Former Defense Minister of Armenia, Lt.-Gen Vagharshak Harutyunyan in an interview to ArmInfo comments on the recent trends in Armenian-Russian cooperation in the sector of Military Industrial Juggernaut. He brings reasons for establishing joint Armenian-Russian group, shares his opinion about the current balance of forces of Karabakh conflict sides, as well as comments on the latest changes in security systems of the region’s countries and the European continent.

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In an interview with ArmInfo, Larisa Alaverdyan, the first Ombudsperson of Armenia, Head of the Politics and Law Institute, speaks about the changes registered in the human rights area over the past two decades. She comments on the cause-and-effect relation between the legal vulnerability and the outflow of population from Armenia, as well as the impact of the latest governmental initiatives on the situation in the republic, and possible influence of the demographic problems on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict.  

ArmInfo. In an interview to ArmInfo, Dr. David Hovhannisyan, Armenian diplomat, expert on Eastern Studies, speaks about the reasons and motives of the Syrian crisis, collision of different countries’ interests in Syria, possible preconditions of the conflict settlement, and the problems between Russia and the Western world.

In an interview with ArmInfo, Ruben Shugaryan, former deputy foreign minister of Armenia, former Armenian Ambassador to the U.S., Professor at the U.S.  Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, shares his views about the Armenian policy towards the Karabakh conflict settlement following the April aggression of Azerbaijan. He also speaks of the latest changes in the international law, and substantiates the need to adjust Armenia’s foreign policy and national security doctrine to the global, geopolitical trends.

In his interview to ArmInfo Roman Grishenin, the Deputy Executive Director of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, talks about the current level of Armenian-Russian relations, their geopolitical preconditions, common threats and challenges, as well as about the future. He gives a definition to the “soft power” in the Russian foreign policy and speaks about the share of Russia’s responsibility in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process.

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In an interview with ArmInfo, Head of ARFD Bureau's Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Kiro Manoyan speaks about the reasons and essence of the of latest developments in Syria, specifies the sides to the conflict and their interests, as well as explains why a new wave of “cold war” is impossible in the current situation and comments the Nagorno-Karbakh peace process.

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In an interview with ArmInfo, Alexander Sotnichenko, Ph.D, a political analyst, an expert on Turkey and the Middle East, associate professor at the Saint Petersburg State University, Department of International Relations, speaks about the preconditions and reasons of the growing global confrontation between the West and Russia, forecasts the prospects of the Russian-Turkish relations, the reasons behind instable relations of Moscow and Tehran, as well as possible scenario of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.

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In an interview with ArmInfo, Russian political expert Andrey Areshev comments on the latest personnel reshuffle and appointments in the Armenian Government in the light of new opportunities of development of the Armenian-Russian relations. He also forecasts possible impulses around the Karabakh conflict, the balance of forces in the region and the Karabakh peace process with due regard for the supply of Iskander-M missile systems to Armenia and the influence of Russia and the United States on the parties.      

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In an interview with ArmInfo, Ilgar Velizade, Head of the Baku-based "South Caucasus" Club of Political Scientists, speaks about the latest tendencies in the Karabakh peace process, in the policy of Big Powers towards the conflicting parties, as well as shares his vision of the impact of Constitutional reforms in Armenia and Azerbaijan on the Karabakh peace process. The Azerbaijani political analyst addresses also the current challenges to Azerbaijan’s national security.

In an interview with Stepan Safaryan, the Head of the Armenian Institute of International and Security Affairs (AIISA) speaks about the recent appointments in the Government of Armenia, forecasts Karen Karapetyan’s term in office, and the probable distribution of forces in the parliament of the next convocation considering the outcome of the recent local elections in the country.

ArmInfo.In an interview with ArmInfo, Deputy Chairman of Heritage Party Armen Martirosyan shares his views of the domestic political crisis in Armenia, its reasons, and possible ways out of the current situation. He also forecasts the most likely scenarios of the authorities’ behavior during the elections 2017 and in the post-election period.    

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It appears that the ‘stable standstill’ of the last years continues in Armenia, amid domestic policy and social-economic destabilization in both the neighbor countries and wider region. Is it the result of the government’s actions or the country is ‘going with the flow’