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Commentary

Facing the Reality that is Artsakh

August 6, 2020 Michael Mensoian 0

The following article was completed by Dr. Mensoian prior to his passing on July 7, 2020 and is being published in honor of his karasoonk on August 23, 2020 at St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church […]

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Tourism: An Economic Tide That Can Lift All “Boats”

January 29, 2020 Michael Mensoian 1

Bluntly stated, the geostrategic position of Armenia may properly be described as being between a rock and a hard place. Two of its neighbors (Turkey and Azerbaijan) will always remain implacable enemies of Armenia and […]

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The Legacy of the Hairenik and the Armenian Weekly

January 7, 2020 Michael Mensoian 0

From the December 2019 Special Anniversary Magazine Dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of the Hairenik and the 85th Anniversary of the Armenian Weekly The Armenian Diaspora was forming long before the genocide perpetrated by the […]

Commentary

Artsakh: Assessing the Peace Process

August 27, 2019 Michael Mensoian 8

The de facto state of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) was created by the 1994 ceasefire that ended a war initiated by Azerbaijan against the Karabakh Armenians who had lawfully declared their independence from the political and […]

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The ARF Response to the Demise of the First Republic

May 26, 2018 Michael Mensoian 2

From the Armenian Weekly 2018 Magazine Dedicated to the Centennial of the First Republic of Armenia In May 1918, the Armenian Republic was established in the harshest socioeconomic and political environment imaginable. Accordingly, the founding […]

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Armenia and Artsakh, Post-2018: Do We Have Reason to Be Concerned?

December 19, 2017 Michael Mensoian 3

Special for the Armenian Weekly We are only months away from the a presidential election (slated for March 2018) and the beginning of a new system of governance for Armenia. How well it will respond […]

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Zaruhi and Domestic Violence in Armenia Revisited

October 31, 2017 Michael Mensoian 9

Special to the Armenian Weekly  A little over seven years ago, Zaruhi Petrosyan met her death as a result of domestic violence. Her horrific demise brought to the public’s attention a problem that many knew […]

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How Realpolitik Affects Artsakh (And What We Must Do)

August 25, 2017 Michael Mensoian 5

Special to the Armenian Weekly In the 100 years since the beginning of the Armenian Genocide and the subversion of the First Armenian Republic, we have witnessed the implosion of the Soviet Union; the founding […]

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Mensoian: The Changing Significance of April 24

May 8, 2017 Michael Mensoian 7

From the Armenian Weekly 2017 Magazine Dedicated to the 102nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide Neither the Hamidian Massacres (1894-96) nor the Adana Massacre (1909) provided an apocalyptic vision of what the future held for the […]

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Artsakh: One Year After the April War

March 31, 2017 Michael Mensoian 11

  Special for the Armenian Weekly One year ago, Azerbaijan launched a full-scale military offensive against the Artsakh Republic along the Line of Contact (LoC). Failure by the command structure to heed the available intelligence […]

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