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1. Security Issues in Eurasia
...  2. The existing internal political situation in the various states of the region and its potential consequences and flashpoints, along with the lack of strong state infrastructure;  3. The external ...
2. An exercise in disinformation: linking Kurds to NKR
... ties between the pkk and other groups in the Caucasus" and the "threat the pkk poses to energy infrastructure in the [region]." But the annual State Department report on terrorism issued on April 30 ...
3. Karabagh Report Launched in UK Parliament
...  2. The problem of democratic infrastructure and capacity to deliver peace. As case studies-around the world have shown, states which are well endowed with popular mandates and substantive democracies ...
4. Entrepreneurs Report on Socio-Economic Conditions
... the panel noted the dire straits of the Armenian infrastructure, which, combined with fuel shortages, create enormous difficulties in transporting products. Progress Being Made in Many Areas Sevak Baghdasaryan ...
5. Interview de Hratch Tchilingirian par Khatchig Mouradian
... états indépendants post-soviétiques du Sud Caucase n’ont pas été capables de créer des infrastructures stables et sûres pour le développement économique, la démocratie, les droits de l’homme et  la ...
6. South Caucasus: A war-zone or a place for holidays?
... have not been able to create stable and dependable infrastructures for economic development, democracy, human rights, and freedom of speech within their own societies, let alone for their disgruntled ...
7. The Armenian community in Abkhazia Today
... of 8,600 sq km. Abkhazia was an autonomous republic within Georgia during the Soviet period. With its wonderful climate and developed infrastructure for tourism, it was considered the "Riviera" of the ...
8. The Armenian Church: Glasnost Without Peristroka?
... infrastructure of the Church needs a serious reevaluation and restoration. It needs perestroika. The need for modernization is imperative. While Armenia as a country is going through a democratization ...
9. Berg-Karabach: Die Außenpolitik im Wandel
... that the war has caused an estimated $2.5 billion damage to its economy and infrastructure. Karabakh's economy remains meagre, and its relies heavily on Yerevan for financial assistance. Reportedly, its ...
10. Aliyev Invites Kocharian
... has great significant for all the parties involved, especially the South Caucasus republics. A closer look at EU's strategic policies and programs in the region further indicate that building infrastructure ...
11. Late Harvest
... him carry out his new agenda. The administrative infrastructure is dilapidated–a legacy of Soviet rule. Some of the most basic administrative tools, such as telephones, faxes and computers, urgently need ...
12. Karabakh: Internationalising the Enclave
... and has afforded time to strengthen governmental infrastructure in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Karabakh. In addition to the war, these new republics have had to embark on the transition from state-controlled ...
13. A Noble Cause: Violinist Levon Chilingirian
... the country, where a larger number of people benefit directly, while at the same time, much-needed local infrastructure is developed. "True, there are many difficulties in Armenia, many more important ...
14. Psychological Welfare
... in Azerbaijan.” But Gasparian did not give up. When in 1996 MSF’s two-year grant ended, he helped continue the program with a few local Karabakh professionals using the modest infrastructure that was in ...
15. Integration: The Point of No Return
... amelioration of infrastructure and restoration of confidence among tourists “require large amounts of funds and efforts,” says Nazarian. “The World Bank and some Arab countries are helping us with loans, ...
16. Crisis Without Borders: Armenian Media in the Middle East
... to Arev’s monthly Arabic supplement are paid three times more than the Armenian contributors to the same Arabic edition. The third problem—a lack of organizational infrastructure—is a direct consequence ...
17. The Armenian's Diplomatic Mission in Egypt
... creating new diplomatic infrastructures in their host countries with virtually no (or at best very little) state budgets. From finding, acquiring and maintaining decent embassy buildings to obtaining cars, ...
18. Karabakh: From Activism to Diplomacy
... 1995, the government in Stepanakert estimated that the war has caused an estimated $2.5 billion in damage to its economy and infrastructure. Karabakh's economy remains meager, and it relies heavily on ...
19. Nobody's Listening: Armenia's Telecom System
...  In 1998 OTE was supposed to invest $60 million in Armenia's telecommunications infrastructure. But, according to ArmenTel's Choutilian, only $14 million has been invested so far. Based on the acquisition ...
20. Selling Off the Big Ones

Armenian International Magazine (AIM) August 1998

VIEW: Selling Off the Big Ones

[Editorial by Hratch Tchilingirian]

Privatization, de-nationalization, investments, free-market are among the most complex and misunderstood terms in virtually all the newly independent states. Like chemotherapy which introduces drastic and painful changes in the body even while trying to save it, the introduction of free-market economics brought major pain (together with some good and the promise of more). All of this came with many unexpected and often undesired side effects.

Hratch Tchilingirian
1998-08-01
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