Michael Mensoian

Michael Mensoian, J.D./Ph.D, is professor emeritus in Middle East and political geography at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a retired major in the U.S. army. He writes regularly for the Armenian Weekly.
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Artsakh at 24: A Reality Check

Sept. 2 marked the 24th anniversary of Nagorno-Karabagh’s (Artsakh) independence. This is a good time to take a reality check…

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Mensoian: Looking Beyond 2015 (Part II)

Special for the Armenian Weekly “Part I: Looking Beyond 2015” was an overview of the several changes that must be…

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Mensoian: Looking Beyond 2015 (Part I)

Special for the Armenian Weekly Within a few months, the Centennial year observances will become part of history. These observances…

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Remembrance and the Demand for Justice Are Inseparable

  This year marks both the Centennial observance of the Armenian Genocide and the beginning of the post-2015 period. It…

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L’affaire Tsarukian: A Mismatch from the Get-Go

Special for the Armenian Weekly A casual look at the Armenian political scene makes the following apparent: (1) Serge Sarkisian…

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Confronting Domestic Violence in Armenia

Special for the Armenian Weekly Try if you can to put yourself in the position of a battered woman who…

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Domestic Violence in Armenia: An Ugly Crime Still Denied

Special for the Armenian Weekly Zaruhi Petrosyan was a young mother of a two-year-old infant girl when her life came…

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Artsakh and President Aliyev’s Dilemma Revisited

Azeri incursions along the Line of Contact (LoC) during the past several weeks have escalated significantly in frequency and intensity.…

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Artsakh: A Zero Sum Solution Weighted in Favor of Azerbaijan

Special for the Armenian Weekly We seem to overlook the fact that the ongoing negotiations concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict…

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Turkey and Genocide Recognition: A Candid Assessment

Here we are within one year of an historic milestone in our quest for justice. It is now 99 years…

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