Armenia
Intro
Armenia’s mountainous terrain, ancient identity, and diaspora networks shape its unique diplomacy. Energy and logistics dependence on neighbors frames policy. The government promotes tech and transparency reform.
Background
Since independence in 1991, Armenia has faced intermittent conflict and economic isolation. The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war reshaped security relations and prompted deeper Western outreach.
History
- 301 CE: Christianity adopted as state religion – 1918: First Republic – 1991: Independence from the USSR – 2020-2023: Renewed Karabakh conflicts; status shifts
Present Day
Future Outlook
Growth depends on peace corridors, energy reliability, and financial integration with the EU and Middle East markets.
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Persons
Locations
Cherkasy Oblast
Chernihiv Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast
Crimea (Autonomous Republic)
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Donetsk
Eastern Europe
Hubynykha
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
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Articles
A European Covenant Draft for Peace in Ukraine
A complementary framework for long-term stability
Pokrovsk: Logistics, Pressure and the Geometry of the Eastern Front
Pokrovsk has become the most stressed point on the eastern Ukrainian front.
Why Ukraine Cannot Lose This War
And why Russia, in a deeper sense, already did
24 Hours in Tbilisi and Mtshketa
Citadel views, sulfur steam, silent prayers — and a capital caught between memory and movement.
Events that led to the war in Ukraine – a timeline
A 1.000 Years Struggle for An Autonomous National Identity.
Picturing the Past – Postponed Peace in Transnistria
A view inside, in 2010. It’s mainly Smirnov, Sheriff and Medvedev that you see
The Baltic’s Burden
What a Nation Remembers in the Morning.
Empire Logic: How Russia Uses Borders, Identity, and Delay
Russia does not need to occupy a country to control it. It only needs to prevent resolution. From Transnistria to Crimea, from narrative warfare to financial systems, Empire Logic shows how modern power is held — not through conquest, but through structural denial.
Return to Babel: Language, Identity, and Belonging
How identity is filtered — not by law, but by design – and what it means to belong
Russia’s War Machine: How It Fights Without Winning
As negotiations flicker in the background of a grinding war, Russia’s ability to sustain its military effort in Ukraine depends on a fragile web of foreign supply, internal mobilization, and retrofitted Soviet stockpiles. This report examines the current state of Russia’s armed forces in Q2 2025, revealing a system stretched but still operational — and why that matters.
Event Timeline
The Hanseatic League
Beginning in the 14th century, a group of northern European cities formed a commercial and legal alliance that would dominate Baltic trade for centuries. Known as the Hanseatic League, this urban confederation connected ports from Flanders to Novgorod, enabling secure trade, mutual defense, and legal cooperation without central rule.
Holodomor Famine
The Holodomor Famine was a man-made catastrophe under Stalin’s regime that devastated Ukraine, killing millions of Ukrainians and leaving a permanent scar on the national consciousness.
Ukraine’s Declaration of Independence
After decades as a Soviet republic, Ukraine asserted its sovereignty on 24 August 1991. This act of independence emerged from the ashes of empire — a democratic rebirth with fragile roots and far-reaching consequences.
Attack on Sumy, at Palm Sunday, 2025
On Palm Sunday, April 13th, 2025, Russian forces struck the Ukrainian city of Sumy, killing civilians and sending a symbolic message of hatred. The attack violated not just laws of war, but shared cultural and spiritual bonds. It stands as one of the most morally grotesque moments of the ongoing invasion.
Kievan Rus
The Founding of Kievan Rus marks the establishment of the first East Slavic state centered around Kyiv, which laid the foundations for modern Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.
Polish-Lithuanian Rule over Ukraine
Before Moscow, there was Lublin. The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth laid the groundwork for Western Ukrainian identity — and for centuries of contested rule.
