RSC BLOG: Brace Yourselves, Spring is Coming. Is the Post-Soviet Space Headed for its own “Arab Spring”? (Armenian Version)

Dr. Mikayel Zolyan

Dr. Mikayel Zolyan

25 January 2016

Timed with the fifth anniversary of the revolution in Egypt, a watershed event in what became known as the “Arab Sping,” RSC Analyst Dr. Mikayel Zolyan assesses the implications for the post-Soviet space.

This is the Armenian version of his original English-language article.

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RSC BLOG: Brace Yourselves, Spring is Coming. Is the Post-Soviet Space Headed for its own “Arab Spring”? (Armenian Version)

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26 September 2020