Armenia faces upcoming national elections while positioned amid competing geopolitical interests from Russia, the US, Turkey, Europe, and Azerbaijan, with potential to serve as a strategic crossroads between East and West.

The Guardian

As former Soviet Republic goes to the polls, it finds itself in a strategic tug of war between Russia, the US, Turkey, Europe and Azerbaijan
To describe Yerevan, a charming city of liberal values encased in imposing Soviet architecture, as the centre of the world is a stretch, but Armenia’s claim that it can become the strategic crossroads of the landmass of Eurasia is becoming less and less fanciful. As the former Soviet Republic goes to the polls on 7 June for national elections, it finds itse