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Armenia's Failed Democratic Transition

In a recent conference at the University of South California, Professor Arman Grigoryan discussed why some former Soviet Republics were successful in their transition to democracy, while others were not.  Specifically, why had the country of Armenia been unsuccessful in becoming a prosperous democratic state?  “In the first half of the nineties, Armenia was often referred to in the Western media as an ‘island of democracy,’” said Grigoryan.

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