Whenever you read the Armenian media you have a feeling of "déjà-vu". "Déjà-vu" is a French expression, which literally means a feeling of having "already seen" or "already experienced" the present phenomenon, situation, image, etc. Now, when you read an article, you get the feeling that you have met a similar description or found yourself in a similar situation months, even years ago.
Nothing changes in Armenia, and life seems to have stopped, especially in terms of political thought and thought in political science. Let's try to understand what is going on. The fact is that the political parties are discredited today, the vast majority of the people do not trust either the government or the opposition, and the public's disappointment is great. At all levels, the main discourse is about the possible destruction of the country, imminent genocide, war and other threats. Calls for a regime change are heard at regular intervals but to no avail.
All these are added to the accusations generated against each other, the endless chain of blockades of Artsakh, the non-stop shooting at the borders, and the new aggression attempts of the wicked enemy. Instead of taking the blame, the incumbent prime minister accuses anyone but himself, continuing to "feed" the public with ambiguous statements and pessimistic forecasts. The unpleasant atmosphere is getting denser and seems to have no intention of dissipating.
On the other hand, serious processes are unfolding in the world, seemingly unbelievable statements are being made by the leaders of the superpowers, and events are taking place, the impact of which can be decisive on small countries like ours. However, attempts to understand them and make people understand in the press and other information media are insignificant. The rules of the new world order, as always, are worked out through wars. We have found ourselves in a closed loop from which we see no way out. Armenian political thought has kind of dimmed, isolated in itself.
Against the backdrop of this mixed transition, the president of Azerbaijan announced during the Washington negotiations that if Armenia does not sign the agreement they want, Azerbaijan will apply diplomatic and other pressures on that country, since they have no place to hurry. According to Aliev, Azerbaijan has found its future place in the changing world order, while Armenia has not, and Azerbaijan will continue its policy of isolating Yerevan, not allowing it to integrate into future projects of geopolitical importance. This was not a literal quote, but it was the implication.
And yet this quote is not consistent with the Armenian public and media topics and the processes taking place in the world. In general, the existence and importance of states - we are talking about small ones in particular - are conditioned by their role in geopolitical and economic relations. You have a role, so you have significance for other countries, if you don't, you either stop existing and getting a chance for development, or your existence remains unnoticed by others.
This is the most important agenda that should be discussed in political and state circles and be the focus of press coverage, which, unfortunately, we do not see and, of course, we do not see the ways to correct the "déjà vu" situation either.