Much has changed in the world since the beginning of 2009, and for these changes we, above all, owe the new US President Barack Obama. Still his first decision as a president to close the jail at Guantanamo made it clear to everyone that now Washington has someone who keeps his word. And all the following steps of the President have proved it - from the withdrawal of troops from Iraq to reconsideration of the war strategy in Afghanistan.

The impact of the world financial crisis on the Armenian economy and social state of people has already become perceptible, especially in the population employment sector. The alarm has already sounded for a number of employment agencies: employers' offers are decreasing in ratio with the increasing labor supply.

The year of 2008 was also a time of reformatting the South Caucasus Region. After the «five-day» war of Georgia against South Ossetia it became clear that new division lines were to be outlined in the region. No doubt unwilling to do it himself, President of Georgia made a «regal» present to RF that had long been waiting for an opportunity to gain revenge against the USA for the too profound an interference it had in the solution of Caucasus problems. The result was a much more chaotic bedlam in which even the most «skillful» states were unable to "catch a fish".