WASHINGTON—Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and House Intelligence Committee Ranking Democrat Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) submitted powerful testimony this week to key House foreign aid appropriators, calling for the expansion of U.S. assistance to […]
Statecraft is a word no longer often heard. We have become so cynical that we don’t even recognize it when it happens. Everything is now perceived as politics, that is, calculating, dirty, sleazy, “special” interest—or […]
The recent events in Armenia surprised and impressed both Armenians and non-Armenians worldwide: A leader thought to be irreplaceable by his supporters was replaced by a newcomer without any violence or bloodshed. Furthermore, what is […]
On the occasion of Nikol Pashinyan’s appointment to the role of prime minister earlier today, congratulatory remarks have already started rolling in. The first to congratulate Pashinyan was Russian president Vladimir Putin, who yesterday was […]
WASHINGTON—Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian issued the following statement upon the election of Nikol Pashinyan as the Republic of Armenia’s Prime Minister earlier today. *** Armenia’s peaceful, constitutional, domestically-driven political […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Earlier today, Armenia’s National Assembly elected Nikol Pashinyan as the country’s prime minister (PM). Fifty-nine votes were cast in favor of Pashinyan, while 42 Members of Parliament voted against him. Three parliamentary factions—the Yelk […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) has “no expectations” in terms of ministerial portfolios in the new government, which is likely to be formed by opposition Member of Parliament and leader of the protests that […]
Yesterday, President Armen Sarkissian gave a statement praising the “logical conclusion” of “democratic developments evolving in the country,” an apparent euphemism for the Velvet Revolution that has transpired the in the last several weeks in […]
A new prime minister, snap (and clean) elections, and an immediate mining moratorium—these, and in this order, are the top three things that the Republic of Armenia needs, urgently. When I started writing this piece, […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Council of Armenia announced today that former ARF Member of Parliament Aghvan Vardanyan has been dismissed from the party. The announcement comes a day after Vardanyan officially resigned from his […]
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