Beyond the “King of Armenians” syndrome: A blueprint for strategic resilience
Why unaddressed historical trauma fuels Armenia’s internal political fracturing — and how transnational networks can turn rigidity into diplomatic leverage
On June 25, the newly established Institute for Security Analysis (ISA), in partnership with NAASR and the Calouste Gulbenkian Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues, invited Dr. Henry C. Theriault for a public lecture at the AGBU Armenia Office Building in Yerevan. Following introductory remarks by ISA Operations Manager Anna Avagyan, Theriault, associate provost at Worcester State University and a two-term former president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, set out to examine the intersection of memory, reparative justice and Armenia’s current national trajectory.
What followed was not a standard, detached academic survey. Instead, drawing on his extensive background in philosophy and genocide studies, Theriault offered an unsparing critique of contemporary Armenian political culture, urging a fundamental shift away from personality-driven politics and reactive defensiveness toward what he called a “multiplicity strategy.”
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The only course for survival right now for Armenia is to realign with Russia and Iran. Rebuild the military, invest heavily in drones and missile defense, and throw out Pashoglu and his band of traitorous thieves. This is Armenias only option if they want to survive as a nation. And the people themselves need to change spiritually. Stop making pleasure and wealth their God and become really Armenian again. Thats the only way. Ill end with a quote every Armenian should read and take to heart:
In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.
-Edward Gibbon
What I CAL NEGATIONISM HAS BEEN STATED AND ONGOING BOTH BY TURKISH AND AZERBAIDJANI POLITICAL CLASS EVER SINCE tHE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE has REBOUNDED AT UN FORUMS. incrédule STRATEGIES AND MEANS HAVE BEEN USED IN PUBLIC AS WELL AS IHIGH LEVEL DIPLOMATIC IES IES COMMUNITY TOE ELIMINATE AND BLACK IS WHITE AND WHITE IS BLACK – nO NARMENIAN CASE NOR HISTORY NOR IDENTITIDENTITY. JUST A MYTH. WITH UNIQUE PROCEDURES OF FALSIFICATION-