The South Caucasus is irreversibly on the agenda of European politics. This is a reality which the pessimists could have been easily suspicious about not in the very remote past. The reality seems to have changed also in terms of holistic perception of the region. Only a couple of years ago one would desperately brush off the idea that no matter how ardently we try and spare no effort to register progressive achievements, each of our countries would still be destined to "wait for" the others and the benefit to climb the European stairs would be granted through a group visa only...

It is already 15 years that Armenia has transferred to a new economic system. Development of the private sector has been among the numerous significant and drastic changes. The beginning of the process was marked with considerable state support: the government did what it could to support the establishment of the private sector. What was happening was actually a redistribution of roles and responsibilities...

What kind of elections do we want? Shall we have free, fair and transparent elections, or perhaps we should call those simply "legitimate" elections? As one should not kill another, should not avoid tax payment, or cross the street on red, one should not violate the legal requirements of the framework regulating elections. Therefore, one simply needs to talk about one thing: we need legitimate elections...

The dualism of means and goals haunts individuals, societies, nations and civilizations, and the choices humans make as individuals, members of societies, representatives of nations and carriers of civilizations provide some relatively long-term solutions to this dualism. Transitional democracies are particularly challenged with this ambiguity, since transition implies a choice of new goals and a search for means that would provide for these goals in the possibly best way...

To understand the logic of the state's economic policy one needs to cast a look at the long-term goals it has defined. This is a truism and in this regard, one can both understand and accept the policy being implemented in our country...