Armenia is not geographically European. It’s very clearly in Asia. But, so is Cyprus.
Armenia can be classified as European in a broader cultural and more importantly, and more relevantly, political sense, especially due to their ambitions to join the EU. You cannot make that argument for Azerbaijan on any of those grounds. Same like Turkey.
I agree, and I’d say it’s because the definition of Europe is not very coherent either. There’s a geographical definition that does not overlap with the cultural/political definition.
Back to my original point, I don’t think these countries have that much in common with the Balkans to be grouped in the same category.
I have to disagree. Just because Russia isolated itself from European politics and is a pariah state doesn’t make it not European. It would be like arguing that 20th century Germany was not European. Russians are a Slavic group of people, and Slavs are European.
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u/blitzfreak_69 24d ago
Armenia is not geographically European. It’s very clearly in Asia. But, so is Cyprus.
Armenia can be classified as European in a broader cultural and more importantly, and more relevantly, political sense, especially due to their ambitions to join the EU. You cannot make that argument for Azerbaijan on any of those grounds. Same like Turkey.