From pawn to provoker: Armenia’s familiar path to crisis
Unfortunately, Armenia once more remains true to its historical patterns, lending truth to the proverbial leopard never changes its spots. Like one hundred years ago, Armenia is voluntarily eager to take part, as a pawn, in a conflict fanned by much bigger actors, the outcome of which promises nothing good for Yerevan. It seems Armenians, scattered throughout the world, will make much ado about how big powers betrayed them, exploiting the adage that history repeats itself.
To put this into perspective, over a century ago, as the world stood on the brink of a new global order, Armenia involved itself in conflicts that set the stage for the deportation of Armenian communities. In the aftermath, Armenians began raising claims of genocide, accusing the Ottoman Empire of orchestrating a systematic extermination.
A hundred years later, as the world teeters on the edge of a new global order, Armenians are again attempting to involve themselves in a conflict that could pave the way to calamity for them. To provide some insight, the Russo-Ukrainian war is seen as a precursor to a new era in the global order. NATO and, especially, the EU view Russia as a serious threat to their security and are going to extreme lengths to make Russia withdraw its military forces from the Union’s........
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