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‘Democratic backsliding’: Armenia’s ‘extreme polarisation, hate speech, stigmatization’ mar election
Asia / Pacific
FRANCE 24’s Charles Pellegrin is pleased to welcome Dr Narek Sukiasyan, Senior Policy Researcher at Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Armenia and Adjunct Lecturer at American University of Armenia. He argues that while Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s victory does signal a continued ouverture towards the West ‘in the shape and form of the European Union” he must carefully manage Armenia’s dependence on Russia. The election was about far more than foreign policy, explains Dr. Sukiasyan. Security, social concerns, economic vulnerability, and the legacy of conflict were equally central to voters’ decisions. Armenia navigating multiple transitions at once: between war and peace, dependence and diversification, polarization and democratic consolidation.
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