Why Armenia lost the 2020 Karabakh War

The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War exposed deep structural weaknesses in Armenia’s military and political decision-making. Political scientist Dr. Vicken Cheterian, lecturer in political science at the University of Geneva and director of the Diasporan Perspectives think tank at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, joined the podcast to discuss these failures and why Armenia was not prepared for the conflict. Cheterian is the editor of the new book “The 44-Day War”, a comprehensive analysis of the conflict, and co-author of “44 Defeat”, which reconstructs how Armenia’s military defeat occurred. 0:00- Two new books on the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War 3:44- Wide causes for Armenia's failure in 2020 5:40- Reasons for the army's military failure 9:15- Was it a mistake to rely so heavily on Russia for defense? 10:35- Why did Armenia end up at war in 2020? 12:57- Armenia's misreading of the regional security balance 14:00- Failure of Armenia's post-2018 diplomacy 16:27- Rejection of the Lavrov Plan 17:54- Balancing the military & diplomatic factors for the failure 19:12- Lessons for Armenia from the changing world order #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ Follow us on Instagram:   / civilnet.am   Follow us on X:   / civilnettv   Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/s/civilnetv Follow us on TikTok:   / civilnet.am   Find us on Facebook:   / civilnet.tv   Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/civilnet.bsk... Check our website: https://www.civilnet.am/ © Նյութի հեղինակային իրավունքները պատկանում են Սիվիլիթաս հիմնադրամին: ՍիվիլՆեթի խմբագրական քաղաքականության համաձայն` արգելվում է օգտագործել ՍիվիլՆեթի նյութերը առանց պատշաճ հղման, ներբեռնել և այլ օնլայն հարթակից վերբեռնել ՍիվիլՆեթի պատրաստած և տարբերանշանը կրող տեսանյութերը` առանց համապատասխան համաձայնության: © Copyright of this report belongs to the Civilitas Foundation. In accordance with the editorial policy of CivilNet (the media project of the Civilitas Foundation), materials may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior consent of CivilNet. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content.