Analyticon
A monthly journal of critical analysis
The description of this project has been provided by the implementing partner.
About the project
Analyticon was a trilingual monthly journal, produced in Armenian, Russian and English. It is available online and in print. The target audience was policy-makers as well as a wider general public.
The journal published short-form analysis of conflict and peace process dynamics and was written primarily by journalists and analysts from the South Caucasus. The aim was to bring policy circles in Nagorny Karabakh into wider regional debates, present a wider range of perspectives and ideas that would become the subject of new public discourse.
Each issue took a specific theme, for example “Unrecognized States: International Standards and Status” or “South Caucasus and Developments in the Middle East”. It then published a range of views and analysis around this theme.
Between 2010 and 2015 (when it was funded by Conciliation Resources), the journal received around 3,000 website visits per month and had a print circulation of around 500.
The printed version of Analyticon existed until the end of 2024. The journal continues to have an online presence and to publish analysis. It remains popular not only among political circles, but also with civil society experts, political scientists and journalists.
Photograph by Vaghinak Ghazaryan
Analyticon is a platform for dialogue inside [Nagorny] Karabakh society and region, it plays a peacebuilding role in the region of South Caucasus as far as experts from all six entities, including Azerbaijan, are publishing their visions in the journal.Project stakeholder
The unified political view of the main parties in the de facto government means Analyticon takes a line of ‘quiet conversation without strong criticism, to open up alternative ideas’ among those stakeholder groups. Given Nagorny Karabakh’s media isolation, Analyticon provides essential information not available elsewhere, including analysis from Azerbaijan.Journal reader
