ArmInfo.If in the coming days US President Donald Trump announces his participation in certain  actions against Iran or provides unprecedented military assistance to Israel, the situation for Armenia will become even more complicated, according to  Suren Sargsyan, expert in American studies.

ArmInfo. Iran, even without Russia's support, was able to maintain security in the South Caucasus region and prevent NATO penetration with the help of reasonable  diplomacy. This was stated by the adviser to the Supreme Leader of  the Islamic Republic of Iran on international affairs, Ali Akbar  Velayati, in an interview with the website, Tasnimnews  reports.

ArmInfo. The Armenian authorities were unable to establish contacts with the administration of the new US President Donald Trump during the 100 days of his presidency, and decided to resort to an alternative method of establishing  cooperation with the new administration. This is stated in the  analysis prepared by the Armenian Center for American Studies, owned  by Americanist Suren Sargsyan.

ArmInfo. Armenia and the United States are discussing a wide range of issues on the agenda of relations within the framework of the dialogue. This was stated by the press secretary of the Foreign Ministry Ani Badalyan, referring to the words of the special representative of the US President Donald Trump Steve Witkoff that Armenia and Azerbaijan may join the Abraham Accords.

ArmInfo. There is a well-known fact in political science: any region is perceived as more significant and larger from the inside than from the outside, that is, what happens inside our region seems much more important to us  than if we were looking at it, for example, from New York.  

ArmInfo. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has posted the following message on his X account: 

ArmInfo About 180 bloggers in Armenia were funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as noted  by Stanford University professor Artur Khachikyan.  "Attention, attention: recent information reveals that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has sponsored about 180 bloggers in Armenia, totaling  $20 million (US$20,000,000) per year. How do you like this democracy? How do you like this corruption?  Manipulating public opinion in another country  and leading to a catastrophe," the political scientist posted on his  Facebook page.

ArmInfo. US President's National Security Advisor Michael Waltz in a conversation with the National Security Advisor of Azerbaijan made it clear that US President Donald Trump would like to see the release of Armenian prisoners as part of the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to a message received by ArmInfo, Jared Genser, International Legal Advisor on Legal Issues of the former Minister of State of Artsakh, Ruben Vardanyan, stated this in an interview with the famous American host and lawyer Hugh Hewitt.

ArmInfo. US President Donald Trump is looking forward to Azerbaijan and Armenia signing a long-awaited peace treaty, Eric Jacobs, a senior adviser of the State  Bureau of Energy Resources of the US Department of State, said on  Friday.

ArmInfo. Despite the bellicose  rhetoric of the current US President Donald Trump towards Iran, it is  unlikely that real military action will take place between the  countries.  Political scientist and Director of the Caucasus  Institute Alexander Iskandaryan stated this in a conversation with  journalists during the international conference in Yerevan  "Haik-Iran: A Thousand-Year Neighborliness".

ArmInfo. The unexpected "landing" in Baku of Trump's adviser on the Middle East and Ukraine Steve Witkoff and US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on Twitter  (X) is an attempt to keep Azerbaijan (Turkey) from adventurism and  prevent tensions in the South Caucasus. Americanist Suren Sargsyan  holds a similar opinion.

ArmInfo. Using the opportunities of the changing world, it is possible to succeed in releasing the Armenian hostages by increasing pressure on Azerbaijan and changing the content of the trial. This was stated by political scientist, co-founder of the Alternative Projects group Vahe Hovhannisyan.

ArmInfo. French Ambassador to Armenia Olivier Decottignies is lying when he claims that Armenia has allegedly recognized Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan since the  Alma-Ata Declaration, based on the fact that Artsakh was part of  Soviet Azerbaijan. This was stated by the leader of the Mother  Armenia opposition faction in the Yerevan Council of Elders Andranik  Tevanyan, responding to Decottignies' statements that Armenia has  recognized the NKR as part of Azerbaijan since the Alma-Ata  Declaration.

ArmInfo.Turkey's interference in Abkhazia's politics is just a myth and the result of pre-election  PR. This was stated by political scientist, director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan in an interview with an ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo. Stanford University political science doctor Artur Khachikyan predicts a  discussion of a small new "Yalta", on a smaller scale, with a  possible outline of a new sphere of influence in Europe, the  Caucasus, the Middle East, Central Asia, and other regions after a  telephone conversation between Russian and US President Vladimir  Putin and Donald Trump.

ArmInfo. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius addressed the ongoing sham trial of former Artsakh state minister and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan in Baku and called on US President Donald Trump to fulfill his promise to help Christians. 

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's visit to Washington had but one single goal: to understand if the new US President Donald Trump's  administration will continue to offer the same political support he  had received from the Biden administration, according to Americanist  Suren Sargsyan.

ArmInfo.Catholicos Aram I has appealed to US President Donald Trump to take action to release  Armenian prisoners illegally held in Azerbaijani prisons.  In his message, Aram I referenced Trump's previous statements condemning Azerbaijan's ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population in Artsakh. 

ArmInfo. American-Armenian Michael Kavoukjian will serve as the next US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway. This was announced by US President Donald Trump on his page in Truth.

ArmInfo. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will resume its operations, including in Armenia, in the next 3-6 months. However, it will now function under the auspices of the US State Department and with a more efficient agenda.  Sergey Minasyan, Deputy Director of  the Caucasus Institute and a Doctor of Political Science, shared a  similar opinion in an interview with ArmInfo.