Self-Determination-Based Republic

Short definition

A self-determination-based republic is not only a state with elections or formal institutions. It is a republic where the person and society are not objects of governance, but subjects capable of meaningful participation, responsibility, and co-authorship.

Core formula

The core formula is simple: the republic is legitimate and strong to the extent that it expands the capacity of citizens and institutions for self-determined action. Law, education, economy, security, and technology must serve that capacity.

How it differs

This approach differs from a purely procedural or administrative view of the state. The central question is not only whether institutions function, but whether they preserve public subjecthood, responsibility, trust, and long-term orientation.

Meaning for Armenia

For Armenia, this framework connects statehood, citizenship, security, development, and cultural continuity through one criterion: does the system increase the capacity of people and institutions to act as responsible subjects?

The path of the section

The republic section should be read as a path: first the citizen, then the state, governance, domains of policy, the risk of objectification, self-determination-based democracy, and finally participation in the initiative.

Page sections

01CitizenThe citizen as a co-author of public life and a responsible subject.02Role of the stateThe state as infrastructure that creates conditions for self-determination.03GovernanceTransparency, participation, accountability, and strategic continuity.04Eight domainsLayers of public life from meaning and education to economy and technology.05Policy directionsEducation, institutions, economy, security, AI, and communities.06ContrastSubjecthood against systems that objectify the human being.07DemocracyFrom voting to self-determined participation, responsibility, and subject-based legitimacy.08Join and supportWays to participate, cooperate, and support the initiative.