Armenia has made notable progress in aligning with EU membership criteria. It has demonstrated a commitment to democratic governance, undertaken economic reforms, and improved legal and institutional...
Nestled in the South Caucasus, beset by regional rivalries and dictatorships, Armenia is at the crossroads and in crisis. It faces hostile rivals to the east and west—Azerbaijan and Turkey. To the north lies Russia, once a thought-to-be protector, now an unreliable pariah. It looks to the faraway West, and the West has other problems. Meanwhile it struggles to absorb 120,000 refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, caused to flee last year by an Azerbaijani attack.
Its so-called peacekeepers, placed around Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020, did nothing to prevent the blockade and ethnic cleansing.Europe, which is struggling with under-appreciative existing members and has labored with applicants like Turkey, would itself gain much from wresting Armenia into a family where it belongs.Is Armenia ready?Armenia has made notable progress in aligning with EU membership criteria.
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