“Our security system, our security potential, and diplomacy are collapsed,” said political scientist, Stanford University Doctor of Political Science Arthur Khachikyan during the discussion on “Armenia’s Collapsed Security System.” He stated that the world is heading toward a second cold war, which can turn into a hot war. The world is heading towards polarization, so according to him, there is a choice for countries like us: we are with the West or Russia, or we must have such a potential that let’s remain neutral, as Turkey, Georgia, and China are trying to do. The political scientist noted: “We didn’t do anything. We could not get guarantees from the West, building security relations, at least some kind of threat to Aliyev; even we failed. Our Western diplomacy failed.
It didn’t work out with Russia and CSTO, either. Armenian-Russian relations have never been in such a state. They openly mock our leader, which is insulting. We could not create such a potential that we could at least help ourselves.” According to Artur Khachikyan, there is a danger that air attacks may begin against Iran, which may be used as a pretext by Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan may go on the attack, maybe try to seize Syunik and the corridor. “The West-Russia struggle is going on. Two parallel processes are going on, and we seem to be hypnotic. It’s like we live on another planet.”
Stanford University Doctor of Political Science Arthur Khachikyan
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Referring to Sergey Lavrov’s statements, in particular, that Russia will not tolerate all this and regarding whether the Armenian authorities have drawn any conclusions from it since Lavrov made threats in diplomatic language, the political scientist answered: “It is clear that Russia considers that they brought this peace; you are trying to steal the results of our diplomatic victory. We will not allow it. We are trying to see what we can get from the West and Russia. But, unfortunately, we failed. The West does not talk about any status at all. Lavrov is trying to create parallels. There will be cultural autonomy and the right to speak the mother tongue; self-determination is not excluded. Russia tried to discuss the status, but Azerbaijan did not accept it. They make hints, but it is unclear what it will lead to in the end.”
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
