Is Armenia a democracy?

Nations in Transit Ratings and Averaged Scores 2017 National Democratic Governance 6.00 Electoral Process 6.00 Civil Society 3.75. read more

Democracy, Human Rights and Governance The key governance challenge in Armenia is corruption and the lack of genuine checks and balances. As governance is based on the consensus of elite groups, Armenia suffers from the inconsistent application of the rule of law as well as from the exclusion of civic input to legislative processes and policy formation. read more

Armenia ranks poorly because the elections are a joke and there is corruption at all levels. In my book it is not a democracy. I would have no problem with monarchy if the monarch were actually good, but he is not. read more

Armenia and Russia: A Tightening Partnership. The second prong of Sargsyan's authoritarian consolidation strategy is a counter-intuitive one: deepening Armenia's partnership with Russia. read more

The Economist magazine rated Armenia as a"hybrid regime" in 2007, the third lowest out of four categories in their Democracy Index. Armenia was rated 112th out of 167 countries and third from the bottom in the hybrid category. read more