The Russian “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” referred to the “tension of the last days” on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The fact that the author of the publication is an ethnic Armenian is not surprising. The same is the case with RIA-Novosti and other reputable media. The marked difference between the motivation of the Azerbaijani and Armenian editors of the newspaper is striking. Shahinoglu, the director of the “Atlas” analytical center in Baku, for example, connects the “shootout” at the border not with the decision of the political leadership of Armenia, but with the “presence of revanchist groups” in the ranks of the “Earth Guard”.
He is sure that Baku will not accept the offer to jointly investigate the information about the incidents. But not because he is interested in tension, on the contrary. “Azerbaijan has achieved its goal, restored territorial integrity and established sovereignty over Karabakh, it needs border stability,” says the Azerbaijani political scientist and suggests to the Prime Minister of Armenia that the army “clean up”.
Let no one be surprised or pretend to be surprised, if tomorrow a view is heard from Baku that in the Armed Forces of Armenia “there are individuals and groups who are disobedient to the political leadership, acting against its initiatives, and seeking revenge”. The effectiveness of diplomacy is conditioned first by the formulation of the conspiracy, then by information-propaganda, political-technological support, which is also undertaken by Azerbaijan. In case of possible escalation of the situation, there is no doubt that Baku will offer to make a choice. either Armenia solves the issue, or it takes “preventive steps” itself.
What are we dealing with instead of understanding and evaluating this trick, justifying it in the foreign press? About the same situation, an Armenian political scientist told “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” that Pashinyan chose “everything for peace” tactic. “Actually, the Azerbaijani authorities have been lucky in terms of Armenia’s leadership, and they want to get the maximum benefit from its management,” he says, summarizing that Azerbaijan “has two allies: oil and gas, due to which it always has an advantage.”
The last observation can perhaps be accepted. But oil and gas have been allies of Azerbaijan for 30 years, since 1994. Since signing the “Treaty of the Century”, he has always had an advantage over Armenia. And why does the Armenian political scientist transform the essence of the problem with observations on the internal life of Armenia – this is already security in all aspects. Basically, he does not say anything about the illegality of Baku’s ambitions, but uses the opportunity to “fit comfortably” in the Russian propaganda and information environment.
In Armenia, there was no average-standard approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, Armenian-Azerbaijani, Armenian-Turkish relations. In contrast to Azerbaijan, where there has never been any disagreement on the NK issue. And it has nothing to do with the Aliyev dictatorship. Dozens and hundreds of Azerbaijani journalists, commentators and analysts live in Europe, Russia, and the United States, mercilessly criticizing Aliyev. But they are more radical-nationalist in the issues related to the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement, Nagorno-Karabakh. Politicization of political science is a threat for Armenia.
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