{"id":20651,"date":"2026-05-25T07:40:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/a-bridge-not-an-obstacle-is-armenia-a-new-crossroads-between-east-and-west\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T07:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:40:46","slug":"a-bridge-not-an-obstacle-is-armenia-a-new-crossroads-between-east-and-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/a-bridge-not-an-obstacle-is-armenia-a-new-crossroads-between-east-and-west\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A bridge, not an obstacle\u2019: is Armenia a new crossroads between east and west?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As former Soviet Republic goes to the polls, it finds itself in a strategic tug of war between Russia, the US, Turkey, Europe and Azerbaijan<\/p>\n<p>To describe Yerevan, a charming city of liberal values encased in imposing Soviet architecture, as the centre of the world is a stretch, but Armenia\u2019s claim that it can become the strategic crossroads of the landmass of Eurasia is becoming less and less fanciful. As the former Soviet Republic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/may\/05\/macron-backs-armenia-pro-europe-pm-nikol-pashinyan-re-election\">goes to the polls on 7 June<\/a> for national elections, it finds itself in a five-way tug of war between Russia, the US, Turkey, Europe and Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>The interest has in part been sparked by the possibility of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/13\/azerbaijan-and-armenia-strike-deal-to-end-conflict-nagorno-karabakh\">an end to Armenia\u2019s conflict with its neighbour Azerbaijan<\/a> \u2013 and the chance this represents for Armenia to end its physical isolation and become part of the middle corridor, a vital trade route linking western China and Europe, bypassing both Russia\u2019s northern corridor and the Suez canal.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/may\/25\/armenia-election-crossroads-between-east-west\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As former Soviet Republic goes to the polls, it finds itself in a strategic tug of war between Russia, the US, Turkey, Europe and Azerbaijan To describe Yerevan, a charming city of liberal values encased in imposing Soviet architecture, as the centre of the world is a stretch, but Armenia\u2019s claim that it can become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018A bridge, not an obstacle\u2019: is Armenia a new crossroads between east and west? 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