Newmag Presents the 5th Volume of Tigran Hayrapetyan’s Publicistic Legacy, “The Last Autumn” (Trailer)

“The Last Autumn” is the fifth and final volume of Tigran Hayrapetyan’s publicistic legacy. It includes his editorials, unfinished articles, interviews, analyses, and stories, which are being published for the first time. The title refers to the song of the same name by the DDT group, which Tigran Hayrapetyan loved very much and often mentioned in his articles. His last autumn was marked by political activism, working with opposition forces for free elections, but his life was brutally cut short...

The fourth volume of Tigran Hayrapetyan's political science analyzes includes articles in which the author diagnosed the internal and external threats to Armenia and predicted possible disasters with amazing accuracy back in the 1990s. In this volume, Tigran Hayrapetyan raises many worrisome questions related to the foundations of newly independent Armenia, from the state administration system formed in the early 1990s to the importance of a proportional perception of freedom and responsibility.

The third volume of Tigran Hayrapetyan's book contains the answers to his questions raised in the first two volumes. In the first two volumes, the author accurately, almost prophetically, diagnoses the problems facing Armenia and the region today. He discusses the ambitions of the West and the East and the role of Armenia in their plans. In this volume, the author's articles are collected, in which he seeks answers and gives the answer to the question "What should be done to get the country out of a difficult situation?"  In this volume, Tigran Hayrapetyan presented 5 options for settling the Artsakh problem, analyzed all the details, juxtaposed the facts, examples of world history and historical experience, and came up with the best solution for Armenia. In the book, more than 25 years before the 44-day war, the author predicted in which direction the enemy would attack Armenia, and what should be done to resist.

The ideological core of the 2nd volume of Tigran Hayrapetyan's works is the revolution of the world with the specter of a possible new, great war. Tigran wrote about Russia, the West and the Middle East which are the most important test for the Armenian state. In the 1st part called "Russian Rebellion or the Ghost of the Returning Empire", the political scientist analyzes Russia's past and present, predicts future realities: the new interstate union, the role of Armenia, expectations and global risks. In the 2nd part called "The Geopolitical Trap", the author reflects on the direction of the American political course since the collapse of the USSR, the end of European unity, the logic of inter-ethnic conflicts and the marked boundaries of the new world order, the borderline between war and peace.

Tigran Hayrapetyan's political analysis and reviews are published for the first time in a form of a collection. Even after his death his articles and publications are still relevant. In his articles, he had predicted the resignation of Levon Ter-Petrosyan and the murder of Vazgen Sargsyan.