From Ter-Petrosian to Kocharian: Leadership Change in Armenia

Stephan H. Astourian

Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Working Paper Series from Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, UC Berkeley

Abstract: This paper analyzes the Armenian government under president Levon Ter-Petrosian during the 1990s and the transition to prime minister Robert Kocharian in 1998. It mainly looks at the underlying causes of Ter-Petrosian's downfall and his forced resignation, focusing on the country's economy, ideological factors, citizenship and the diaspora, and pragmatic authoritarianism. It concludes with a discussion of the fragmentation of the Armenian Pan National Movement (APNM); the APNM challenge to Kocharian and national security minister Serzh Sargsian; the Karabagh conflict; and the "hyperpresidentialism" of the Armenian political system.

Keywords: Armenia; Levon Ter-Petrosian; Robert Kocharian; Armenian Pan National Movement; Karabagh; hyperpresidentialism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-01-01
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