In determining the guidelines for foreign and domestic policy, it is important to assess and soberly take into account the characteristics of the active phase of the current stage of the formation of a new geopolitical balance of power, which has a multifactorial character (sometimes defined as tectonic shifts), as well as the process of determining the geopolitical position of the post-Soviet states, which is coming to an end, primarily Russia's turn. These processes lead to significant changes in the balance of power and in the regional alignment, and are also an important factor in significant changes (deformation) in the security system of Armenia and Artsakh.

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All this requires the most serious analysis and accounting, forecasting and determining scenarios for the development of a conflict situation. The deep crisis observed after the 44-day Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) war in all spheres of the public life of the republic is acutely manifested in the field of politics, both in practice and in the conceptual sphere.

 

The situation, judging by the statements of many party representatives, can be characterized by the well-known formula: confusion and vacillation. The problem, however, is not only the prevalence of abstract, “speculative” constructions in political discourse, not only the low level of political knowledge, which is hard not to notice when watching the speeches of many politicians and people who call themselves analysts and political scientists. It's about the confrontational orientation of political discourse. Often everything comes down to criticism for the sake of criticism, refutation of the positions of opponents for the sake of refutation. A great danger in this regard is also connected with the work of the newly elected parliament, in which the majority faced irreconcilable opposition.

In today's critical state of affairs, we are faced with the question: is it worth wasting time on considering the basic provisions related to the organization of public life, public administration, models and prospects for economic, social, political development, their ideological, information support, and the resolution of critical and conflict problems and situations? It would be native to assume that people live exclusively guided by the laws of, say, political science. The daily practice of many politicians, public authorities and administrations shows that their activities are often built without any serious analysis, contrary to the recommendations developed on the basis of a generalization of world experience.

As the Armenian experience also shows, decisions are often made on the basis of strong-willed attitudes of various politicians, starting from spontaneous, opportunistic approaches with an overt orientation towards achieving narrow corporate or populist goals. Unfortunately, such management of the most complex systems, such as society and the state, leads in the vast majority of cases to disastrous results. A good knowledge of scientific fundamentals, the ability to apply them in practice is an essential component of a high professional policy.

But no less naivety is the conviction of some newly-minted figures that if they studied certain courses of political science or management in well-known universities and scientific centers, then the obtained “bookish” knowledge is quite sufficient for successful management of the real spheres of state and social activity. That operating with beautiful definitions taken from various sources, primarily English and Russian, compensates for the lack of real experience in specific conditions with very specific specifics.

Therefore, when many politicians and analysts appeal to such concepts as the people, democracy, state, political system and other similar concepts, very often they remain empty, devoid of concrete content.

Our country was faced with the task of transitioning from an archaic semi-feudal model of society, the characteristic features of which were the shadow economy, a high level of corruption, an authoritarian form of government, an underdeveloped political system, a serious imbalance in the social sphere, a shift in values in the moral sphere, the absence of modern high-tech industries in the economy.

 

Unfortunately, many of the goals proclaimed by the political force that came to power in 2018 often remained at the level of declarations, the level of practical implementation of the tasks set was unsatisfactory. In the conditions of the post-war deep crisis, the implementation of these goals, as well as the development and implementation of ways out of the crisis, seems to be a very difficult task, requiring the mobilization of the intellectual potential of the nation, and, first of all, the elite, consolidated in the basic targets.