<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Elections on Armenian News Network - Groong</title><link>https://ann.org/tags/elections/</link><description>Recent content in Elections on Armenian News Network - Groong</description><generator>Hugo -- 0.128.0</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ann.org/tags/elections/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Artsakh: Analysis of the Four Day War</title><link>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20160411.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20160411.html</guid><description>Background
On the night of April 1 and morning of April 2, Azerbaijani forces attempted to break through Armenian defenses and occupy new positions on the border with Artsakh. The blitzkrieg involved heavy use of infantry, special forces, air forces, armored units, artillery and multiple launch rocket systems which were indiscriminately used against Armenian towns and villages in the border areas. Despite small gains made by invading forces in the Mardakert region, the counter-offensive launched by the Armenian forces drove Azerbaijani troops back to their original positions which allowed the Armenian side to regain its previously lost positions in the Mardakert region.</description></item><item><title>Campaign 2012: A Look Through The Armenian-American Lens</title><link>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20120108.html</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20120108.html</guid><description>We are now less than a year away from the 2012 elections and the campaign trail is already heating up. The race for the white house has catapulted various GOP candidates to the top of the mountain, only to see them tumble from its peak. So far we have seen some historic debate gaffes, incredibly bold policy proposals and unorthodox candidates try to distinguish themselves from each other, all in an effort to be the anti-Romney; the presumptive GOP nominee.</description></item><item><title>Armenia's Stand: Justice At Home, Justice Abroad</title><link>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20100406.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20100406.html</guid><description>YEREVAN, ARMENIA
We are at the brink of a pair of wars, civil and regional, and it is better to speak now.
Armenia, that ancient civilization deprived by the tragedies of yore of its capacity for contemporary statecraft, needs immediately to put its house in democratic order. Finally responsible for its own record, it also has legitimate expectations of the international partnership.
In this global and so contracted century of ours, where resources and rights often compete for precedence, domestic demeanor and foreign affairs form part of one and the same policy agenda.</description></item><item><title>Nothing Personal: Turkey's Top Ten</title><link>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20090306.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20090306.html</guid><description>YEREVAN, ARMENIA
That an Armenian repatriate, American-born into a legacy of remembrance inherited from a line of survivors of genocide nearly a century ago, feels compelled to entitle his thoughts with a focus on Turkey&amp;ndash; and not Armenia&amp;ndash; reveals a larger problem, a gaping wound, and an imperative for closure long overdue on both sides of history&amp;rsquo;s tragic divide.
The new Armenia, independent of its longstanding statelessness since 1991, is my everyday life, as are the yearnings of my fellow citizens for their daily dignity, true democracy, the rule of law, and an empowering end to sham elections and the corruption, arrogance and unaccountability of power.</description></item><item><title>Roots of Democratic Deficiency</title><link>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20030313.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ann.org/ro/ro-20030313.html</guid><description>Abstract
The current post-Soviet bureaucracy in South Caucasian republics, and notably in ethnically diverse Azerbaijan and Georgia, has yet been unable to link ethnicity, territory, and political administration in the process of state-building and democratic development. Bureaucratic evolution from communism to liberalism has simply contributed to the establishment of a handy &amp;ldquo;electoral democracy&amp;rdquo; and lucrative economic liberalism for the elites.
Since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, particularistic identities, reinforced differences, and fragmentation of societies have been the dominant characteristics of the South Caucasian republics of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan (or Trans-Caucasus).</description></item><item><title>Politics of Transition in Armenia and Prospects of a Peace Deal with Azerbaijan</title><link>https://ann.org/ro/ro-lzourabian-20000429.html</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ann.org/ro/ro-lzourabian-20000429.html</guid><description>Yerevan, Armenia
On October 27th, 1999 five gunmen broke into the chamber of the National Assembly of Armenia during the weekly session of parliamentary inquiries addressed to the Government and opened fire. Within seconds they had killed the Prime Minister of Armenia as well as the Chairman of the Parliament, his two deputies and 4 other members of the Parliament and the Government, whose nearly total membership was present at the session.</description></item><item><title>Posting Rules</title><link>https://ann.org/posting-rules.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ann.org/posting-rules.html</guid><description>Guidelines for submitting material to ANN/Groong.</description></item></channel></rss>