Martirosyan argues active memory keeps Armenians Armenian, and that erasing it serves Turkish and Azerbaijani demands.
At Gandzasar, an Azerbaijani official held up a blank-paged replica of an Armenian manuscript and called it empty, as European diplomats smiled.
Archil Sikharulidze argues that EU demands for Georgia to weaken its Orthodox Church’s role in society are incompatible with Georgian national identity and values.