{"id":282,"date":"2024-12-12T17:34:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T22:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/?p=282"},"modified":"2025-03-23T21:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T01:43:34","slug":"armenias-delicate-balancing-act-insecurity-in-the-caucasus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/2024\/armenias-delicate-balancing-act-insecurity-in-the-caucasus\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenia\u2019s Delicate Balancing Act: (In)Security in the Caucasus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Armenia\u2019s Delicate Balancing \nAct: (In)Security in the Caucasus\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Author:<\/strong> Jeff Sahadeo (Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Summary:&nbsp;<\/strong>On December 4, Prime Minister Nicol Pashinyan claimed that Armenia <a href=\"https:\/\/eurasianet.org\/armenian-pm-insists-country-has-irrevocably-broken-with-the-russia-led-csto\">now considers itself<br>outside<\/a> of the Russian-led mutual defence alliance, the <a href=\"https:\/\/gjia.georgetown.edu\/2024\/03\/04\/the-collective-security-treaty-organization-a-lifeless-shambling-alliance\/\">Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)<\/a>.<br>His words continue Armenia\u2019s trajectory towards a multivector foreign and defence policy. Armenia<br>looks increasingly to partners such as India, France and the United States. The country remains<br>burdened, however, by Azerbaijan\u2019s occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) and its continued<br>claims on Armenian territory. Russia, T\u00fcrkiye and Iran, all significantly more powerful states, hold their<br>own regional interests. Armenia\u2019s location and efforts to maintain a fragile liberal democracy make it an<br>important pivot point for regional stability. With its large Armenian diaspora, its new embassy in Yerevan<br>and its relationships with countries involved in Armenia, Canada should play an important role in<br>Armenian security. St\u00e9phane Dion\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/arka.am\/en\/news\/politics\/canada-supports-yerevan-s-efforts-to-normalise-relations-with-baku-special-envoy\/\">visit to Armenia<\/a> and meeting with Prime Minister Pashinyan on<br>December 6 is a strong step in signaling Canada\u2019s support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view the whole report, download it below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/12\/Armenia-Policy-Brief.pdf\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Jeff Sahadeo (Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS). Summary:&nbsp;On December 4, Prime Minister Nicol Pashinyan claimed that Armenia now considers itselfoutside of the Russian-led mutual defence alliance, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).His words continue Armenia\u2019s trajectory towards a multivector foreign and defence policy. 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