"Global Armenian Nation" in the Politics of Current Armenia

In: Russia and New States of Eurasia, Heft 4, S. 162-174

Abstract

The idea that Armenia is a global nation was first publicly announced in 2011. In this article various interpretations of this idea are analysed, the role it plays in the current Republic of Armenia politics, its influence in relationship with Armenian diasporas in Russia, USA, France and other countries. It is demonstrated that at the time of the Karabakh war in 2020 the idea of a "Global Armenian Nation" failed to play a consolidating role. Disunity and internal contradictions have weakened the position of the Armenian side and became one of the reasons for the defeat in the military conflict. A conclusion is made that the idea of a "Global Armenian Nation" has to be rethought given the negative experience of the war in 2020. Without this the idea of a "Global Armenian Nation" can lose its actuality and influence in a new domestic political and global context.