Three Years After Armenia's Velvet Revolution: What To Expect Next?

Emil Ordukhanyan

Abstract


The article explores the reasons, process, consequences, and expectations of Armenia's political change in spring of 2018 which later was called "Velvet Revolution". After three years of this event Armenia has faced divers challenges in its internal and external politics. The brief historical overview as well as the comparative analysis of post-soviet revolutions showcased that main differences between the cases of these post-soviet republics are mostly related to their foreign policies' vectors but the Armenian revolution has had predominantly internal character.

As an external challenge, the last war in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) has had a huge negative impact on Armenia's expectations for a better future. But the only way to resolve this conflict is still OSCE Minsk group co-chairs format. As for the final positive impact of civic participation to realize the values and ideals of revolutionary modernization in Armenia the political legitimacy institutionalization as well as balancing of foreign policy are needed.


Keywords


Civic Participation, Velvet Revolution, Internal Expectations, External Expectations, CEPA, EU, EAEU

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.52155/ijpsat.v27.1.3204

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