Transitional Justice, Societal Resilience, and the European Union's Role in Armenia (2018-2022)

Abstract

This article explores the European Union's (EU) resilience approach by focusing on post-authoritarian transitional justice (TJ) and examining the situation in Armenia from 2018 to 2022. After elaborating on the relationship between TJ and societal resilience, it draws on four aspects. It examines first the Armenian government's implemented TJ measures and its modest increase of societal resilience; second, the EU's 'halfhearted' TJ role; and third, the EU's resilience agenda in Armenia since 2021, and its decreased discursive devotion to TJ. Finally, it gives recommendations to the Armenian government and the EU on how to revitalise TJ implementation in order to enhance societal resilience in Armenia.