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The last decade of the twentieth century was marked with tremendous change in world politics, reshaping international economic, political, social and cultural systems. With the reunification of Germany in 1990, the Soviet collapse of 1991, the formation of the European Union in 1993 and the more recent economic rise of China, a multi-polar world order replaced the bi-partisan system that had been led by the United States and the Soviet Union. In particular, the EU, an alliance of small and medium-size European states, became an important player in Eurasian and global affairs, with the Russian Federation its main rival in the countries of their shared neighbourhood.
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Launched in 2007, the Youth in Action programme was a platform for non-formal learning and exchange between the EU and ENP countries. Additionally, as part of the European Commission’s Training Strategy, Salto-Youth also provides non-formal learning resources for youth workers and youth leaders and organizes training and contact-making activities to support organizations and National Agencies within the frame of the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Youth programme and beyond. According to online data, in August 2019 it had 12,459 registered organizations and informal groups, with the total number of 7497 international projects (Salto-Youth).
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For example, the UNESCO Global Flow of Tertiary-Level Students dataset estimated that in 2016 the total number of Armenian students abroad was just under 8000, with the Russian Federation by far the most popular destination.
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According to Open Doors, there are around 300 Armenian students studying in the United States, with another 400 in Russia and 446 students studying abroad under Erasmus+ (Gharibyan 2017). The number of Armenian students studying in the United States is therefore very high, and along with university funding and scholarships, there may be family that endorse the United States as a destination.
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Sargsyan, M. (2022). Mobility Choices in Post-Soviet States: How the EU Attracts Youth in Its Shared Neighbourhood with Russia. In: Cairns, D. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99447-1_35
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