Opinion
A Very Bad Habit
Our US Department of State has a bad habit of lying about Armenians. The facts are clear. The pattern is evident. In our American public record. They shamelessly denied and covered up for Turkey about […]
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America needs an Ambassador in Armenia
Soon after America achieved its independence, the US Department of State was formally and wisely established as the Department of Foreign Affairs by our very first Congress on July 27, 1789. In less than a […]
Opinion
The Good will win, eventually …
I was born in Beirut, Lebanon on February 8, 1957. I’m a Lebanese-Armenian who has lived with dual identities and histories all my life – ones filled with struggle and wars, to say the least. […]
Opinion
The Disneyland: Time to Rethink Armenia
The disaster Armenia suffered last year had deeper roots and a complex explanation, including the developments of recent years, political and geopolitical factors, and certainly the incompetence of the leadership of the moment and many […]
Opinion
Why teach about genocide? “To improve our world.”
It was an honor to represent the Attleboro Public Schools at the Attleboro Council on Human Rights’ virtual forum in observance of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, but it was also a professional duty to discuss […]
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Reactions to Biden in Turkey
It has been more than a week now since US President Biden’s April 24, 2021 statement recognizing the Armenian Genocide. This was a long overdue acknowledgment by the US of an event that took place […]
Opinion
(Social) Justice for Artsakh, the Armenian Genocide and the Struggle against Global Racism
Racism seems to be raging around the world. Anti-Asian and anti-Black/Brown racism in the United States flares up frequently, tragically claiming lives and victims and causing public uneasiness and outrage. Despite these tragedies, there is […]
Opinion
Biden proclaims genocide, but is it enough?
“Genocide,” I read, thinking, “He said the word!” Joe Biden is the second US president to do so in office with regards to the Armenian Genocide, the first since Ronald Reagan 30 years ago, and […]
Opinion
Recognizing the Impossible Past
Early this morning, at 3 am in Ann Arbor, I was waiting to connect with the Foreign Relations Committee of the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It was 10 in the morning in Riga, […]
Opinion
Armenian Genocide recognition is long overdue
Those of us who have been involved in policy circles in Washington have long heard the argument that for the US government to recognize the Armenian Genocide of 1915 would be “inconvenient” and “jeopardize relations […]