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Elections, Politics, and Accountability: An Interview with Civilitas Director Salpi Ghazarian

YEREVAN, Armenia—Armenian Weekly Assistant Editor Nanore Barsoumian sat down with Civilitas Foundation Director Salpi Ghazarian in Yerevan before the parliamentary elections. One of the aims of Civilitas is to promote the development of democracy in Armenia through initiatives that support education, rural development, and environmental awareness. Civilitas has been following the election campaign closely, and has conducted a series of polls throughout the country. Leading up to the elections, the foundation also hosted a series of debates and interviews.

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Nanore Barsoumian

Nanore Barsoumian is the Investigations Editor at The Armenian Weekly and a Boston-based writer and researcher. She is also a research fellow at New York University’s Global Institute for Advanced Studies, where she works on the Armenian Genocide Denial project, focusing on denial at the United Nations. She previously served as editor of The Armenian Weekly (2014–2016) and assistant editor (2010–2014), reporting from Armenia, Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh, Javakhk and Turkey. Her writing covers politics, books and human rights, and her scholarly work examines genocide memorialization and denial. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and English and a master’s degree in conflict resolution. Her research appears in After the Ottomans: Genocide’s Long Shadow and Armenian Resilience (I.B. Tauris, 2023). She is currently working on her debut novel exploring themes of belonging and self-invention. Find her on social media or at www.nanorebarsoumian.com.

One Comment

  1. Dear Salpi,
    I suggest these eager for change young boys and girls(younmen,youn women) try forming the PCA´s(Professional Colleagues Associations) 5 on the scene in Diaspora,1.The Health,2. The BAR, 3.The Engineers sciences,4 The Sportive, 5.the Jewellers(ought to enlap all furnishings) then 10 more fields of prof. like Transport/Trave. agro, the Construction field, The Banking 6 finance etc.,
    It is inutil to try to INVENT new political parties…people are tired of these.
    Only a few of latter with power dominate the scene and that not only in Ra, but the world over. they are to be considered seriously.
    The only way these good (the Young) can make themselves BETTER heard is through PCA´s-Since the workers and farmers parties(sociliast/commjunists) also are similar more or less to all the other political parties. ARMENIA above all, needs REAL CHANGE!!!!

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