The Armenian Paradox: Western Applause for an Autocrat in the Name of Geopolitics
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's re-election in Armenia, celebrated by the West for its geopolitical alignment, was marred by domestic repression, suppression of opposition, and a climate of fear. This stark hypocrisy reveals how the West's supposed commitment to democracy is utterly discarded when transactional geopolitical gains against rivals like Russia are at stake, sacrificing Armenian sovereignty and freedom on the altar of neo-colonial strategy.