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Orientalist: Detention of Istanbul`s opposition mayor is Turkish president`s election ploy

 Thursday, March 20 2025 17:35
Orientalist: Detention of Istanbul`s opposition mayor is Turkish president`s election ploy

ArmInfo. The mayor of Istanbul,  Ekrem Imamoglu, is the most likely rival of Turkish President Tayyip  Erdogan, and his arrest yesterday fits in to the logic of the  incumbent president's pre-election strategy. This was stated by Ruben  Safrastyan, the chief researcher of the RA National Academy of  Sciences and an orientalist, in a conversation with an ArmInfo  correspondent,, in response to a request to assess the arrest of the  opposition mayor of Istanbul and the protests that have ensued in the  country as a result.

Political scientist: The reason for Baku`s aggression is the  cancellation of the Pashinyan-Putin-Aliyev meeting
 Wednesday, November 17 2021 14:44

ArmInfo.The main reason for the current military escalation on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan is the cancellation of the trilateral online meeting of  the leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan, announced by  press  secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.  Director of  the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan expressed a similar  opinion to ArmInfo.

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Forecast: Failing to achieve a "peace treaty" from Armenia,  Azerbaijan may initiate a large-scale war
 Wednesday, November 17 2021 13:41

ArmInfo.Failing to get a "peace treaty" from Armenia, in the sense in which it is imagined by Baku, Azerbaijan is quite capable of starting a large-scale war  against Armenia. Arkady Dubnov, a Russian expert on the CIS  countries, expressed this to ArmInfo.

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It is premature to predict an imminent explosion of popular  discontent as a result of the signing of peace with Azerbaijan:  Miskaryan
 Tuesday, November 16 2021 16:02

ArmInfo.All the recent actions of the opposition are not motivated by anything, and,  accordingly, they are not able to have an effect on overcoming the  existing problems in Armenia and the current internal political  crisis. On the contrary, they are aimed at further aggravating them.  A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by the public and  political figure Garegin Miskaryan.

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Forecast: Turkey will never stop in its aspirations for the East
 Tuesday, November 16 2021 16:00

ArmInfo.Armenia's withdrawal from the current, constantly aggravating security problems is primarily due to the change in psychology, respectively, in the  thinking of our leadership. Independent analyst Saro Saroyan  expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.

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Forecast: Consequences of the choice between bad and worst will  affect Armenia for a very long time
 Tuesday, November 16 2021 15:53

ArmInfo. Having made the choice between the bad and the worst in the early parliamentary elections in June, limited by two political forces, the Armenian  voter drove himself into a dead end with his own hand. A similar  opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by public and political figure Suren  Sahakyan.

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`So are you, with knobs on` principle underlies Armenian politics,  expert says 
 Monday, November 15 2021 14:44

ArmInfo. The current domestic political situation could be described as reciprocal trolling involving Armenia`s authorities and opposition, Alexandr Iskandaryan,  Director of the Institute of Caucasus, told ArmInfo. 

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West-orchestrated struggle round Artsakh status could change many  facts of life, expert  
 Friday, November 12 2021 13:23

ArmInfo.The West-orchestrated geopolitical struggle round the status of Nagorno-Karabakh could well turn into acrimonious struggle capable of changing numerous facts of real life, the orientalist Alexey Malashenko, Head of the Dialogue of  Civilizations research center, told ArmInfo. 

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Forecast: Any spark on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, in Georgia or  Iran could trigger a war
 Friday, November 12 2021 13:19

ArmInfo. Against the background of the violation of the balance of power established in 1994 in the region, the fact that the South Caucasus is just entering  a period of serious geopolitical breakdown and reformatting, any  spark on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, in Georgia or Iran can serve  as a trigger for the resumption of hostilities. Former Foreign  Minister of Artsakh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary  Arman Melikyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

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Forecast: Baku-controlled Goris-Kapan highway will soon become  unusable
 Thursday, November 11 2021 14:08

ArmInfo.The 21-kilometer section of the Azerbaijani-controlled Goris-Kapan road will soon become unusable. Head of the Public Council of Armenia, founder of  Armenian Institute of International and Security Affairs (AIISA)   Styopa (Stepan Safaryan told ArmInfo

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Analyst: Meetings in Yerevan demonstrated that talks on U.S.   withdrawal from South Caucasus are premature
 Thursday, November 11 2021 14:04

ArmInfo. Of course, there is no point in expecting breakthroughs following the regional visit of U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Erika Olson to the  Transcaucasian countries on November 2-4. However, it is premature to  write Washington off from South Caucasus. A similar opinion was  expressed to ArmInfo by Sergey Markedonov, Leading Researcher at the  Euro- Atlantic Security Center of the MGIMO Institute for  International Studies.

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New trilateral document not to cause new tragedy, politician 
 Tuesday, November 9 2021 17:28

ArmInfo. I think that, sooner or later, a meeting between Nikol Pashinyan, Vladimir Putin and Ilkham Aliyev will take place, and a document will certainly be  signed, Mikael Hayrapetyan, Chairman of the Conservative Party of  Armenia, told ArmInfo.

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U.S. brings new ideas of its policy in South Caucasus
 Tuesday, November 9 2021 17:28

ArmInfo.On November 3-4, Erika Olson, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S.  Department of State, by all  appearances, bought the new ideas of the U.S. policy in the South  Caucasus.

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Georgian expert: No mistakes are allowed in geopolitics, it works  according to the play off principle
 Monday, November 8 2021 12:44

ArmInfo.Professor of the Georgian Technical University, Doctor of International Relations, Conflictologist Amiran Khevtsuriani, in an interview with ArmInfo,  comments on the latest internal political impulses in Georgia. He  forecasts the prospects of the "3 + 3" format, Georgia's  participation in the communication projects promoted by Russia as  well as shares his vision of the future of Armenia and Georgia.  

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Political scientist: The question is not when and where Pashinyan and  Aliyev will meet, but what resources Armenia has
 Friday, November 5 2021 18:24

ArmInfo. The question is not at all when and where Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev will meet, but what resources Armenia has to defend its own interests and positions  at this meeting. Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander  Iskandaryan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

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Turkologist: The corridor through Armenia is important for Erdogan as  a path to the Turkic Union
 Friday, November 5 2021 18:21

ArmInfo.The current situation in the South Caucasus is primarily characterized by the struggle of the countries of the region and neighboring states for the observance  of their own interests in the formation of a new, post-war status  quo. First of all, we are talking about Russia and Turkey, to a  certain extent about Iran. Academician of the National Academy of  Sciences of Armenia, Turkologist Ruben Safrastyan, expressed a  similar opinion to ArmInfo.

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Political scientist: Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have the analogs of  the same maps that are in the General staff of the Russian Federation
 Thursday, November 4 2021 14:05

ArmInfo. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have the analogs of the same maps that are in the General Staff of the Russian Federation, to which Russian President Putin  referred in his Valdai speech.  Chairman of the Armenian Constructive  Party, political scientist Andrias Ghukasyan, expressed a similar  opinion to ArmInfo.

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Forecast: One should not wait for the signing of a peace treaty in  Moscow on November 9
 Thursday, November 4 2021 12:50

ArmInfo.One should not wait for the signing of a peace treaty in Moscow on November 9by Armenia and Azerbaijan. Alexander Skakov, Working Group Coordinator at the  Central Eurasia Research Center, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies,  told ArmInfo.

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Russian expert: Armenia`s defeat did not bring much benefit to  Azerbaijan
 Wednesday, November 3 2021 14:02

ArmInfo.The loss, defeat of Armenia in the 44-day war for Nagorno-Karabakh that took place exactly one year ago did not bring any particular benefit to  Azerbaijan.  Senior Research Fellow, Head of the CIS Institute  Department of Eurasian Integration and SCO Development Vladimir  Evseev expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

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Analyst: Neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan is interested in breaking off  relations with Russia
 Wednesday, November 3 2021 14:00

ArmInfo.It seems obvious that no West, either individually or collectively, will save Armenia.  Moreover, it will not give Armenia more than what Russia currently  gives.  A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by Sergei  Markedonov, Leading Researcher at the MGIMO Institute for  International Studies, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of  International Analytics.

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Orientalist: The prospect of the acquiring ground communication  between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan is fraught with new threats for  Iran
 Tuesday, November 2 2021 16:35

ArmInfo. The prospect of the acquiring ground communication between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan through the territory of Armenia (the so-called Zangezur corridor,  Ed. note) is fraught with new threats for Iran, since the  implementation of these plans by Ankara and Baku will lead to the  formation of a completely new security environment.

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