Gevork Gevorkyan
Javakheti (Javakhk): Real History
For the first time region Javakheti (often refered as Javakhk by ethnic Armenians) is mentioned in the historical source about Georgian king Parnavaz, where it is said that Javakheti (Javakhk) is administrative entity of Kartli kingdom that has its own ruler Eristavi (Georgian: ერისთავი) meaning Head of a Nation. In the I century BC Greek [...]
Western Neutrality & Russian-Georgian War
Recent conflict in Georgia left much space for evaluation and analysis. These events turned out to be absolutely unexpected for western leaders. Russia’s step – invading into sovereign country, occupying parts of its territory and declaring there independence was something that western leaders thought could have happened in 19-20th centuries, but deemed unacceptable for world [...]
Experts Report Rise of Xenophobic Aspirations in Russia
“There is a rise in racist aspirations in Russia” states member of European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) Michael Had. ECRI is a commission founded by Council of Europe in 1993 for monitoring racist and xenophobic issues in the member states. Had also stated that the public opinion towards ethnic minorities has significantly worsened [...]
Post War Situation in Georgia
In one of the previous posts we discussed the issue of sustainability of Georgian growth, where it was identified that the growth was fully sustainable assuming that there was no change in exogeneous factors that would affect investors’ decision to make investments in Georgia. For the sake of clarity we should go through balance of [...]
CyberWar Against Georgia: Russia Attacks
Along with declared war that Russia openly conducts against Georgian state Russia also launched full-scale cyberwar that resulted in the hacking of Georgian news sites and web sites of several governmental agencies. Web sites Rustavi2 and Civil.ge (leading news agencies) were down for two days. Although the third large news agency Newsgeorgia.ge was operating during [...]
Foreign Direct Investment in Armenia: A Sad Story
Although Armenians have large and rich diaspora in the world, foreign direct investment (FDI) has been historically low in Armenia. Although FDI growth rates remain high, Armenia still lies behind the countries in the region. To illustrate, FDI inflows in Armenia in 2006 were 450 US dollars, while foreigners invested around 1 billion dollars in [...]
Is Armenia Ready for War Scenario with Azerbaijan?
Sustaining Karabakh problem in the present state is extremely risky for Armenia. Azerbaijan’s military strength is steadily increasing and the proof to that is last military parade, where Azerbaijan had opportunity to demonstrate this. It seems that Azerbaijan considers war scenario as one of the most probable way of resolving the conflict. It is noteworthy [...]