Opinion
Patronizing Patterns
It seems we have two scenarios in making sense of life—at least there is the constant imposition of them. For some, “we are going through strange times” implying that there is an element of unexpectedness […]
Opinion
Opinion
Azerbaijan’s Human Rights Activists and Artsakh: A History of Hypocrisy
While Armenians have become accustomed to all manner of state-sponsored Armenophobia from their eastern neighbor, the intensity of the vitriol against them in recent months has been unprecedented. The online information war arguably became almost […]
Opinion
A Rebuttal to Theriault’s Open Letter regarding Genocide Watch
Editor’s Note: The Armenian Weekly received the following op-ed from Dr. Gregory Stanton regarding Dr. Henry Theriault’s open letter to the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) published on November 4. Since Dr. Stanton addresses […]
Opinion
More Confessions of an Angry Armenian
The current crisis in Armenia and Artsakh has led to a national brain freeze. After having spent the last month and a half in a delusional state, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters and […]
Opinion
The Great Illusion
One would not be mistaken to think that Carl Schmitt, the infamous German jurist, was right in stating that humankind is often vainly attached to the ‘illusion of an undisturbed peace.’ Only a few weeks […]
Commentary
Complicity Through Silence
One week into the clashes along the entire Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact, as enraged Armenian communities in the diaspora exponentially became vocal in their support of the homeland against Azerbaijani aggression, information started circulating in […]
Opinion
In the aftermath of war, time for national introspection
Since the beginning of the war, I have sat at my desk many times, opened a blank document to write down my thoughts. Sometimes, I would spend all day putting those thoughts in order in […]
Opinion
In Every Inch of Land
The month of November has been painful for us Armenians. Our heroes in Artsakh fought strategically against Turkish special forces, courageously against inhuman suicide drones, tirelessly against waves of globally sourced jihadists, and wholeheartedly against […]
Opinion
Three Monkeys
Last week I applied to Harvard University. I wrote several essays. I took a myriad of standardized tests and wrote two research papers. I was exhausted. So, I decided to take a long walk, because […]
Opinion
Lilit Makunts: America’s Asset in Armenia
One year ago, there was an emergency. Armenian National Assembly Majority Leader Lilit Makunts of the My Step coalition desperately needed to speak to US Senator Robert Menendez during her visit to the United States. […]