Anna Ohanyan

Sep 17, 2024 | nationalinterest.org | Anna Ohanyan |Nerses Kopalyan

As the U.S. election campaign enters its decisive home stretch, with the candidates now nominated, there will be much focus on how the outcome will impact the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. We’d like to point out that the volatile South Caucasus may be affected no less by a return to a transactional approach that views Vladimir Putin favorably. That’s because the region is currently being reshaped by a below-the-radar geopolitical shift: Armenia’s strategic tilt away from Russia and toward the West.

May 31, 2024 | nationalinterest.org | Anna Ohanyan

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInSubscribe to RSSPrintTopic: SecurityRegion: EurasiaTags: RussiaArmeniaAzerbaijanCaucasusNagorno-karabakhIlham AliyevWestern diplomacy regarding the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict has unwittingly helped Russia’s effort to reassert its influence in the region.

Nov 2, 2023 | foreignpolicy.com | Anna Ohanyan

On Oct. 13, Politico reported that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had informed a group of lawmakers that the State Department was on the watch for an Azerbaijani invasion of Armenia in the “coming weeks.” A spokesman later tempered the report, describing it as inaccurate while insisting that the United States “strongly supports” Armenia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. On Oct.

Jun 30, 2023 | tol.org | Anna Ohanyan

The Kremlin’s overreaction to Armenia’s potentially joining the International Criminal Court will further diminish Russia’s power in the South Caucasus. Although a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 1999, Armenia has long deferred ratifying the Rome Convention that would bind Yerevan to implement any ICC decision. Yet, on 24 March, the country’s Constitutional Court ruled that the Rome Convention is compatible with Armenia’s current constitution.

Jun 28, 2023 | carnegieendowment.org | Anna Ohanyan

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of conquest against Ukraine was intended to restore Moscow’s hold on a key part of its old empire. It has failed. With no end in sight to the war, Russian influence is gradually eroding in its claimed “privileged sphere of influence” on its periphery. Nowhere is this more evident than in Russia’s evolving relationship with Armenia, as Yerevan is flirting with ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.