Nikol Pashinyan
Hand-hearts and drum solos — Pashinyan’s populist social media strategy
The Armenian Prime Minister has turned his social media into a viral regional sensation — but does his charm survive contact with reality?
Lucy Martirosyan
Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Lucy is a freelance journalist currently based in Yerevan, Armenia. She previously reported on women's rights across Eurasia for openDemocracy. In 2022, Lucy graduated from Sciences Po in Paris, France with a joint master’s degree in journalism and international human rights and humanitarian action.
Armenia
From noxious fumes to empty pledges: Yerevan’s long struggle with its ‘toxic bomb’ dumpsite
Despite new plans to replace the country’s largest open-air dump with a modern waste processing plant, experts and locals remain unconvinced.
Armenia
Armenia and Azerbaijan: is ‘feminist peace’ possible?
Peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan have been monopolised by men for more than 30 years. And they’ve repeatedly failed. Now, with the longtime adversaries expected to sign a peace deal by the end of the year, some feminists in the South Caucasus are taking peacebuilding efforts into their own hands. Feminist peace not only calls for the end of wars and violence, but for the abolition of patriarchy, militarisation, nationalism, imperialism and male dominance. For some feminists,
