council for public policy

On this April 24, I have come from Armenia where I live and whose citizen I am, through Syria where I was born, to Lebanon where I’ve always felt at home, to say this. All of us together live in

Turkey, sadly, seems to be falling into that worst of all diplomatic habits of never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity. But this failure of will and vision is only breeding greater regional instability. In the two weeks before

The Event Daily flights between Tbilisi and Yerevan are to begin March 16. This welcome news in relations between the two countries was followed by a surprisingly public spat between the offices of the two presidents. The verbal exchange is in

The official statistics released in February simply reiterate the inarguable truth: Armenia is heading towards a recession. Although these facts are not being hidden, they are not being explained either. The government continues to believe (and rightfully so) in the

Event The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), of which Armenia is currently chairman decided in an early February summit in Moscow to establish a Rapid Reaction Force that would be deployed to counter military threats against members of that organization,

Some hydrocarbon exporting countries are suffering more than others from the decline in oil prices for economic, and sometimes political reasons, too. Azerbaijan belongs to the latter category. The fall in prices is occurring just as the country’s production is

Some hydrocarbon exporting countries are suffering more than others from the decline in oil prices for economic, and sometimes political reasons, too. Azerbaijan belongs to the latter category. The fall in prices is occurring just as the country’s production is

Some hydrocarbon exporting countries are suffering more than others from the decline in oil prices for economic, and sometimes political reasons, too. Azerbaijan belongs to the latter category. The fall in prices is occurring just as the country’s production is