Was anyone surprised when Turkey bombed Kurdish targets in Iraq and Turkey itself to “fight ISIS”…in Syria? How about using, as a “reason” for the aerial bombings, the attack in Suruç that killed 32 people […]
It all started with “Electric Yerevan” and its demonstrations opposing the third time utility rates were being jacked up in Armenia in four years. Then there was the government’s overreaction and, ultimately, its pledge to […]
Jason Katz’s “Impediments to regional development in the South Caucasus” (http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/228812-impediments-to-regional-development-in-the-south-caucasus), which appeared in “Congress blog” on “The Hill” website, leaves the (informed) reader with the impression that the only impeded development exits in the […]
Electric Yerevan, Kamp Armen. These two recent Armenian mini-movements have gotten quite a bit of (well-deserved) attention. I suspect the movement to save Camp Armen has gotten a little less play than it deserves because […]
The last week’s developments can almost be described as bizarre. Over something as simple and basic as electricity rates (or tariffs, as they’re being referred to in what I assume is a more Euro-English parlance) […]
The terrible two Turkic “republics”—Azerbaijan and Turkey—with their behavior remind even the most casual observer of nothing more than a child in its terrible twos. We are constantly treated to temper tantrums and other childish […]
Since April 24, we’ve had a lot of chatter about what’s next for us. But after last weekend’s momentous election in Turkey, that genocidal state confronts the same question, and with more complexity, to boot! […]
This is fun. We get to add dastardly Denny Hastert to our universe of aspersively alliterated appellations and rhyme-named former elected officials: disgusting Dick Gephardt, Dirty Dan Burton, Slippery Steve Stockman, and mean Jean Schmidt. […]
Wasn’t it bad enough when they took 1,500,000 lives? Wasn’t it bad enough that they left hundreds of thousands orphaned and homeless? Wasn’t it bad enough that hundreds of thousands more were forced to mask […]
Euphoric, human flood, insanely well behaved, overwhelming, pride, second-largest demonstration in Los Angeles history, thrilling, tremendous. These are all terms that I heard to describe the 160,000 people who started marching in Hollywood’s Little Armenia […]
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