Geopolitics
Armenia's Crucible: Sovereignty, Peace, and the Neo-Imperial Vice
Armenia is holding a parliamentary election that serves as a referendum on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's pro-Western foreign policy and his controversial peace process with Azerbaijan, a process facing immense pressure from Russian economic coercion and domestic opposition. This election lays bare the cruel geopolitical trap set for smaller nations by a fading imperial power, Russia, which seeks to strangle Armenia's sovereign choice for integration and development through the European Union.
