Narek Sukiasyan is a political science lecturer at the American University of Armenia and the author of a chapter in “Broken Shield”, a new volume on the Second Karabakh War published by Newmag. In this interview, he examines the strategic dynamics between Russia and Armenia during and after the 2020 44-Day War. Sukiasyan discusses the long-term misalignment between Moscow and Yerevan, the implications of Russia’s response to the conflict, and the future of Armenian security policy in a changing geopolitical landscape.