Political Science & International Affairs

Armenia’s post-war democratization appears stagnated and recently has attained some elements of authoritarian consolidation. Despite significant opposition challenges, incumbent regimes have endured. Various explanations have been offered to explain this phenomenon, such as the ability of the regime to use its coercive apparatus to suppress the opposition, the inability of external dimensions to encourage democratization, […]

Armenia’s post-war democratization appears stagnated and recently has attained some elements of authoritarian consolidation. Despite significant opposition challenges, incumbent regimes have endured. Various explanations have been offered to explain this phenomenon, such as the ability of the regime to use its coercive apparatus to suppress the opposition, the inability of external dimensions to encourage democratization, […]

The need for a broader approach to the concept of sovereignty in the early 90s was conditioned by the transition from quite predictable bipolarity of the cold war years to the as yet nebulous notion of unipolarity. Secessionist movements, followed by the parade of newly emerged sovereignties, electrified the FSU and Eastern Europe. This was […]