Hovhannes Nikoghosyan

Hovhannes Nikoghosyan is a Research Fellow (PhD) in Yerevan; in 2010 he was visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. He may be contacted at hnikoghosyan@rau.am.

 



Author's articles

Chair of the Parliamentary Council of Europe Mevlut Cavusoglu of Turkey met Armenia's president last June.  .

Does anyone care about rapprochement these days?

Aug 18, 2011: Hovhannes Nikoghosyan discusses recent reactions by Turkish officials to Armenian president's remarks that don't augur well for normalization between two countries.  more...



Armenian serviceman guarding the peace on the Line of Contact. Melik Baghdasarian / Photolur

Nagorno-Karabakh: making the case for peace in the last battlefield of Europe

Jun 02, 2011: Hovhannes Nikoghosyan argues that international mediators need to re-focus their attention on strengthening the Karabakh cease-fire and providing real guarantees of security for peaceful settlement to take hold.  more...



Campaign ad from May 2010 elections in Karabakh, which Freedom House claims wasn't sufficiently competitive . Photolure

Freedom House “downgrades” Karabakh democracy

Jan 13, 2011: But Washington-based watchdog's justification for lowering Nagorno Karabakh's democracy score on January 13 is factually incorrect, argues Hovhannes Nikoghosyan.  more...



Former foreign minister Vartan Oskanian (center) visited with late Kosovo leader Ibrahim Rugova (left) in 2001 . Armenian Foreign Ministry

ICJ’s Kosovo ruling: unprecedented politically and a precedent legally

Aug 03, 2010: Hovhannes Nikoghosyan looks at potential Karabakh implications of the July 22 ruling on Kosovo by the International Court of Justice.  more...



Renovated Marriott Armenia Hotel is probably most prominent (Armenian-)American investment in Armenia. Courtesy photo

In U.S. talks, Armenia should focus on bilateral agenda

Apr 09, 2010: First Armenian presidential visit to Washington in nine years is an opportunity to discuss ways to expand American investments in Armenia, argues Hovhannes Nikoghosyan.  more...



Armenia and Turkey flags . Photolure

Time for requiem over protocols?

Mar 25, 2010: In a commentary, Hovhannes Nikoghosyan wonders if the Armenia-Turkey protocols process is at dead end and where this outcome might lead.  more...



"Armenian and Turkish leaders held their only meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2009. Armenian president’s office

Can Armenia-Turkey protocols be ratified separately?

Feb 23, 2010: With Armenian-Turkey normalization effort apparently deadlocked can ratification of only one of two protocols signed keep the process going? Asks Hovhannes Nikoghosyan in a guest commentary.  more...