WHY DID AMERICANS ASSIST THE CORRUPT SYSTEM?

Lragir.am
12 July 06

The statement of the OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-Chair Mathew Bryza has
recently been one of the burning home political issues. Especially
that such topics and debates seldom occur. The statement of the
U.S. Co-Chair was significant also because it concerns both the
Karabakh issue and home political developments in Armenia, therefore
it is said to mark new home political developments.

The Lragir asked Aghasi Yenokyan, political scientist, to comment on
Bryza’s statement and its possible impact on the Karabakh conflict
and home political developments.

Lragir: Mr. Yenokyan, what was the purpose of such a transparent speech
by Mathew Bryza and what conclusions can be drawn from this statement?

Mathew Bryza’s revelations and generally the recent statements of
the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and suspension of their powers are
the expression of flexible foreign policies of the United States. In
our region the American diplomacy is guided by the famous principles
of realpolitik, relying on power of force and mechanisms of mutual
balance. In fact, these mechanisms showed their uselessness in the
settlement of the Karabakh conflict. There are two reasons: collision
of interest of too many great powers and tensions around the region
on the one hand, and uncertainty of principles of operation of power
projections in the post-Cold war period, on the other hand. Presently
the American diplomacy is resorting to the other method of work –
democracy. These statements were a call to publics to undertake the
settlement of the problem.

Besides, this was a confession that the governments, with whom the
United States has worked so far, do not represent their peoples,
are not democratic. In this case it seemed to be the shortest way
because in the newly independent countries that emerged on the surge of
democracy the most important factor should have been people, however,
the Americans started from the other side.

I think it is necessary to give explanations to peoples, especially
about why they assisted anti-democratic regimes, in fact enhancing
the corrupt system.

The perception of this is important for bolstering up the belief of
people in their forces and possibilities, to put it more directly,
to overcome fear from democracy.