Vahe Davtyan writes on his Facebook page. “These days, Yerevan has turned into a place where foreign meanings sound louder than our own. Leaders came here, agendas were brought, ready-made interpretations of the future were presented. And almost imperceptibly, the main thing has been pushed into the background: what is Armenia’s place in that future?

The authorities of Armenia seem to have chosen the most convenient way: not to formulate, but to join. Not to form a line, but to move between the lines, hoping that the movement itself is already a strategy. Meanwhile, it is just a drift.

Armenia continues to be a member of the Eurasian Economic Union, the Russian military presence is maintained on its territory, and at the same time the European Political Community is gathering in Yerevan, discussing a security architecture where there is less and less room left for former alliances.

The authorities call it flexibility. In fact, it means avoiding choice under the guise of multi-vectoring. Yes, refusing to vote in politics is also a choice. But usually in favor of the power that formulates the rules.

Armenia accepts, organizes, accompanies, but does not shape the agenda. This is the behavior of the administrator, not the subject. Service policy.

Thus, the state loses its ability to be a source of meaning and becomes a carrier of foreign semantic structures. It ceases to independently determine what is value for itself, and begins to borrow even the evaluation criteria.

It seems that the authorities proceed from the assumption that the greater the external attention, the higher the international subjectivity. Meanwhile, attention is not recognition. It is a resource that is used as long as it is needed. Then it is forgotten.

History has repeatedly shown that small states survive not due to the number of connections, but due to a clear position. When the position is blurred, the country becomes not a bridge, but a transit yard.

And the most dangerous is the illusion that it is possible to be in several incompatible systems at the same time and not pay a price for it.

The price is always there. It’s just that it’s never announced in advance.”

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