(Point & Counterpoint) Listen to Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus Institute in Yerevan, discuss the “evolution of revolutions” in Armenia. He discusses the primary differences between the discontent in 2008 and the recent uprising. For example, at that time there was economic growth and migration to Armenia, the social situation was different, the situation in Karabakh was better, and, most importantly, there were major political differences — beginning with the fact that former president Robert Kocharyan did not want to seek a third term.
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