A leadership in crisis: The political psychology of Nikol Pashinyan’s downward spiral

A leadership in crisis: The political psychology of Nikol Pashinyan’s downward spiral

As Armenia faces one of the most perilous moments in its modern history, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has increasingly displayed rhetoric and behavior that raise urgent questions about his psychological and moral fitness for leadership. What began as a premiership born of civic hope and mass mobilization has now devolved into an alarming pattern of paranoia, emotional detachment and open hostility toward the remaining pillars of Armenian state…