The novel “Lord of the Flies” (author: William Golding) is about a group of boys who find themselves on a deserted island after a plane crash. At first, they try to create order and rule, but over time, fear, power struggles and violence destroy their community.

The novel shows that civilization and laws restrain the aggression and chaos in man. When these restrictions are removed, people can quickly slide into violence, mob thinking, and savagery.

“Lord of the Flies” shows how easy it is to divide people into “us” and “them”.

In the novel, the boys are initially one community, but gradually they split into groups due to fear, false danger and the struggle for power. One group begins to see the other not as friends, but as enemies. The result is hatred, violence and tragedy.

The moral meaning can be formulated as follows:
– When society is divided into opposing camps, solidarity and trust weaken.
– Fear and propaganda can make people see enemies even among their own kind.

– Crowd thinking often suppresses reason and individual responsibility.
– Civilization is preserved thanks to dialogue, law and mutual respect, not by “us versus them” logic.

For this reason, the novel is often interpreted as a warning to societies. when one group of people is pitted against another, not one side wins, but chaos.

Political scientist Stepan Danielyan

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The Russian side is waiting for Yerevan to make a decision regarding its participation in CSTO. will either stay with the organization or prefer a different scenario. Viktor Vasilev, permanent representative of Russia in the organization, told RIA Novosti about this.

Answering the question, what actions the Russian side expects from the Armenian side, he noted. “make a decision. will remain in the organization or will prefer another scenario.”

“They should inform us about this,” Vasiliev added.

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Yesterday there was a telephone conversation between the Prime Ministers of Armenia and India, about which there is the following paragraph in the report. “The activation of political dialogue, as well as the expansion of cooperation in economy, high-tech, education, culture and other areas of mutual interest, have become important.”

Who especially emphasized the activation of political dialogue, Nikol Pashinyan or Narendra Modi? This is significant because the political dialogue between Armenia and India is noticeably passive, especially considering that India is perhaps the number one military-technical partner for Armenia after 2021. In any case, most of the current armaments of the Armenian army are purchased from India itself.

Meanwhile, against this background, it is quite noticeable that there is practically no equivalent political and economic cooperation, partnership, and communication. Meanwhile, if there is, for example, military-technical cooperation, purchases, but all that is not accompanied by adequate political and economic dynamics, it probably means that military-technical is just trade, nothing more. And just by the logic of trade or business, the military-technical cooperation, not having a stable and active military-political and geo-economic component, cannot have high security effectiveness.

The question of who particularly attaches importance to the activation of political dialogue and other communications is not at all secondary. Is it India that raises this issue or Yerevan?

I suspect that India is unhappy with the lack of activity. After all, New Delhi has been active in that direction since 2021. Let me remind you that Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar arrived in Armenia for the first time, and in general it was the first visit of an Indian minister to the post-Soviet Caucasus.

The deepening of the status of a global player makes the Caucasian policy “must-have” for India. And here, New Delhi has one realistic support: Armenia. But, if for Armenia, India is just a means for the informational cover of the reformation of the army, it certainly cannot satisfy New Delhi.

Of course, working comprehensively with India has its complications. But, today there is no simple work, and in no direction. Meanwhile, there are, rather, there should be strategic priority developments and scenarios for the states, and India should have a significant importance for Armenia in that sense.

Political analyst Hakob Badalyan

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RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan participated remotely in the annual session of the Board of the Eurasian Development Bank.

During the session, decisions on a number of issues were discussed and adopted, including the approval of the Bank’s 2025 annual and financial reports, the decision on profit distribution, as well as the appointment of the external auditor for 2026 and the results of the implementation of the Bank’s 2022-2026 strategy. During the session, the development strategy of the Bank for 2027-2031 was also approved.

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Law enforcement officers are searching the apartment of Karen Simonyan, a member of the council of elders of Gyumri community. Expert Abrasim Atoyan informs about this.

“This is in the context of repeated repressions following the atrocities of the Kemalites in recent days,” he wrote.

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