ARMENIA’S “VELVET” POLICY TOWARDS RUSSIA, THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA 2018-2020
https://doi.org/10.48137/2311-6412_2021_3_14
Abstract
Questions of foreign policy orientation or a change of foreign policy course have been an integral part of the political discourse around the coming to power of Nikol Pashinyan’s team from the very first days. This topic was most acutely raised in 2018 – during and immediately after the “velvet revolution”. And if in 2019 and 2020 the emphasis in this discourse was placed on conducting an illiterate foreign policy, then after the 44-day war, and especially since the beginning of 2021, they began to talk about the reduction of international subjectivity and the restriction of Armenia’s sovereignty.
In the article, based on the statements of representatives of Pashinyan’s team and official programs, the author tried to assess the attitude of the ruling elite of Armenia to Russia, the United States and China in 2018-2021.
About the Author
A. A. Markarov
Yerevan State University; Institute of CIS Countries in Yerevan
Armenia
Armenia
MARKAROV Alexander A. – Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of Yerevan State University, Director of the Institute of CIS Countries in Yerevan
1 Alek Manukyan str., Yerevan, 0025, Republic of Armenia
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For citations:
Markarov A.A. ARMENIA’S “VELVET” POLICY TOWARDS RUSSIA, THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA 2018-2020. Post–Soviet Continent. 2021;(3):14-32. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.48137/2311-6412_2021_3_14
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