There is a saying that people are born the same, yet over time, desire and temptation can mould a person into something quite different, even reshaping their character. Countries, too, undergo such transformations; once freed from the levers of empires, they often experience a period of distortion before rediscovering who they truly are.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Armenia in 1990–91, declared both sovereignty and independence. But those who held power at the time succumbed to their own ambitions and to the false nationalist fantasies seeded into public consciousness, making a path that led the nation towards a dead end. Today, it is Armenia’s constitution that stands as the principal barrier to peace in the South Caucasus.

It is no coincidence that, at the very moment Armenia finds itself staring into the abyss, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan now openly admits that the country needs a new constitution. This need has existed for many years, but previous political elites, and a society shaped by decades of misguided ideological propaganda, were unwilling to face the truth. Time, however, has a habit of separating illusion from reality.........

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