Armine Ishkanian

Armine Ishkanian is Associate Professor at the London School of Economics. She has expertise in civil society, democratisation, gender, and development in the post-socialist countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

The silence of our friends: what has been the global civil society response to the war in Nagorno Karabakh?

As a brutal war rages over Nagorno Karabakh, for many Armenians the lack of international response is deafening.

By Arpy Manusyan, Mariam Khalatyan, Nvard Margaryan and Armine Ishkanian

/ 12 Oct 2020

The silence of our friends: what has been the global civil society response to the war in Nagorno Karabakh?

A revolution of values: freedom, responsibility and courage in Armenia's Velvet Revolution

Armenia's emerging revolution isn't about geopolitics or foreign relations, but values.

By Armine Ishkanian

/ 3 May 2018

Speaking truth to power is dangerous: the violence perpetrated against Armenian political activists

The women’s protest became dangerous and a threat to the status quo when they questioned and criticized these men’s ability to fulfil their "proper" role. հայերեն

By Armine Ishkanian

/ 15 Feb 2018

Team Syntegrity 2017: edging towards a more liveable world

Is it really enough to ‘like’, ‘follow’, and ‘retweet’ each other’s posts and updates? Or do we need something more – co-produced meeting points and collaborative projects in our real/daily lives?

By Armine Ishkanian

/ 14 Jan 2018

Heated debates around domestic violence in Armenia

Civil society includes many NGOs that are not only conservative but are financed by Russia, and seem to be on a mission to impede Armenia from any rapprochement with Europe. Interview.

By Armine Ishkanian

/ 3 Nov 2017

Revolution

Yellow group: results of first iteration Depending on which meaning of revolution you’re using, different activities can be classed as revolutionary. Yellow group: results of second iteration We disagreed:

By Armine Ishkanian, Michael Chessum, David Stefanoski, Pavlos Georgiadis and Agnieszka Wiśniewska

/ 17 Jul 2017

Money and funding civil society

Purple group: results of first iteration People still have basic needs that are not met either through civil society or by the state or the private sector. So we need

By Armine Ishkanian and Marley Morris

/ 17 Jul 2017

From civil disobedience to armed violence: political developments in Armenia

On Sunday, an armed group seized a Yerevan police station. Their claims have chimed with recent civic initiatives, and reveal how the marginalisation of activism can help fuel the search for more extreme methods. Español, Português

By Armine Ishkanian

/ 19 Jul 2016

Neoliberalism, mining and Armenia's politics of plunder

The resurgence of fighting with Azerbaijan could hinder progressive mobilisation in Armenia, but recent environmental initiatives reveal the appetite for resistance to the economy of extraction.

By Armine Ishkanian

/ 24 Jun 2016

Time for a reckoning: NGOs, public trust and democracy

Accountability practices, intended to increase trust in NGOs, can lead to a narrow focus on projects at the expense of engaging in wider campaigning for social transformation.

By Armine Ishkanian

/ 16 Oct 2015

Surreptitious symbiosis: the relationship between NGO’s and movement activists

For now, thanks to surreptitious symbiosis, it is possible to do sustained activism to bring about social change, without becoming part of a ‘civil society industry’. From the Squares and Beyond partnership.

By Marlies Glasius and Armine Ishkanian

/ 29 Jul 2015

The Squares and Beyond: a brief introduction

By Armine Ishkanian

/ 29 Jul 2015