The U.S. government holds a majority stake in the TRIPP company building a strategic new corridor through Armenia. Robert Sherman asks Armenia's ambassador is a country that once leaned on Moscow comfortable with that kind of American foothold, and more on this week's episode of The Hill’s Frontlines with Robert Sherman. #armenia #russia #usa
Armenia's ambassador speaks about the nation's appreciation for the U.S.’s current approach to supporting peace efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan and other nations of the Southern Caucasus on this week's episode of The Hill’s Frontlines with Robert Sherman. #Armenia #Azerbaijan #Russia
On this episode of Frontlines with Robert Sherman, Robert speaks with Narek Mkrtchyan, Armenia's Ambassador to the United States, one year after President Trump brokered a peace declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The ambassador reflects on three decades of conflict giving way to contemporary peace, improved trade, investments in tech (including a multibillion-dollar Nvidia project), and a path toward a final treaty. At the center of the conversation is TRIPP, the U.S. developed transit route through Armenian territory that could reroute trade around Russia and Iran, giving the U.S. a lasting foothold in one of the world's most strategically located regions. Sherman presses on questions pertaining too: Armenia's balancing act…
Yesterday’s peripheral partnerships are today’s rivalries. The post Israel Runs the Iran Playbook on Turkey appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Israel Runs the Iran Playbook on Turkey Yesterday’s peripheral partnerships are today’s rivalries. (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images) One of the stranger geopolitical developments in the Middle East of late (leaving aside the present war) has been the rupture between Israel and Turkey. A war of words has turned into something resembling a full diplomatic spat, with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describing Turkey’s regional aspirations as “aggressive” and other high officials even advocating for the country’s removal from NATO. Most worrying, considering the conflict…Open
It looks like a calculated move to isolate Turkey. The post Israel’s Opportunistic Recognition of the Armenian Genocide appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Israel’s Opportunistic Recognition of the Armenian Genocide It looks like a calculated move to isolate Turkey. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) Israel’s recent decision to formally recognize the World War I-era Armenian genocide deserves a skeptical eye. After decades of silence, the Netanyahu government’s vote to recognize the Ottoman Empire’s atrocities is less a belated act of moral clarity and more a calculated move to isolate Turkey by weaponizing a historical tragedy. (The resolution still needs to be ratified by the Knesset.) Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar framed the gesture in…Open
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his governing party are looking for a strong mandate for a new geopolitical course for Armenia. The opposition includes some parties that are vocally pro-Russia.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his governing party are looking for a strong mandate for a new geopolitical course for Armenia. The opposition includes some parties that are vocally pro-Russia.Open
Fearing a loss of influence, groups linked to the Kremlin and intelligence agencies have sought to discredit the country’s prime minister.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia is seeking re-election as his country weighs questions of war and peace, of autocracy and democracy, and of subjugation and independence.