Nerses Kopalyan

1 week ago | evnreport.com | Nerses Kopalyan |Hranoush Dermoyan

In the aftermath of the 2020 Karabakh War, successive shocks to Armenia’s security environment have fostered a more complex and multifaceted societal understanding of the various levels of threats confronting the country. While physical security dominated thinking from 2020 to 2023, congruent hybrid attacks, information warfare, and kinetic diplomacy have exposed Armenian society to a conceptualization of security that goes over and beyond physical security.

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.

Jun 7, 2024 | evnreport.com | Nerses Kopalyan

As Armenia’s security thinking has evolved and transitioned from the Russo-Soviet model of large-scale, full-spectrum warfare to a small state, comprehensive security doctrine, the fundamental threats faced from Azerbaijan have revolved around two approaches: asymmetrical disparity and non-linear warfare.

Sep 30, 2023 | nypost.com | Nerses Kopalyan

Russia today is like a Potemkin hegemon —- a phantom political power desperate to hide its decline. Once the unchallenged leader of both the South Caucasus and the entire former Soviet Union, Russia is today like a bit player struggling for relevance following its spectacular failures in Ukraine.

Sep 8, 2023 | evnreport.com | Anna Green |Nerses Kopalyan

The Security ContextIn the month of August, the security environment for Armenia was primarily defined by the continued blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, and the security dilemma — both hard security and human security — that the escalating humanitarian crisis exacerbated. The strangulation and collective starvation of Nagorno-Karabakh was augmented by Azerbaijan’s continued attacks against civilian targets.