Between the big blocs: Armenian foreign policy untangled

This paper seeks to shed light upon the foreign policy choices of Armenia today, in particular regarding the recent moves vis-à-vis Russia and the EU. It explains the idea of the policy of complementarity and how this idea was genetically enrooted in the special circumstances of the Republic of Arme...

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Published in:European view 2014-06, Vol.13 (1), p.29-38
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Alliances
Diaspora
Earthquakes
European Integration
European studies
Foreign policy
Free trade
Genocide
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International agreements
International Economics
Minority & ethnic violence
Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Political Science and International Studies
Population
Sociology
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Truces & cease fires
War
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International agreements
International Economics
Minority & ethnic violence
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Political Science and International Relations
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Sociology
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War
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