During the recent decades four neighbors of Armenia – Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – faced deep socio-political transformations which intensified the convergence of religion and nationalism and the rise of conservatism. These realities shaped the public discourse, promoting political and ideological currents typical of right and left populism, extremism, anti-Westernism, a backlash against multiculturalism.
The research project “Synthesis of Islam and Nationalism in Armenia’s neighboring countries (Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia): Transformations of Identity and Politics” aims to investigate the internal political and geopolitical reasons for the convergence of religion and nationalism in the countries bordering Armenia, to examine the factors that feed these processes, their political and socio-cultural manifestations, and their consequences. Using a comparative research method, the research team practices the latest technological solutions created by artificial intelligence and digital humanities. By combining research methods of humanities and the opportunities provided by information technologies, our team analyzes the internal political developments and the transformation of the public discourse in the neighboring countries of Armenia.
The research is being implemented with the support of the Science Committee of RA, in the frames of the research project № 21AG-6A081.