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Addressing human rights violations in the Armenian armed forces
With human rights violations in the Armenian Armed Forces having become a taboo subject, Peace Dialogue used simulations to raise awareness about the situation faced by soldiers, thereby helping...
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Nagorno-Karabakh – using theatre to confront stereotypical perceptions of...
Using the theatre and theatrical techniques as a mean for creating a safe space for young participants from societies involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict helped breakdown existing stereotypical...
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Between recognition and denial – the genocide question and Turkish-Armenian...
The Turkish-Armenian reconciliation process is now almost completely stalled, with Turkey continuing to vehemently oppose the Armenian-inspired international campaign to secure recognition of the...
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Nagorno-Karabakh – time to end the ceasefire violations
TransConflict is pleased to present an open letter by Edgar Khachatryan, director of Peace Dialogue from Armenia, a member of the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation, addressed to all those...
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Closed borders, open minds?
Though civil society has played a key role in promoting dialogue between non-state actors in Turkey and Armenia, the border issue makes things very difficult. Suggested Reading Conflict Background GCCT...
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Maidan and Armenian political perspectives
Armenia has gone from negotiating an Association Agreement with the EU to expressing a desire to join the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia; a decision that threatens to fundamentally...
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Russia –‘keep silent or confess that you are a foreign agent’
By presenting the activities of human rights defenders as a betrayal of the nation and its values, the Russian authorities are trying to silence those who think differently, whilst proposing to export...
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Safe soldiers for a safe Armenia
Peace Dialogue, a member of the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation, is implementing a two-year project, ‘Safe Soldiers for a Safe Armenia’, which aims to prevent human rights violations in...
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Nagorno-Karabakh – the not-so-frozen conflict
In recent months, the ‘frozen’ Karabakh conflict has been more fire than ice. With outside powers stoking the flames, what are the chances of finally securing peace? Suggested Reading Conflict...
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Finding peace for Nagorno-Karabakh
The conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan, is one of the bloodiest and most intractable to emerge from the breakup of the Soviet Union, making peacebuilding even more imperative....
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Peace Dialogue’s request to partially annul Ministry of Defence executive...
The Administrative Court of Armenia rejected Peace Dialogue NGO’s complaint challenging the legitimacy of the classification of secret information, which includes information regarding fatalities in...
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Nagorno-Karabakh and negotiation insanity
The OSCE need not continue to claim sides “lack will” towards a settlement of this conflict. Azerbaijan has territorial claims against Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenians who live in Nagorno-Karabakh have...
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Nagorno-Karabakh and the fate of Azerbaijan’s hydrocarbon transport pipelines
A negotiated settlement between the warring parties, taking into account realities on the ground, will allow the residents of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) to live in peace and create regional stability...
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Events in Armenia, July 2016 – fortuitous or planned conflict management?
Was the July 2016 capture of a police station in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, by an armed group planned by the Armenian government in order to put “land for peace” talks with Azerbaijan on hold, or...
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Armenia’s crisis and the legacy of victory
More than 20 years after it ended, Armenia is still experiencing the burden of victory in the war over Nagorno Karabakh. Suggested Reading Conflict Background GCCT By Tom de Waal This month, Armenia...
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Suicides and murder statistics in the Armenian army
Over a period of six years, from 2010 to 2015, the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh armed forces suffered a total of 206 fatal casualties, of which 48 were due to suicide and 43 the results of...
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Armenia’s new government and policy analysis
It is highly doubtful that a single person or group within the government can change Armenia’s military or foreign policy, for Armenia would still be subject to the same objective geopolitical...
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Armenia in the trap of “national unity”
In Armenia, calls to remain united in the face of external aggression are shutting down criticism and promoting pro-regime politics, even among the opposition. Suggested Reading Conflict Background...
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Armenia and Azerbaijan’s collision course over Nagorno-Karabakh
Sound principles for conflict resolution over Nagorno-Karabakh exist. But mistrust, a gulf between mediators and the parties involved, as well as Baku and Yerevan’s appetite for military gains render...
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Beyond the “Line of Duty” – Nagorno-Karabakh’s rivalry between otherness and...
Future prospects for conflict transformation in Nagorno-Karabakh should focus more on the future human relationships, which may theoretically transform the sense of Armenian-Azerbaijani Self alongside...
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