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We are alone
On Saturday, the “humanitarian ceasefire” was put into effect that Azerbaijan broke in four minutes, one minute earlier than the initial ceasefire violated on October 10, 2020. For the last 24 days, the silence of […]
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Erdogan’s Enver Pasha Dream: The Revival of the “Army of Islam”
On July 10, 1918, the Ottoman Minister of War, Enver Pasha, ordered the formation of the “Islamic Army of the Caucasus” in order to repel the Armenian forces in South Caucasus, unite all the Turkic […]
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Sharp Rise in Hate Speech Threatens Turkey’s Armenians
This week, Turkey’s Armenian Parliamentarian Garo Paylan of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) voiced concerns over rising hate speech against Armenians in Turkey. Three days later, he sounded the alarm over threats to his […]
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Azerbaijan and Turkey Have Violated International Law
One source of international law that is applicable to all countries is Customary International Law. Customary International Law evolves from the practice of States, and over a period of time, those practices become binding international […]
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The Meaning of Sèvres after a Century
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Sèvres. This 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Sèvres has focused much Armenian attention on […]
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Armenians and the Turkish coup d’etat of September 12, 1980
Forty years ago on September 12, 1980, Turkish generals toppled the elected government in Turkey which had been unable to stop the wave of killings between leftist and rightist factions. To establish law and order, […]
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Three Lessons to be Learned from the Treaty of Sèvres
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Sèvres August 10, 2020 marked the centennial anniversary of the Treaty of Sèvres. The Treaty’s […]
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From Commemoration to Celebration
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Sèvres It is hard to believe, but 55 years have passed since the 50th commemoration […]
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Political and Socio-Economic Upheaval in Lebanon
Since independence in 1943, Lebanon has been governed by consent between the political elites. Yet power-sharing arrangements that regulated conflict between the Christian and Muslim communities have been broken several times, such as in 1958, […]
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The Treaty of Sѐvres: A Historic Event
August 10 is a memorable anniversary of a historic event. On this day in 1920, the victorious Allied Powers of World War I and the defeated Turkey signed an important treaty—the Treaty of Sèvres. It […]