In this video from The New Atlas, Brian Berletic examines how the United States has achieved significant political capture of Armenia through non-military means such as election interference, funding of NGOs, media influence, and cultural/educational infiltration—tools openly admitted in US strategy documents and NED reports. This "quiet capture" aligns with the 2019 RAND Corporation's "Extending Russia" playbook, turning Armenia away from traditional Russian ties toward Western alignment, weakening Russia's periphery and advancing broader US efforts to contain multipolar powers like Russia, Iran, and China. Berletic details specific examples of US-backed activities in Armenia, contrasts them with failed Russian/Chinese countermeasures, and explains how such hybrid subversion has reshaped geopolitics in the 21st century, urging targeted nations to expose and counter these operations proactively before full proxy transformation occurs.
