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On September 23, the Regional Center for Democracy and Security (RCDS) hosted a discussion on deaths in Armenia’s Armed Forces during peacetime. The discussion featured Artur Sakunts, President of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office; Vilen Gabrielyan, Chair of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defense and Security Affairs; and Colonel (Ret.) Grigory Sahakyan. The […]
On August 29–30, the Regional Center for Democracy and Security organized a two-day retreat focused on strategic planning as part of the “Enhancing Democratic Inclusion of Nagorno-Karabakh Refugees” project. The event brought together representatives of the groups that participated in the five workshops organized within the framework of the project. During the two-day meeting, participants […]
On August 20, the Regional Center for Democracy and Security held a discussion on the interim results of housing programs for persons forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh. The speakers were Gayane Gharagyozyan, an adviser coordinating specific functions within the structural subdivisions of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and lawyer Anush Shahramanyan. The discussion was […]
On July 31, the Regional Center for Democracy and Security (RCDS) hosted a public discussion titled “Armenia’s Democratic Trajectory After the Elections.” The discussion brought together RCDS Director Tigran Grigoryan, CivilNet Editor-in-Chief Karen Harutyunyan, and Narek Sukiasyan, a researcher at the Center for Civilization and Cultural Studies. The discussion was moderated by RCDS expert Hayk […]
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By Tigran Grigoryan The visit to Nagorno-Karabakh for foreign diplomats, organized by the Azerbaijani government, and the events that unfolded during it triggered a strong reaction in Armenia. The most provocative episode was the conduct of Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, at Gandzasar Monastery. Hajiyev not only repeated Azerbaijan’s propaganda narrative about […]
By Eduard Arakelyan The Armed Forces Transformation Concept, designed for the 2024–2035 period, is an open professional document that coordinates the main directions of reform. The document is general in nature and does not contain detailed implementation mechanisms. In addition to the public component, there is a classified section covering governance, military science, troop training, […]
By Eduard Arakelyan The Investigative Committee of Armenia has once again reported that 3,833 people were killed as a result of the 2020 Second Karabakh War, of whom 3,755 were military personnel and 78 were civilians. A total of 191 people are listed as missing: 172 military personnel and 19 civilians. These figures were announced […]
By Grigori Sahakyan The main indicator of any armed force’s professional maturity is not only the organization of large-scale military parades or the acquisition of modern weapons systems, but also the extent to which the state is capable of protecting the lives and health of its soldiers in peacetime. In this regard, in Armenia, where […]
