Raffy Ardhaldjian, Author at The Armenian Weekly

Raffy Ardhaldjian

Raffy Ardhaldjian is a finance/technology professional and Diasporan Armenian political thinker with an engaged history in social entrepreneurship in Armenia since independence through his family foundation, the Ani & Narod Memorial Foundation. He holds graduate degrees from the Fletcher School of law and diplomacy and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Opinion

The Missing National Discourse on Reopening the Economy, Making Choices and Learning from COVID-19 in Armenia

April 29, 2020

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At the time of this writing, according to the Ministry of Health, 59 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in…

Op-Eds

A Century after the Progressive First Republic, It’s Time to Criminalize Domestic Violence in Armenia

November 28, 2017

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Special to the Armenian Weekly Mother Armenia is arguably the biggest statue in Yerevan and stands watchfully over the Turkish…

Featured

Beyond Nationalism: The Case for Engaged Patriotism on the Eve of the 100th Anniversary of Statehood

July 3, 2017

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May 28 just passed and Armenians celebrated Republic Day—the holiday that commemorates the day when Armenia became a republic and…

Op-Eds

We Expect ‘Wir Schaffen Das’ from PM Karapetyan on Syrian-Armenian Refugee Integration

June 14, 2017

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After its initial phase (2011-2016), Armenia is moving away from its humanitarian measures and into a development phase with a…