BOOKS

 

Electronic PDF format versions of two published books of my articles and photographs from the mid-2000s. 

CONFLICT VOICES

 

Conflict Voices – December 2010

Short essays on the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict
Download in English | Russian

 

Conflict Voices – May 2011

Short essays on the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict
Download in English | Russian

LATEST BLOG POSTS

Armenia Heads Toward 2026 Elections Amid Deepening Church–State Division

Armenia Heads Toward 2026 Elections Amid Deepening Church–State Division

Armenians pride themselves on adopting Christianity as their national religion as early as 301 AD. It has become an almost unassailable feature of their identity as a people despite a history stretching back much further. It has been religion that stands as a unifying factor for many. Few therefore expected that over 1,700 years later it would usher in such a period of domestic instability and division.

Pashinyan Finds Brief Reprieve in Vagharshapat Election

Pashinyan Finds Brief Reprieve in Vagharshapat Election

Residents of Vagharshapat, better known to many as Etchmiadzin, went to polls on Sunday to elect a 33-member city council. The vote was particularly important given that it could highlight the political mood in the country ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections.

Bilateral, Not Mediated: Why Last Week’s Yerevan Meeting Mattered

Bilateral, Not Mediated: Why Last Week’s Yerevan Meeting Mattered

On October 21, 2025, an Azerbaijani Airlines (AZAL) Gulfstream G650, call sign 4K-ASG, touched down at Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport. It was a historic event, commented many.

It was the first time an AZAL flight had landed in Armenia for three decades, claimed others. In fact, neither was correct though such minor inaccuracies probably don’t matter.