Month: February 2020

Coronavirus Fears Compel Armenia to Close Border with Iran

YEREVAN—Amid concerns over the deadly outbreak of the coronavirus in Iran, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that Armenia’s lone…

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Seta Dadoyan to Discuss Islam in Armenian Literary Culture at Columbia

NEW YORK, NY—Dr. Seta B. Dadoyan will present a lecture entitled “Islam in Armenian Literary Culture, 7th to 21st Centuries:…

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Crashing the Constitution to Crush a Court

For many months, there has been chatter in the Republic of Armenia (RoA) regarding amending its constitution. And, come to…

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ANCA Testimony to US House Panel Stresses Need for Expanded Artsakh Demining and Rehabilitation Assistance as Part of $100 Million Armenian Aid Package

WASHINGTON, DC – Continued Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) demining and rehabilitation assistance and support for the implementation of the Royce-Engel proposal…

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A Quest for Authenticity, Truth and the Origins of the World

Taking advantage of an unexpected interval between jobs, I decided to fulfill a dream and explore a rather remote part…

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ANCA Calls on Administration to Match Armenia and Azerbaijan Military Assistance

WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump administration’s $100 million security and military aid package to Baku largely funds joint U.S.-Azerbaijani Iran-facing…

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Houri Berberian to Present ‘Roving Revolutionaries’ in Columbia Lecture

Prof. Houri Berberian of the University of California, Irvine, will give a book talk entitled “Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the…

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Our Differences Do Not Preclude Collaboration

I find some of our “cultural” norms as an ethnic group fascinating. We are the epitome of unity when conversing…

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First Impressions: Part II

If you read my first installment of my first-time impressions of Armenia in 2019, you will recall that I was…

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Is Jared Kushner the key to peace in Karabakh?

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin trotted down the steps of Tel Aviv’s City Hall one November evening in 1995 when…

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