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==Government and Political Conditions==
==Government and Political Conditions==
Nikol Pashinyan came to power in a [[Western alliance|Western-supported]] movement that ousted the previous pro-Russian government, widely seen as corrupt, creating the centerpiece of a narrative that Armenia's financial problems would be solved by eliminating the incumbents. Pashinyan's movement was not openly anti-Russian, considering Armenia's strong economic ties with Russia. However, it did not take long for Pashinyan and his appointees to consolidate power across the board. Pashinyan presided over the engineered defeat of [[Nagorno-Karabakh]], conceding to [[Azerbaijan]]'s conquest of that land. Pashinyan was immediately re-elected in the aftermath of the post-war chaos.
In 2023, Azerbaijan ethnically cleansed 120,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh. Pashinyan referred to Nagorno-Karabakh as a significant burden on Armenia. Any leverage that Russia had over both Armenia and Azerbaijan with the frozen Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was removed. Azerbaijan's border with [[Iran]] expanded by over 200 km and became ripe for clandestine operations against Iran, particularly by [[Israel]].
There are discussions about connecting the rump of Azerbaijan with its exclave Nakhichevan across southern Armenia at the Iranian border. Such a corridor, called the Zangezur Corridor, would connect [[Turkiye]] with Azerbaijan and on to Turkic [[central Asia]], greatly enhancing an east-west Turkic-run trade route at the expense of a north-south [[China]]-[[India]]-[[Iran]]ian-[[Russian]] (the latter across the [[Caspian]], through Azerbaijan, or Armenia into the [[Republic of Georgia]]). Iran vehemently opposes such a cutoff of its border with Armenia, since this corridor may not be under [[sovereign]] Armenian control.
The [[Biden regime]] sought to exploit Armenia's loss in the [[Second Karabakh War]] to more radically turn it against Russia and thus transform the country into a joint [[French]]-[[US]] [[protectorate]] for dividing-and-ruling the region, which worsened relations with [[Azerbaijan]]. The [[Trump 2.0|Trump administration]] appears to be reconsidering that, however, and might have even agreed to let Armenia become a joint [[Azeri]]-[[Turkish]] protectorate instead. It's this perception that’s driving the latest unrest in Armenia.
The [[Biden regime]] sought to exploit Armenia's loss in the [[Second Karabakh War]] to more radically turn it against Russia and thus transform the country into a joint [[French]]-[[US]] [[protectorate]] for dividing-and-ruling the region, which worsened relations with [[Azerbaijan]]. The [[Trump 2.0|Trump administration]] appears to be reconsidering that, however, and might have even agreed to let Armenia become a joint [[Azeri]]-[[Turkish]] protectorate instead. It's this perception that’s driving the latest unrest in Armenia.