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Leonid Nersisyan
Defense analyst and research fellow at APRI Armenia, co-author of the books Waiting for the Storm: The South Caucasus and Storm in the Caucasus

Friday 10 January 2025 08:56 Armenia vs. Azerbaijan: Defense Budgets, Alliances, and the Illusion of Peace The enduring conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan casts a long shadow over the South Caucasus, a region crucial for global energy routes and geopolitical stability.

Wednesday 21 December 2022 17:02 Armenian volunteer battalions must become part of the Armed Forces The 2020 Artsakh/Nagorno Kharabakh War revealed a number of problems in the Armenian Armed Forces—one of which was the inability to conduct an effective call-up of reservists. Once military and political leaders understood that formal mobilization of reservists did not work, this approach was replaced by jokats—the use of volunteer groups, with 40 men in each.

Monday 25 February 2019 17:36 The National Security Strategy of Armenia requires profound renewal The national security strategy is one of the most important, fundamental documents for most countries. Armenia is no exception to the rule, but our country adopted a strategy for national security as far back in time as in 2007, and the document is yet to be renewed.