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Poll: a Snapshot Ahead of Armenia's Presidential Elections
Poll: A Snapshot ahead of Armenia’s Presidential Elections METHODOLOGICAL REPORT 23.01.2013 MR-01eng/13 23.01.2013 Poll: A Snapshot ahead of Armenia’s Presidential Elections SOCIOLOGICAL OPINION POLL Methodological Report Approved Seal -1- CONTENT INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 1. SAMPLE DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................. 4 STEP 1. SAMPLE SIZE CALCULATION: ................................................................................................................................................ 4 STEP 2. DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE SIZE AMONG REGIONS AND YEREVAN ................................................................................................. 4 STEP 3. SELECTION OF THE CITIES, VILLAGES AND THE STREETS IN YEREVAN ............................................................................................. 6 STEP 4. DESIGN OF RANDOM WALKING METHOD PRINCIPALS ................................................................................................................ 6 2. FIELDWORK DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 FIELDWORK DURATION ..................................................................................................................................................... -
Review of Armenian Studies 31 No
SPECIAL ISSUE: Centenary of the Armenian Resettlement REVIEW OF ARMENIAN STUDIES A Biannual Journal of History, Politics and International Relations 31no: 2015 Sina AKŞİN Uluç GÜRKAN Tal BUENOS Birsen KARACA Sadi ÇAYCI Jean-Louis MATTEI Sevtap DEMİRCİ Armand SAĞ Maxime GAUIN Turgut Kerem TUNCEL Christopher GUNN BOOK REVIEW Michael M. GUNTER Jeremy SALT REVIEW OF ARMENIAN STUDIES A Biannual Journal of History, Politics and International Relations 2015, No: 31 EDITOR Ömer Engin LÜTEM MANAGING EDITOR Aslan Yavuz ŞİR EDITORIAL BOARD In Alphabetical Order Prof. Dr. Seçil KARAL AKGÜN Ömer E. LÜTEM (Ret. Ambassador) Prof. Dr. Hüseyin BAĞCI (Middle East Technical University) Prof. Dr. Nurşen MAZICI (Marmara University) Prof. Dr. Nedret KURAN BURÇOĞLU (Boğaziçi University) Prof. Dr. Nesib NESSİBLİ (Khazar University) Prof. Dr. Sadi ÇAYCI (Başkent University) Prof. Dr. Hikmet ÖZDEMİR (Political Scientist) Prof. Dr. Kemal ÇİÇEK (İpek University) Prof. Dr. Hüseyin PAZARCI Dr. Şükrü ELEKDAĞ Prof. Dr. Mehmet SARAY (Ret. Ambassador) (Historian) Prof. Dr. Temuçin Faik ERTAN Dr. Bilal N. ŞİMŞİR (Institute of History of Turkish Revolution) (Ret. Ambassador, Historian) Dr. Erdal İLTER Dr. Pulat TACAR (Historian) (Ret. Ambassador) Alev KILIÇ (Ret. Ambassador, Director of the Center for Eurasian Studies) ADVISORY BOARD In Alphabetical Order Ertuğrul APAKAN Dr. Ayten MUSTAFAYEVA (Ret. Ambassador) (Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences) Prof. Dr. Edward ERICKSON Jeremy SALT (Historian) Prof. Dr. Norman STONE Prof. Dr. Michael M. GUNTER (Bilkent University) (Tennessee Technological University) Prof. Dr. Ömer TURAN Prof. Dr. Enver KONUKÇU (Middle East Technical University) Prof. Dr. Jean-Louis MATTEI Prof. Dr. Hakan YAVUZ (Historian) (Utah University) Prof. Dr. Justin MCCARTHY (University of Louisville) PUBLISHER Ali Kenan ERBULAN Review of Armenian Studies is published biannually Review of Armenian Studies is a refereed journal. -
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst BI-WEEKLY BRIEFING VOL. 16 NO. 10 21 MAY 2014 Contents'' ' Analytical'Articles' ! PUTIN'APPOINTS'RUSSIAN'MILITARY'GENERAL'' TO'RULE'THE'NORTH'CAUCASUS'' ' ' ' ' ' ' '''''3!' Valeriy!Dzutsev! ! KAZAKHSTAN’S'KASHAGAN'OIL'FIELDS'FACES'' PROBLEMS'AND'SOARING'COSTS 6 John!C.K.!Daly! ! IS'AN'IRANOCAZERBAIJANI'RAPPROCHEMENT'TAKING'PLACE?' ' ' '''10! Stephen!Blank! ! SEPARATISM'IN'UZBEKISTAN?'KARAKALPAKSTAN'AFTER'CRIMEA' ' '''13! Slavomír!Horák! ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Field'Reports' ' GEORGIA'ENDORSES'ANTICDISCRIMINATION'LAW' ' ' !!!! !!!17! Eka!Janashia! ! NEW'GOVERNMENT'FORMED'IN'ARMENIA' ' ' ' '''' !!!19! Haroutiun!Khachatrian! ! ADDRESSING'TORTURE'IN'KYRGYZSTAN' ' ' ' !!! !!!! !!!21' Ebi!Spahiu! ! TURKMENISTAN’S'PRESIDENT'VISITS'TAJIKISTAN' ' ' ' !!23' Oleg!Salimov! THE CENTRAL ASIA-CAUCASS ANALYST Editor: Svante E. Cornell Associate Editor: Niklas Nilsson Assistant Editor, News Digest: Alima Bissenova Chairman, Editorial Board: S. Frederick Starr The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is an English-language journal devoted to analysis of the current issues facing Central Asia and the Caucasus. It serves to link the business, governmental, journalistic and scholarly communities and is the global voice of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center. The Editor of the Analyst solicits most articles and field reports, however authors are encouraged to suggest topics for future issues or submit articles and field reports for consideration. Such articles and field reports cannot have been previously published in any form, must be written in English, and must correspond precisely to the format and style of articles and field reports published in The Analyst, described below. The Analyst aims to provide our industrious and engaged audience with a singular and reliable assessment of events and trends in the region written in an analytical tone rather than a polemical one. -
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, Vol 16, No 10
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst BI-WEEKLY BRIEFING VOL. 16 NO. 10 21 MAY 2014 Contents'' ' Analytical'Articles' ! PUTIN'APPOINTS'RUSSIAN'MILITARY'GENERAL'' TO'RULE'THE'NORTH'CAUCASUS'' ' ' ' ' ' ' '''''3!' Valeriy!Dzutsev! ! KAZAKHSTAN’S'KASHAGAN'OIL'FIELDS'FACES'' PROBLEMS'AND'SOARING'COSTS 6 John!C.K.!Daly! ! IS'AN'IRANOCAZERBAIJANI'RAPPROCHEMENT'TAKING'PLACE?' ' ' '''10! Stephen!Blank! ! SEPARATISM'IN'UZBEKISTAN?'KARAKALPAKSTAN'AFTER'CRIMEA' ' '''13! Slavomír!Horák! ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Field'Reports' ' GEORGIA'ENDORSES'ANTICDISCRIMINATION'LAW' ' ' !!!! !!!17! Eka!Janashia! ! NEW'GOVERNMENT'FORMED'IN'ARMENIA' ' ' ' '''' !!!19! Haroutiun!Khachatrian! ! ADDRESSING'TORTURE'IN'KYRGYZSTAN' ' ' ' !!! !!!! !!!21' Ebi!Spahiu! ! TURKMENISTAN’S'PRESIDENT'VISITS'TAJIKISTAN' ' ' ' !!23' Oleg!Salimov! THE CENTRAL ASIA-CAUCASS ANALYST Editor: Svante E. Cornell Associate Editor: Niklas Nilsson Assistant Editor, News Digest: Alima Bissenova Chairman, Editorial Board: S. Frederick Starr The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is an English-language journal devoted to analysis of the current issues facing Central Asia and the Caucasus. It serves to link the business, governmental, journalistic and scholarly communities and is the global voice of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center. The Editor of the Analyst solicits most articles and field reports, however authors are encouraged to suggest topics for future issues or submit articles and field reports for consideration. Such articles and field reports cannot have been previously published in any form, must be written in English, and must correspond precisely to the format and style of articles and field reports published in The Analyst, described below. The Analyst aims to provide our industrious and engaged audience with a singular and reliable assessment of events and trends in the region written in an analytical tone rather than a polemical one. -
Les Élections Législatives De Décembre 2018 ARMENIE
ARMENIE 23 juillet 2019 Les élections législatives de décembre 2018 Résumé : Après le mouvement de protestation de la « révolution de velours » d’avril-mai 2018 qui met fin au régime de Serge Sarkissian et du Parti républicain d’Arménie (PRA), au pouvoir depuis 1998, le nouveau Premier ministre Nikol Pachinian lance une politique de réformes et de lutte anticorruption. N’ayant pas de majorité parlementaire, il dissout le Parlement et convoque des élections législatives anticipées. Les observateurs internationaux et les ONG s’accordent sur le fait que la campagne a été libre et démocratique, sans débordements graves, et que les achats de voix et abus de ressources administratives, courants sous l’ancienne majorité, ont été presque absents. L’Alliance Mon Pas, autour de Nikol Pachinian, dispose d’une large majorité ; les partis Arménie prospère et Arménie lumineuse constituent une opposition modérée tandis que le PRA n’est plus représenté au Parlement. Abstract : After the protest movement of the "velvet revolution" in April-May 2018 that puts an end to the regime of Serge Sarkissian and the Republican Party of Armenia (PRA), in power since 1998, the new Prime Minister Nikol Pachinian launches a reform and anti- corruption policy. Having no parliamentary majority, he dissolves Parliament and calls for early parliamentary elections. International observers and NGOs agree that the campaign was free and democratic, with no serious excesses, and that the purchases of votes and abuse of administrative resources, which were common under the former majority, were almost absent. My Step Alliance, around Nikol Pachinian, won a large majority; the prosperous Armenia and bright Armenia parties constitute moderate opposition while the PRA is no longer represented in Parliament. -
NATO and the South Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia on Different Tracks Martin Malek *
NATO and the South Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia on Different Tracks Martin Malek * Introduction In 2002, NATO Secretary-General Lord George Robertson stated that, “for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Caucasus is of no special relevance.”1 Up until now, this attitude has not changed fundamentally, even though the region obviously attracts the Alliance’s attention more than it did in the 1990s. NATO’s stance toward the South Caucasus has always provoked much more and stronger reactions in Russia than in the political, media, and public realms of the Alliance’s member states. In 1999, within the framework of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), an Ad Hoc Working Group on Prospects for Regional Cooperation in the Caucasus was established, placing primary focus on defense and economics issues, civil and emergency planning, science and environmental cooperation, and information activi- ties. However, to date there is no overall comprehensive format for NATO cooperation with the South Caucasus that would even come close to its “strategic partnership” with the EU, its concept of “special relations” with Russia and Ukraine, the Mediterranean Dialogue, or the South East European Initiative. Only in 2004—i.e., a full thirteen years after the dissolution of the USSR, which was closely followed by the independ- ence of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia—U.S. diplomat Robert Simmons was ap- pointed as NATO’s first Special Envoy for the South Caucasus and Central Asia. The prospects for joint initiatives with NATO are inevitably negatively influenced by the fact that the armies of all South Caucasian republics are far from meeting NATO standards and requirements, even though especially Georgia and Azerbaijan have been declaring that they hope to introduce and achieve these standards sooner rather than later. -
The Armenian Intelligentsia Today: Discourses of Self
76 HE ARMENIAN INTELLIGENTSIA TTODAY: DISCOURSES OF SELF-IDENTIFICATION AND SELF-PERCEPTION Yulia Antonyan Laboratorium. 2012. Vol. 4, no. 1:76–100 Vol. Laboratorium. 2012. © Yulia Antonyan is an assistant professor of cultural studies at Yerevan State University. Address for correspondence: A. Manukian street, 1, 375001, Yerevan, Armenia. [email protected]. Research for this article was conducted within the Caucasus Research Resource Centers–Armenia Research Fellowship Program, with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. INTRODUCTION Most studies of the intelligentsia have one common peculiarity: they are carried out by people who themselves are intellectuals or members of the intelligentsia. Consequently, studies of the boundaries and meanings of “the intelligentsia” usually end up applying to their authors as well. These studies have the latent goal of self- cognition, of understanding how their authors’ own identities have been shaped and whether they can and want to be part of the group called intellectuals or intelligentsia. I will not deny that a need for self-cognition and self-definition in social and cultural terms prompted me to undertake research on the Armenian intelligentsia and write this article. But more generally, the goal of my research is to find out how cultural roles and representation patterns developed and adopted by the Armenian intelligentsia have defined the group’s place in society and politics. The terms “intelligentsia” and “intellectuals”—in Armenian, mtavorakanutiun— are frequently used in the Armenian political, cultural, and domestic life but are con- ceptualized and interpreted differently in different contexts. In this article, I de- scribe the central discursive patterns of self-identification and self-representation among contemporary Armenian intelligentsia. -
Interim Report on Monitoring of Armenian Media Coverage of the December 9, 2018 Snap Parliamentary Elections November 26 - December 7, 2018
YEREVAN PRESS CLUB INTERIM REPORT ON MONITORING OF ARMENIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE DECEMBER 9, 2018 SNAP PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 7, 2018 This report is produced by the Yerevan Press Club as part of the Media for Informed Civic Engagement project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the Media Initiatives Center. The contents of the report are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. YEREVAN PRESS CLUB www.ypc.am INTERIM REPORT ON MONITORING OF ARMENIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE DECEMBER 9, 2018 SNAP PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS (NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 7, 2018) THE THIRD STAGE OF THE MONITORING covered all the 12 days of the official pre- election promotion. At this stage the object of the monitoring were the main news and political programmes of six national terrestrial TV channels - First Channel of Public Television of Armenia (h1), “Armenia”, “Yerkir Media”, “Kentron”, Second Armenian TV Channel (h2) and “Shant”, as well as two online media regularly occupying high places in rankings - 1in.am and News.am. At the same time on News.am all the pieces were studied, while on 1in.am discussion political video programmes aired in prime time became the object of the monitoring (see below the monitoring methodology). At this stage the monitoring was devoted to revealing the attention and attitude of the media towards the political forces running in the elections. Added to that, in case of the TV channels both the frequency of references to the political forces in the programmes, and the volume of airtime allocated to the them was recorded (hereafter for the quantitative results of the monitoring see the attached tables). -
Parliamentary Assembly Assemblée Parlementaire
Parliamentary Assembly Assemblée parlementaire http://assembly.coe.int Doc. 12937 24 May 2012 Observation of the parliamentary elections in Armenia (6 May 2012) Election observation report Ad hoc Committee of the Bureau Rapporteur: Baroness Emma NICHOLSON, United Kingdom, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Contents Page 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 2. Political and legal context ....................................................................................................................... 2 3. Election administration and voter and candidate registration .................................................................2 4. The campaign period and media environment........................................................................................ 3 5. Complaints and appeals ......................................................................................................................... 4 6. Election day ............................................................................................................................................ 4 7. Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Appendix 1 – Composition of the ad hoc committee.................................................................................... 7 Appendix 2 – Programme of the pre-electoral mission -
Monitoring of the Legislative Activity of Political Forces of the National Assembly
MONITORING OF THE LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY OF POLITICAL FORCES OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY The project was implemented with the financial assistance of “Open Seciety Institute Assisitance Foundation-Armenia” Yerevan 2009 Table of Contents Preface ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3 Amendments to the RA Law on “Television and Radio Broadcasting” …………………………….5 Amendments to the Law on “The Rules of Procedure of the NationalAssembly”.………..12 Amendments and addenda to the Law on “The Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Organizations and the Criminak Code of the Republic of Armenia” ………………………………19 Additions to the RA Law on “Approving the annual and comprehensive plans on Lake Sevan ecosystem recovery, preservation, reproduction and utilization” ……………………..25 Tax Package ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………32 Amendments and additions to the RA Law on “Excise Tax” ………………………………………..36 Amendments to the Criminal Justice Legislation ………………….……………………………………….41 Amendments to the RA Law on “The position-based pay rates for the management of RA legislative, executive and judicial bodies”……………………………………………………………………. 50 Ad-hoc Committee inquiring into the March 1-2, 2008 events in Yerevan and their reasons………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………55 2 Preface The parties' election platforms are usually brought into focus only during pre-election periods. After the elections, however, they turn secondary as fast as they become a matter of debate. The parties mention their platforms "when the occasion arises", in "convenient" instances, while the public in its turn does not monitor or fails to find effective means to follow up on the implementation of the platforms. The "Monitoring of the Legislative Activity of Political Forces Represented in the National Assembly” project continued to follow the legislative activities of the five parties represented in the Parliament seeking to serve as a monitoring tool for the public. -
Parliamentary Assembly Assemblée Parlementaire
Parliamentary Assembly Assemblée parlementaire Doc. 10027 12 January 2004 Honouring of obligations and commitments by Armenia Report Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe Rapporteurs: Mr René André, France, Group of the European People’s Party, and Mr Jerzy Jaskiernia, Poland, Socialist Group Summary 2003 has been a busy electoral year for Armenia and as a result no further progress has been made in the current reforms. Nevertheless, since September 2003, undeniable efforts by Armenian authorities are once more showing a real political will to making progress towards honouring obligations and commitments which Armenia entered into : it abolished the death penalty, adopted a new Criminal Code, adopted a law on the Ombudsman, created an alternative military and civilian service, adopted a law on the mass media and a law on freedom of information and revised the law on radio and television broadcasting, and honoured all its commitments with regard to conventions. However, the Monitoring Committee cannot but express its profound disappointment at the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary elections held in 2003 which gave rise to serious irregularities and massive fraud. The Monitoring Committee also expects further subs tantial progress as regards the functi oning of the judicial system and the independence of the judiciary, the situation in Armenian prisons and the conditions of detention, the misconduct of law enforcement officials , freedom of demonstration, the revision of the Administrative Code, the revision of the Electoral Code, media pluralism, increased local self-government, the fight against corruption, and the respect of religious freedom . -
Republic of Armenia
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 19 February 2008 OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Report Warsaw 30 May 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................1 II. INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................3 III. BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................3 IV. LEGAL FRAMEWORK...........................................................................................................................4 V. ELECTION ADMINISTRATION ...........................................................................................................4 VI. VOTER REGISTRATION .......................................................................................................................5 VII. CANDIDATE REGISTRATION .............................................................................................................7 VIII. PRE-ELECTION ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................................................8 IX. THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN................................................................................................................9 A. LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR CAMPAIGNING ..........................................................................................9