By Marine Fidanyan

All the phases of the development of humankind have been accompanied by and reached nowadays with help of different types of art: rock carvings, oral folklore, songs, dances, ceramics...

By Gayane Tonikyan

After the post-electoral crisis in March, 2008 President Serj Sargsyan came up with the idea of forming a Public Chamber - an all-inclusive, representative council where all voices from the public will get a chance to be expressed. The suggestion has been welcome by some and heavily criticized by others. To get a snapshot of this diversity of opinions ICHD held a Town Hall Meeting in Yerevan, where about 120 participants - NGO representatives - discussed the possible scenarios of the Chamber formation outcomes, namely "Status Quo", when the society in large is not being represented, "Imitation", when the Chamber fails to carry out its major functions and turns instead into another bureaucratic agency and "The Voice of the Many", when the institution turns into a real forum for expression of various social perspectives.

By Areg Bagdasarian

Ever since the cease-fire of 1994, Nagorno-Karabakh has found itself no longer at war, but also continuing on without a lasting political peace settlement. Since 1994, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, the United States and France, have worked with the governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh to try to find a lasting peace solution that will lead to broader peace in the region and possible international recognition for NKR.

By Areg Bagdasarian

After  the fall of the Soviet Union, Armenia has retained strong ties with  Russia, while at the same time finding areas of political, economic and  social cooperation with Europe. These relations between the European  Union and Armenia are governed through the framework of the EU-Armenia  Partnership and Cooperation Agreement signed in 1996 and implemented  in 1999. With the continued enlargement of the European Union, the EU  launched the European Neighborhood Policy Instrument which Armenia  became a part of in 2004. Specifically, the Armenian government finally  adopted ENPI on November 14, 2006...

By Dogu Ergil

After a few year of High School education I came to believe that  history was a legend based on selected facts. With that reasoning  "national history" was a fact based selected legends. Never-the-less,  history as a collective experience or the impressions thereof, has a  role in the constitution of individual, social and cultural identities.  History tells us who we are with a covert intantion of what we ought to  be, which means loading history with ideology. And all ideologies are  spiritual arsenal or shields of contemporary fights...

By Christian Garbis Ohanian

With Armenia's agreement with the EU in terms of reform according to  European guidelines, a more involved question of the compatibility of  Armenian and European values should be examined. The history of the  Armenian people is wrought with strife and tribulation based in a  constant tension with the more powerful ruling majority. This  consistent exposure to a dominant culture had consequences in the  development of the Armenian culture, and values...

By James Bosbotinis & Irina Ghaplanyan

The national referendum in Montenegro on the question of national independence, and subsequent declaration and recognition of its sovereignty marked the latest milestone in the demise of the Former Yugoslavia. The collapse of the Yugoslav federation and the achievement of sovereignty by its former constituent republics have served to illustrate the problems of reconciling the principles of national self-determination and territorial integrity. The states of Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro were recognised as sovereign states, thus achieving national self-determination whilst preserving territorial integrity; this is in contrast to the situation in Bosnia...

By Alexander Manasyan

The reflection of the conflict in our psychology, our mentality and  political consciousness, i.e. the perception of our existence in the  Nagorno Karabakh conflict (including our geopolitical existence), is a  very unique issue. There is, however, a no less interesting topic: how  we are perceived from outside - both by our enemies and friends, by our  adversaries and our allies, and particularly those, who are usually  called neutral or independent observers.

by: James Bosbotinis & Irina Ghaplanyan

The East-West crossroads of the Trans-Caucasus, once the aorta of the Silk Road, are currently constrained by unresolved regional conflicts. The unrecognised political status of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno Karabakh undermine the stability of the region.

by Dr. Ashot Khurshudyan

Interestingly the official process of rationalization in the secondary education was reportedly renamed into optimization process. The latter is a process when something becomes as effective as possible while rationalization is applying for a desired result or increased efficiency