Editorials
Invisible Changes
There are a number of reasons why our editorial board decided it was time to place a new emphasis on print in the last few weeks. Given that at the moment, we are rather short […]
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On ‘Good’ News and the State of Diasporan Journalism
Nearly every article in this week’s issue either directly engages with or subtly references certain changes taking place in Armenia today. It’s safe to say at this point, that these changes are good ones; positive […]
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The Organizational Drone vs. the Intelligent Outsider
It has now been more than 30 years since Antranig Kasbarian penned a thoughtful op-ed for the Weekly entitled, “Where Do We Go From Here?” The article engages with an issue that remains a thorn in […]
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The Power of Print
It should come as a no surprise to most (particularly to those reading this editorial on a screen) that the newspaper business has seen better days. It’s a model of distribution historically defined by location […]
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Reconsidering Proximity
Tom Vartabedian was a longtime columnist of the Armenian Weekly, who, in many ways, embodied the spirit of this almost century-old newspaper. For 46 years, from 1970 up until the day he died in 2016, […]
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Armenia a Century on: Lessons in Challenging the Status Quo
From the Armenian Weekly 2018 Magazine Dedicated to the Centennial of the First Republic of Armenia A century after the establishment of the Armenian Republic, Armenia is once again at an exciting and fateful juncture. […]
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International Women’s Day: Flowers Will Wilt and Die—the Establishment of Gender Equality Will Inspire Generations
This year, Armenians around the world will celebrate an important milestone in the millennia-old, storied history of their people—the establishment of the first Republic of Armenia in 1918, after nearly 550 years of statelessness. The […]
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Editorial: What Is News, and Who Is Reading It?
What, exactly, is news to a community in exile, such as ours? Though the question remains historically constant, its answers change with each generation. In the last decade and a half, the reach of the […]
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From Baku with ‘Blacklists’: For the Love of Azerbaijan, Just Shut Up Already, Mr. Hajiyev
Hikmet Hajiyev is on a roll these days. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s latest victim? None other than American food and television icon Anthony Bourdain, who was recently in Armenia and Artsakh to produce a […]
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The End of the Turkey-Armenia Protocols: Must We Wait until Next Spring?
Last week, Armenia’s president, Serge Sarkisian, made an important pronouncement. Standing before the United Nations General Assembly, he announced the end of the Turkey-Armenia Protocols. Sarkisian said the so-called Zurich Protocols, which were signed […]