Feminist Foreign Policy and the South Caucasus This dossier looks at the possibility of feminist foreign policy in the context of the South Caucasus, a region coined by armed conflict, destabilizing external interference and military threat, and all but feminist governments
Armenia’s Peace and Security: Women’s Participation and Feminist Perspectives Proposing a feminist foreign policy would raise eyebrows in Armenia, a country that has been involved in armed conflict and has conventional threats to its security and sovereignty in a complicated geopolitical environment. By Sossi Tatikyan
Patriarchy in the Absence of Men This paper focuses on the possibilities of transforming the gender distribution of labor and power dynamics within families under the conditions of seasonal labor migration of men in Armenia. By Tamta Tatarashvili
Disappointed in Russia: Armenia's security disillusionment After Armenia's defeat in the war in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020, foreign and security policy developments in the small South Caucasian republic are happening at an unprecedented pace. Looking to the West for additional security guarantees, Armenia has inevitably aroused the displeasure of its strategic security partner, Russia. It is still difficult to assess what consequences this will have. By Irina Ghulinyan-Gerz
The Crisis of the Judicial System and Problems of Democratic Development in Armenia Judicial reforms have been high on the new democratic reforms’ agenda of Armenia since the 2018 Revolution as the low level of trust in the judiciary was one of the reasons behind the Velvet Revolution. By Genya Petrosyan
Relocated Russian Democracy - A View from Armenia The war, the repressed civil society, the retaliatory sanctions applied by the Western countries, the fear of general military mobilization were all factors that forced several hundred thousand Russians into migration. Why did some of the relocates choose Armenia as a destination and how can this migration affect the democratization processes in the country? Read in Russian By Tigran Amiryan and Anna Sokolova
Call for Contributions to the Project "Exploring Masculinities in the South Caucasus" We are glad to announce a call for contributions to a book project that seeks to reflect on masculinities in the South Caucasus through various angles, including personal, artistic, and scientific.
Localizing Genocide Memory Heinrich Boell Foundation Yerevan Office-South Caucasus Region in cooperation with “Hazarashen” NGO launches a new project called “Localizing genocide memory”.
Improvement of Mining Strategy Heinrich Boell Foundation Yerevan Office-South Caucasus Region in cooperation with “Ecological Right” NGO launches a new project “Improvement of Mining Strategy”.
Русская демократия в изгнании. Взгляд из Армении. Война, репрессированное гражданское общество, ответные санкции западных стран, страх перед всеобщей военной мобилизацией - все эти факторы сделали несколько сотен тысяч россиян вынужденными переселенцами. Почему некоторые из релокантов решили уехать именно в Армению и как эта миграция может повлиять на процессы демократизации в стране? By Anna Sokolova and Tigran Amiryan
