analysis . The hashtags “ Nagorno-Karabakh ”, “ Nikol Pashinian Karabakh ”, “ Karabakh issue ”, “ Azerbaijan Armenia ”, “ 44 Day War ”, “ Joint Statement on Karabakh ”, etc . were applied on the official website of the Armenian Prime Minister and Armenian and international media outlets to select the speeches and articles for analysis .
The analysis was not focused on latent content , as the latent meanings behind the speeches of Nikol Pashinian have been identified and analyzed in the course of the research . The speeches delivered by the leader before the Joint Statement on Karabakh was signed , the statement itself and the speeches of the Armenian leader after the Joint Statement was signed have been analysed to see how his initial statements correlated with the latter one and how they impacted the negotiation process .
Limitations
The research has some considerable limitations . First of all , it should be mentioned that only the positions publicly declared by Pashinian in the timeframe of January 2018 – March 2021 have been analysed , as the main part of the research focused on the current , ongoing events was finished by April 2021 . Thus , the declarations publicly made after March 2021 were not in any way studied and analysed , which does not allow us to trace the changing dynamics of Pashinian ’ s position on the issues related to the Karabakh process and identify how his declarations continue to impact the conflict resolution process .
Moreover , the research does not include an extensive study on the factors that have impacted the positions of the state`s leader over the course of the negotiation process , besides shedding light on the impact of domestic politics on the declarations publicly stated by the leader . Other factors such as the personal beliefs and values of Pashinian , the international context and the behavior of the adversaries are touched upon , but not comprehensively studied due to the following reasons .
The personal beliefs and values can be barely accurately studied and examined , as in the case of Pashinian , there was no possibility to have an interview with him due to the unstable political situation in Armenia and the continuation of the Karabakh process in the context of which he is barely expected to be sincere and open for a conversation . It was decided not to look profoundly into the impact of the international context and the behavior of the adversaries as it would enormously stretch the research and make it highly unfocused . There were also considerable limitations regarding the study of the relevance of Pashinian ’ s
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