Opinion
The Summer in My Shoes
By Daron Pogharian ANCA Leo Sarkisian Internship – 2019 Merrimack College – Class of 2020 When most people think of an internship, they think of something like “Come in, do your work, leave, have a […]
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DC Crash Course: Three Days on Capitol Hill
By Lucine Poturyan ANCA Maral Melkonian Avetisyan Fellowship 2019 Wesleyan University – Class of 2020 Only three days into my time in Washington, DC with the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), and I experienced […]
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The Battle Cry for Armenian Schools in the Diaspora
Radnor Township was first settled in 1663 by a group of 40 Quakers from Radnorshire, Wales. Today, the bucolic town with lush greenery and winding roads happens to be home to an Armenian day school—Armenian […]
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The Question of “Baku or Not Baku?” Has One Answer: “Not Baku”
The lead-up to this year’s Europa League final, which is the Union of European Football Association’s (UEFA) penultimate continental club competition, has been stained because European football’s governing body has chosen the capital of the […]
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A Genocide By Any Other Name
Every year in April, Armenians around the world commemorate the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which is still denied by Turkey and remains unrecognized by the US government. There are marches in Los Angeles and […]
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Populate or Perish
After Australia’s northern border was attacked during World War II, the Australian government, under Prime Minister John Curtin, recognized that the country was in urgent need of a population boost. National security was the motivating […]
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A Standoff and 2020 Elections
Until the elections of 2020, it is highly probable that the 116th Congress will feature a standoff between House Democrats and Senate Republicans. It will be noisy and messy, but nothing important will come of […]
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On Laws, Suspicion, and Education: A Way Forward
I am neither apolitical nor unbiased, yet regardless of where one falls on the political spectrum, there is an aura of unpleasantness pulsing in Armenia today. The unpleasant feeling isn’t new, but it rears its […]
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Does Armenia Need an ‘Economic Revolution’?
During his New Year’s address, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan promised to carry out an economic revolution in 2019. The purpose of this article is not to assess the possibility of that revolution, but rather […]
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A New Dawn for the ARF
In the Parliamentary elections held on December 9, 2018, the ARF disappointingly failed to meet the five percent threshold of votes to have parliamentary representation. For ARF-ers in Armenia and the Diaspora, this was a […]