text
Policy Papers Vol.3, Issue # 2 (22)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 2008 IN ARMENIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
By Dr. Mariam Margarian
February 18, 2008 Full text
Policy Papers Vol.3, Issue # 1(21)
RUSSIA`S WITHDRAWAL FROM CFE AND NEW ANTI-MISSILE DEFENCE BASES IN EUROPE: PERSPECTIVES FOR THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
By LTC (Ret.) Sergey Sargsyan Full text
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
January 7, 2008
We are happy to greet you in the New 2008Year and hope that you will be able to find interesting and useful materials at SPECTRUM’s site. Full text
ONE SHOULD NEITHER OVERESTIMATE, NOR UNDERESTIMATE THE POLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF ARMENIA
Interview of Dr. Gayane Novikova to ArmInfo New Agency
December 5, 2007 Full text
JURIDICAL ESSENCE OF RESOLUTION 106: LEGAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS
By Dr. Vladimir Vardanian
November 1, 2007
Adoption of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.106) by H.R. Foreign Affair Committee got significant response both in the USA and in the world Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 10 (20)
ENERGY SECURITY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
By Richard Giragosian
August 5, 2007 Full text
THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN TURKEY AND CRISIS OF KEMALISM
By Dr. Ruben Safrastyan
July 24, 2007
The prognoses of experts on the victory of the ruling party in these elections have completely come true. In the Turkish history it is the unprecedented case that the ruling party not only has preserved its positions, but also sharply in Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 9 (19)
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA AS A FACTOR OF FORMATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION
By Dr. Mariam Margarian
July 27, 2007 Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 8 (18)
The Wider Black Sea: New Dimension or Vicious Circle?
By Dr. Gayane Novikova
May 15, 2007 Full text
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA: WITHOUT ANY INTRIGUES BUT WITH THE "CASSETTE SCANDAL"
By Sergey Sargsyan
April 26, 2007
The main internal political intrigue of the elections lies in the way of distribution of votes between the Republican Party and "Prosperous Armenia," in particular, in the nature of relations between these two partners-rivals. Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 7 (17)
The Problems of the Democratic Transformation in the Republic of Armenia
By Mariam Margarian
March 30, 2007 Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 6 (16)
AZERBAIJAN: OIL-WEAPONS-WAR?
By Sergey Sargsyan
February 28, 2007 Full text
THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AGAINS THE BACKGROUND OF THE NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT
By Gayane Novikova
February 19, 2007
Armenia is on the eve of the parliamentary elections. The expectations of the parties concerned can be presented in the following scheme Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 5 (15)
LOOKING BEYOND BORDERS: ARMENIA`S STRATEGIC POSITION IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
January 20, 2007
By Richard Giragosian Full text
DEAR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES,
January 8, 2007
SPECTRUM’s team is happy to greet you in the New Year of 2007!
Before speaking about our plans, we would like to sum up some results of the last year Full text
A PRAGMATIC DECISION TO JOIN EurAsEC WILL COMPLICATE ARMENIA’S STRATEGIC COURSE
Comments by Sergey Sargsyan to ArmiInfo Agency
August 23, 2006
A pragmatic decision to join EurAsEC will complicate Armenia’s strategic course for Euro-integration, which is possible in the distant perspective
Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 3-4 (13-14)
ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN RELATIONS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
August 15, 2006 Full text
TURKEY: OPPOSITION WITHIN THE RULING PARTY
by Ruben Safrastyan
July 11, 2006
For the first time opposition within the ruling Justice and Development Party appeared on October 3, 2005 during the party conference, where the text of the Framework Agreement proposed by EU was discussed Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 2(12)
TO THE ISSUE OF MECHANISMS OF THE CONFLICT SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE NKR AND AZERBAIJAN
April 20, 2006
by Sergey Shakaryantz Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 1(11)
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AND THE CHOICE OF UKRAINE
March 20, 2006
By Sergey Sargsyan Full text
SOME COMMENTS ON THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
by Gayane Novikova
March 20, 2006
The basic aim of the U.S. National Security Strategy of 2006, like any such document is supposed to, is protection of security of the American people and American interests Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 10
THE LOGIC OF THE UNRESOLVED CONFLICTS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
March 20, 2005
By Gayane Novikova Full text
Policy Papers Issue #9
KAZAKHSTAN'S OIL AS A WEAPON OF GEOPOLITICS
February 22, 2006
By Sergey Sargsyan Full text
ANOTHER VECTOR IN THE GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IS GAS
by Sergey Shakaryantz
January 20, 2006
The use of the gas factor by Russia as leverage of its policy at least in the CIS area is apparent, in particular, in the Georgian-Russian relations Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 8
THE STRENGHT AND WEAKNESS OF THE RUSSIAN POLICY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
December 28, 2005
by Gayane Novikova Full text
Policy Papers Issue #7
GEOPOLITICS, OIL AND MILITARIZATION OF THE CASPIAN
December 28, 2005
By Sergey Sargsyan Full text
THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IN THE LIGHT OF THE ARMENOPHOBIA
by Alexander Grigorian
December 1, 2005
Extreme nationalism and belligerent Armenophobia still characterize an ideological platform of practically all main political parties of Azerbaijan Full text
CORRECTION OF THE SECURITY SYSTEM OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
by Sergey Sargsyan
Remark at the Round Table discussion "NATO-Armenia" with the Ambassador R.Simmons, NATO SG Special Representative for Caucasus on October 28, 2005 Full text
THE START OF NEGOTIATIONS EU-TURKEY AND ARMENIA
by Ruben Safrastian
October 31, 2005
On October 3, 2005, the EU member states after long, often confidential discussions and numerous contradictory public statements decided in Luxemburg to start negotiations on Turkey’s membership in the European Union Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 6
SHIFTS IN SECURITY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
October 28, 2005
by Richard Giragosian Full text
Policy Papers Issue #5
TURKEY IN A NEW GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION:
EXPECTATIONS IN ARMENIA
(Special edition)
September 15, 2005 Full text
ALONG THE RAIL-ROAD, OR QUOTING LAKOBA…
by Sergey Shakaryantz
September 5, 2005
Sochi – Sukhumi - Tbilisi railway has a vital importance not only for Abkhazia and Georgia, but also for Armenia Full text
Policy Papers Issue #4
(IN)SECURITY SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: A GEOPOLITICAL ASPECT
July 28, 2005
by Gayane Novikova Full text
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN THE NAGORNO KARABAKH REPUBLIC: RESULTS AND PROSPECTS
by Ashot Melyan
July 28, 2005
Elections in de facto independent states in the post-Soviet area raise special interest as they are held in the conditions while these states are not de jure recognized and their conflicts have not yet settled Full text
ON FORMATION OF THE POWER STRUCTURES OF IRAQ
by Sergey Sargsyan
June 17, 2005
Formation of the legitimate, though temporary, vertical of power in Iraq as a result of the popular vote in January 30, 2005, allows the coalition to start up the gradual handover of the control over the domestic political situation Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 3
SOME ASPECTS OF THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
June 13, 2005
by Sergey Sargsyan Full text
WARSAW: WHAT WAS BASIC, AND WHAT – SECONDARY…
by Sergey Shakaryantz
May 27, 2005
The increased interest to what was discussed during the meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, which took place within the frameworks of the Warsaw summit of the Council of Europe on May 16-17, what kind of arrangements Full text
THE SOUTH CAUCASUS WITHIN THE SECURITY SYSTEM OF THE BLACK SEA REGION
by Gayane Novikova
May 5, 2005
After recent principal changes in the geopolitical situation, the Black Sea region as a part of the Wider Europe has started to play a specific role in the European security system Full text
COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND ITS EXPRESSION IN OUR DAYS
by Alexey Babayan
April 22, 2005
Within the project "The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict: in Search of the Way Out" the Center for Strategic Analysis "SPECTRUM" held an enlarged sociological polling in June 2004 to reveal attitude of different sections of the Armenian society Full text
Policy Papers Issue # 2
A TEST OF MATURITY:
THE GENOCIDE FACTOR IN ARMENIA'S FOREIGN POLICY
April 18, 2005
by Ruben Safrastyan Full text
DENIAL OF THE PROBLEM AS ONE OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE AZERBAIJANI DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY
by Alexander Grigorian
April 5, 2005
Some political researchers in the post-Soviet area consider Azerbaijan as another CIS country, where the "velvet revolution" may occur Full text
LEBANON: FOREBODING OF THE CIVIL WAR
by Gayane Novikova
March 24, 2005
It is just the way I would like to describe current developments in Lebanon, triggered by the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri Full text
IN DEPTH ANALYSIS: ISSUE # 1
UKRAINE: THE ELECTIONS AND AFTER
March 9, 2005
by Sergey Sargsyan Full text
RUSSIA AND TURKEY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: GEOSTRATEGIC DIMENSION
by Ruben Safrastyan
February 28, 2005
Two meetings between the Russian President V. Putin and Turkish Prime Minister R. Erdogan of the late 2004 - early 2005, marked the start of the a new phase in the Russian-Turkish relations Full text
THE PACE RESOLUTION: LEVELS OF MOTIVATIONS
by Gayane Novikova
January 30, 2005
On January 25, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution No.1416 (2005), based on the report by the special rapporteur on Nagorno Karabakh David Atkinson Full text
WHAT 2005 CAN GIVE TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT
by Alexander Grigorian
January 15, 2005
This question is worrying many in all three state entities involved in the conflict - Azerbaijan, Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh Full text
THE ORANGE BLOCKBUSTER
by Sergey Sargsyan
December 25, 2004
Ukraine will have most probably the last round of presidential election on December 26, and dramatic confrontation of Victor Yuschenko and Victor Yanukovich will find its solution Full text
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S VISIT IN TURKEY: ECHO IN YEREVAN
by Ruben Safrastian
December 15, 2004
The recent visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to Turkey raises some interest from the view of its impact on the Armenian-Turkish relations Full text
BAKU DOES NOT WANT SETTLEMENT OF THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT BY NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARMENIAN SIDES
by Alexander Grigorian
November 28, 2004
The question how to take the peace process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict out of the deadlock situation, worries all the countries concerned, probably with the exception of Azerbaijan Full text
PARTNERSHIP IN "THE DISTORTING MIRROR"
by Gayane Novikova
November 14, 2004
On October 27, during the fifth session of General Committee, which is responsible for making up the agenda of the UN General Assembly, Azerbaijan applied to include into the agenda of the 59th session an additional point Full text
"TURKISH DIRECTION" OF THE RUSSIAN POLICY
by Sergey Shakaryantz
October 28, 2004
In the near future, some activization of the Russian policy toward Turkey should be expected Full text
UNRESOLVED CONFLICTS IN THE REGIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM:THE CASE OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
by Gayane Novikova
October 14, 2004
It is difficult to treat the South Caucasus as a zone of stability: the Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazian and South-Ossetian unresolved conflicts of this region contain a substantial explosive potential Full text
AN IMPACT OF SOME ASPECTS OF THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION ON ARMENIA
by Sergey Sargsyan
October 1, 2004
Excerpts from the presentation at the international conference «The South Caucasus as a Part of the Wider Europe» Full text
THE KARABAKH SETTLEMENT: IN THE IMPASSE OF CONTRADICTIONS
by Sergey Shakaryantz
August 11, 2004
The middle of July was marked by an increased activization of international structures, including the mediators – the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairmen from Russia, France and USA, aiming at settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, Full text
CONFESSIONAL FACTOR WITHIN THE CONFLICTS OF NEW GENERATION
by Gayane Novikova
August 4, 2004
Explosions near Christian churches in Iraq, most probably should be considered as actions ained at provoking an inter-confessional conflict Full text
NETWORK ON THE NETWORK, or THE NEW CONCEPT OF USING THE US MILITARY BASES IN THE REGION
by Sergey Sargsyan
July 22, 2004
The United States is launching redislocation of its troops abroad, the largest since the WW II, to back up realization of its political and economic interests in various regions of the world in the new geopolitical conditions Full text
THE AFTERMATH OF THE ISTANBUL NATO SUMMIT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
by Richard Giragosian
July 21, 2004
The two-day NATO summit raised several new questions and concerns. First, the summit raised serious questions over the mounting divide within the alliance itself, driven by a widening disparity in military capability and contribution bet Full text
SOME RESULTS OF THE NATO ISTANBUL SUMMIT
by Sergey Sargsyan
July 7, 2004
The Istanbul Summit has indicated the main directions of practical activity for the renovated Alliance. The Summit decisions are first of all aimed at implementing the concept of moving its active operations nearer to the sources of threa Full text
THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: ON THE EVE OF THE ISTANBUL SUMMIT
by Diana Ananyan
June 23, 2004
Facing such global threats as terrorism, unresolved conflicts, drug-traffic, uncontrolled migration, smuggling, political instability, organized crime, and porous borders, the states members of the North Atlantic Alliance find security as Full text
THE WAR OF GEORGIA AGAINST SOUTH OSSETIA IS NOT ADVANTAGEOUS TO ANYBODY
by Sergey Shakaryantz
June 23, 2004
Analyzing all recent changes in the current situation in Georgia, it is possible to suppose that the actions of the Georgian authorities, aimed at restoring the territorial integrity, in many respects resemble preparations for war Full text
SOME FEATURES OF THE NGO DEVELOPMENT IN ARMENIA
by Alexey Babayan
June 9, 2004
The approach to civil society as a complex of public relations, independent from the state, at same time cooperating with it, has been recognized in science today Full text
EXTERNAL FACTOR FOR THE INTERNAL USE?
by Avet Demuryan
June 9, 2004
Comment
The impact of the external factor on the Armenian internal policy will increase Full text
SOME ASPECTS OF THE RUSSIAN POLICY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
by Gayane Novikova
May 26, 2004
The Russian South Caucasian policy started to get shape up to the mid-1990s, along with the transformation of the term "Transcaucasia," as a zone of the absolute Russian influence, into the "South Caucasus" Full text
REUNIFICATION OF CYPRUS: ANOTHER FAILURE
by Ruben Safrastyan
May 26, 2004
All attempts to solve the Cyprus problem in 30 years have failed. The last attempt was UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s plan for Cyprus settlement Full text
THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: BETWEEN THE WIDER EUROPE AND THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST
by Gayane Novikova
May 12, 2004
The contact-line between the Wider Europe and the Greater Middle East lies on the geopolitical area of the South Caucasus Full text
IRAQ: THE SHIITE FACTOR
by Sergey Sargsyan
May 12, 2004
A year after the victory, only in April 2004 the coalition forces lost more than during the whole “official” war. Why? Full text
GEORGIA: STILL FAR FROM STABILITY
by Sergey Shakaryants
May 12, 2004
The Georgian leadership faces quite a lot of serious problems, requiring extra efforts Full text
ACTIVE FUNCTION OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY AS A CONDITION FOR THE SOCIAL CONFLICT LEGITIMIZATION
By Dr. Anahit Mkrtchyan
February 28, 2008
Various development processes of societies showed that inevitable conflicts between the groups, having different statuses, do not exclude at all that the interests of parties, being distinct from each other, also may coincide Full text
Policy Papers Vol.3, Issue # 5 (25)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA AND THE USA. IMPLICATIONS FOR ARMENIA
By Richard Giragosian
June 10, 2008 Full text
THE STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF THE RUSSIAN CAUCASIAN POLITICS
Dr. Gayane Novikova
To analyze the Russian policy in the South Caucasus is very easy and very difficult in the meantime. Easy, as far as there is a kind of an axiom – Russia might act reflectively and might be dangerous. Full text
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