Sargsyan promised not to run for office and did so anyway — a gamble that backfired
Roman Goncharenko, Olga Kapustina and Ilya Koval, DW: Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan resignation a blow to Russia foreign policy
Street protests have forced the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, just days after he took up the post. The rapid turn of events could shake up Russia's interests in the region.
The list of post-Soviet revolutions keeps growing. After Georgia in 2003, Ukraine in 2004 and 2014 and Kyrgyzstan in 2005, there's now Armenia, where street protests have forced a change in leadership. On Monday, Serzh Sargsyan made the surprise decision to step down. Shortly beforehand, there were reports that soldiers had joined the masses of protesters. Former Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan has taken over in the interim.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 24, 2018
Armenia's Prime Minister Has Resigned After Days of Protests. Here's What to Know About the Country's 'Peaceful Revolution' -- Suyin Haynes, Time
Armenia's Democratic Triumph -- Paul Stronski, The Atlantic
Armenians must forge their own future -- Miodrag Soric, DW
Russia at the horns of a dilemma: Further exhaustion or dump Bashar al-Assad -- Ali Al-Amin, Al Arabiya
Macron Offers Trump a Third Way in Syria -- Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Bloomberg
Why are EU countries reluctant to intervene in Yemen's war? -- Wesley Dockery, DW
The Iran Deal Is Dead. Now What? -- Ilan Berman, National Interest
Is the Iran nuclear deal about to collapse? -- BBC
From DMZ to Seoul, hope and concern as summit approaches -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times
What Is Kim Jong Un Thinking? -- Bruce Klingner, National Interest
Kim’s pledge: ‘Program ended’ or ‘program completed?’ -- Robert McCoy, Asia Times
A Peace Regime on the Korean Peninsula? Not So Fast -- Clint Work, The Diplomat
Don't Let Up on North Korea Now -- Elizabeth Rosenberg and Neil Bhatiya, Bloomberg
A whiff of Sino-Indian détente is in the air -- M.K. Bhadrakumar, Asia Times
Big chill between China and Australia -- Graeme Dobell, The Strategist
New Zealand leader triumphs abroad, faces pressures at home -- Nick Perry, AP
The great exodus out of America’s blue cities -- Kristin Tate, The Hill
