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Sergey Minasyan

PhD in Political Science and is Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute in Yerevan.

The Syrian Gambit

An important distinction of the operation in Syria is that Russia deftly exploited strategic surprise and retained the global military and political initiative. This was the second time in the past two years that Russia caught its counterparts in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East off guard.

Sergey Minasyan

The Last Post-Soviet War

The Ukrainian crisis in a way resembles wars of late feudalism in Europe, with private armies formed of assorted mercenaries and retired military of most diverse ethnic, ideological and social affiliations.

Sergey Minasyan

Finlandization of the Post-Soviet Space

Armenia, opting for self-restraint of its own accord, minimized its risks and losses. As to whether the Armenian-style Finlandization can be an example for other former Soviet republics would depend not only on their own choice.

Sergey Minasyan

“Look Not a Gift Tank in the Muzzle”

Yerevan would have shown greater interest in the problems of security in Central Asia if it were certain that its Central Asian allies would take symmetrical and proportionate actions in the Karabakh conflict.

Sergey Minasyan

Quest for Stability in the Karabakh Conflict

The main and only goal of conventional deterrence, used by the Armenian parties, and political containment, owed largely to the positions of the international community and influential external actors, is to maintain stability and fragile peace in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Sergey Minasyan

Moratorium on the CFE Treaty and South Caucasian Security

If NATO countries decide that continuing to comply with the CFE Treaty is senseless now that Russia has withdrawn from it, or if they start creating an alternative mechanism for arms control in Europe without Russia’s participation, all the prerequisites will emerge in the South Caucasus for a full-scale arms race.

Sergey Minasyan