Pashinyan’s campaign against Church leadership backfires

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has intensified his battle with the Armenian Church, charging archbishops and even Catholicos Karekin II with obstruction of justice. But in pushing this fight aggressively, is he endangering his own political standing? Eric Hacopian examines the national and electoral stakes, and why Pashinyan’s focus on the Church could backfire as Armenia heads toward June’s parliamentary elections.