In recent years Armenia has demonstrated remarkable economic momentum as GDP per capita has more than doubled, exports of digital services have tripled in just two years surpassing US $1.5 billion, and for the first time since independence the export of knowledge is beginning to rival the export of raw materials, while Armenia’s progress in the Corruption Perceptions Index—from 105th place in 2018 to 63rd in 2024—ranks among the most impressive in the Eurasian region, all achieved despite a 44-day war, a global pandemic, and a turbulent geopolitical environment, and since the 2018 Velvet Revolution Armenia has significantly strengthened freedom of speech, thought, and political choice with over ten independent television channels of varying political orientations operating freely, more than half of their content critical of the government yet uncensored, foreign media including Russian outlets fully accessible, reflecting a new Armenian reality in which the philosophy of the “Real Armenia,” where the state and the homeland are one, is taking shape as freedom, responsibility, and statehood become inseparable and institutions safeguarding these freedoms continue to evolve, and as Chief Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister I recognize that these ideas will spark debate yet reflect an emerging strategic consensus rooted in aligning national identity, economic resilience, and technological sovereignty, forming an economic paradigm in which sovereignty and prosperity reinforce one another, growth serves statehood and collective well-being, prosperity is cultivated internally through rule of law, education, innovation, and trust, independence is defined by diversified interdependence, peace is understood as economic coexistence, patriotism is built through productive labor and knowledge industries, Armenia moves from post-Soviet openness and vulnerability toward strategic resilience by 2031 with an economy that deliberately serves the state, emphasizing human capital, health, reverse migration, technological sovereignty, artificial intelligence, and AI factories that allow small nations to transcend scale through digital co-workers, supported by initiatives such as a US $500 million AI Fabric developed with NVIDIA to export intelligence and build an AI citizenship ecosystem, alongside institutional transformation grounded in rule of law, meritocracy, tax democracy, predictable taxation, modern financial architecture, sustainable management of strategic assets, environmental resilience, and hosting COP17, while pursuing smart openness and strategic partnerships through initiatives like the Crossroads of Peace and TRIPP to transform regional connectivity into lasting peace, maintaining a balanced and pragmatic economic relationship with Russia alongside openness to the West, exercising sovereignty through choice rather than confrontation, and advancing a new philosophy of development that leverages Armenia’s resilience to achieve 6–7 percent annual GDP growth, doubled exports, population growth through repatriation and controlled migration, a sovereign BBB credit rating, and a mindset shift from imitation to innovation, from seeking help to offering partnership, as Armenia ceases to evoke sympathy and instead commands respect from its citizens, its neighbors, and the world.