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National Interest published an article about elections in Armenia
Sergey Markedonov, a visiting fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, has published an article about elections in Armenia on National Interest magazine.  Here is the article: "2013 will be a presidential election year for all of the countries of the South Caucasus, with Armenia becoming the first state to begin its ...
Kh. Mouradyan: “No one is Hrant Dink”
The Armenian Weekly Editor Khatchig Mouradian delivered a talk on Saturday in Ankara, in Turkish, on justice for the Armenian Genocide during a panel discussion held in memory of Hrant Dink. Here is the English version of the talk. “How did Turkish come to me? I did not learn it to add one more foreign language to my CV. Turkish came to me the day I was born–I h...
It is now legal in Azerbaijan to shoot down civilian aircraft
By Reuters The following article is being released by the Public Relations Department, Consulate General of the Republic of Armenia in Los Angeles. The Government of Azerbaijan has recently voted to allow its air force to shoot down civilian aircraft overflying the Republic of Artsakh. This decisioncame in the wake of the announced resumption of flights from an...
Turkey Claims Non-Turkish Antiquities By Intimidating Foreign Museums
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier The Turkish government has recently embarked on an aggressive campaign, pressuring a large number of European and American museums to return antiquities that were taken out of the country during Ottoman times. While it is understandable that nations would want to recover ancient relics that were part of their patrimony, i...
Rogue’s Academy
Azerbaijan tries to copulate an ax with a history or about book by academician Iosif Orbeli "Inscriptions of Gandzasar and Havotsptuk” On December 23, 2011 took place the presentation of Ervangala500 "Historical-Analytical" site. After that Azerbaijani news agencies exploded with the news: “Sensational event took place in Azerbaijani Science of History - the single...
Defense Secretary Nominee Owes Apology to Armenian-Americans
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Most political observers predict a contentious hearing in the Armed Services Committee and later in the full Senate on the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel, Pres. Obama’s nominee as the next Secretary of Defense. During his 12 years in the Senate, Hagel, a Republican, managed to offend a slew of constituencie...
Christian Armenia and Islamic Iran: An unusual partnership explained
By Harout Harry Semerdjian, Ph.D. candidate, University of Oxford, UK While the West has recently tightened its sanctions against Iran, its only Christian neighbor has taken a different approach towards the Islamic Republic. Political constraints and lack of options have coerced landlocked Armenia to adopt a policy dissimilar to the West’s for one bas...
Money, revenge and murder in scandal in Azerbaijani president's inner circle
By Arife Kazimova and Daisy Sindelar Money, revenge, and even murder have converged in a scandal that goes all the way to the president's inner circle. Azerbaijan's President Aliyev answers questions during a news conference in Prague on April 5, 2012. (David Cerny/Reuters) Azerbaijan's latest political scandal is equal parts Shakespeare and soap opera -- a tale of...
Eurasianet: shooting down a civilian flight of Stepanakert airport will be catastrophic for Baku's i...
Eurasianet.org web-site referred to the Azerbaijani threats over the Stepanakert airport. The article by  Joshua Kucera especially says: "When Azerbaijan threatened in 2011 to shoot down flights to the newly built airport in Nagorno Karabakh, swift international condemnation forced them to back down. Now, with the long-delayed airport apparently close to opening, Baku has...
Obama is Exploiting Turkish Leaders’ Craving for Flattery
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier While political leaders often exaggerate their achievements and brag about the superiority of their nation, such claims become absurd if they are far removed from reality and border on chauvinism and narcissism. When leaders harbor an exaggerated sense of self-importance, they could be easily manipulated by others wh...
Turks Help Publicize Armenian Genocide Centennial
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier On the eve of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in 2005, Mehmet Ali Birand, a prominent Turkish commentator, wrote an article in Hurriyet urging the Turkish public to be prepared for the upcoming "Armenian tsunami." Earlier this month, the Turkish newspaper Gazete Kars published a similar editorial titled...
Reflections of a Righteous Turk: Can Germany be a Model for Turkey?
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier If it were possible to clone prominent Turkish commentator Orhan Kemal Cengiz and make multiple copies of his kind heart and righteous conscience, the Turkish government would then be able to come to grips with Armenian demands from Turkey in a humane and just manner.Cengiz visited Germany recently with a group of Tur...
Karabagh war comes to Hollywood, courtesy of Azerbaijan
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Karabagh (Artsakh) should not give free license to anyone to make racist and insulting statements about people on the other side of the border. Even under war conditions, there are civilized norms of behavior. Since these two neighboring countries are in the midst of delica...
The Hayastan Fund Annual Telethon: A Constructive Critique
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier A few thoughts may be in order on the occasion of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s 20th anniversary and its 15th annual telethon. The intent is not to intrude into the Fund’s internal affairs, but offer constructive criticism and suggestions that could help improve its humanitarian mission and public image. I...
Azerbaijan’s Consul in Los Angeles Needs to Learn How to Use a Laptop
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier A funny thing happened to the Consul General of Azerbaijan on his way to make an audio-visual presentation at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council last week. Consul General Nasimi Aghayev stepped up to the podium, turned on his fancy laptop, and proudly urged the audience to watch scenes of Azerbaijan on a large scr...
Armenian-Americans score major gains in US Elections
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier After long months of hectic campaigning, a constant barrage of e-mails and ads, and billions of dollars spent by the candidates and their supporters, the US presidential and congressional elections did not change the American political landscape. The United States will have the same President for another four years and the...
Aleppo Burns While We Fiddle: A Wake-up Call to All Armenians
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier For almost two years, Armenians worldwide have followed the vicious civil war in Syria with great anxiety and concern for the safety and survival of their compatriots. Regrettably, dozens of innocent Armenians were killed or injured by indiscriminate gunfire and shelling, while many others have been kidnapped. Armenia...
ANCA honors Senate majority leader for championing Armenian Causes
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Armenian National Committee of America, Western Region, honored Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on October 28 with the organization’s highest and most prestigious "Freedom Award." Regrettably, Sen. Reid could not attend ANCA’s annual banquet because of a car accident two days earlier. The Senator’s...
Neither Obama nor Romney deserve Armenian-Americans’ votes
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier During my recent trip to Armenia, journalists repeatedly asked which US presidential candidate I supported in the November 6 elections. My answer was clear and unequivocal: I supported neither Pres. Obama nor Governor Romney. Upon my return to the US, I was pleased to learn that the Armenian National Committee of America h...
Azerbaijan, J-Lo and the Axe Murderer
by royce.house.gov The Washington Post on Monday ran a glowing page-one article on the energy-rich, Caspian Sea nation of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is "coming to relish its role as the region’s anti-Iran, a secular, Western-leaning country that is working mightily to become everything that Iran is not." Iran is repressive, but Azerbaijan is "tolerant," embracing Western mus...
A. Schiff: Time to Refocus on Artsakh
By Adam Schiff By Asbarez.com When the Soviet Union broke apart twenty years ago, simmering ethnic and regional conflicts that had been suppressed for decades reemerged with great suddenness. Concentrated in the Caucasus, the fighting has ebbed and flowed over the years, with several of the conflicts left unresolved, or “frozen,” as American and European policymak...
Preemption: A Resolute Doctrine Against a Restive Foe
By Vilen Khlgatyan Late last week Azerbaijani dictator, Ilham Aliyev, made it known that he was displeased with the foreign oil consortium that is led by BP for supposedly costing the Azerbaijani regime more than $8 billion in lost revenue. The Azerbaijani-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) peaked in 2010, which as the main source of Azerbaijani income, is rightfully considered a strategic...
Rival Congressmen Agree on Artsakh’s Independence, Aid to Syrian Armenians
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier In this third and final article on the debate organized by the Armenian National Committee of America, Western Region, Congressmen Howard Berman and Brad Sherman answered questions from panelists Harut Sassounian and Ara Khachatourian on the safety of Syrian Armenians, the Safarov scandal, the independence of Nagorno ...
Two Congressmen battle over Armenian-American votes
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier This is the second part of the debate between two Democratic Congressmen, Howard Berman and Brad Sherman, held at the Ferrahian School’s Avedissian Hall in Encino, California, on Sept. 29. The debate was organized by the Armenian National Committee of America, Western Region. Cong. Sherman: “We need to re...
Two L.A.-Area Congressmen in heated debate over Armenian Issues
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Cong. Howard Berman and Cong. Brad Sherman, both serving on the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee, are forced to run against each other in the November 6 elections, because of redistricting. The two congressmen are both Democrats, Jewish Americans, and both consistently supportive of Armenian issues. Voters of the 30th c...
Azerbaijani and Turkish-American Groups Denigrate US-Armenian Executive
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Four Azerbaijani and Turkish-American organizations launched a coordinated anti-Armenian campaign last week, attacking the integrity of Mark Hoplamazian, Chief Executive Officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, in order to intimidate him and other Armenian-American executives. In a letter to Thomas Pritzker, Executive Chairma...
Anti-American Protests Triggered by Bad Movie or Bad Policy?
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier An amateurish US film mocking the Prophet Muhammad and denigrating Islam unleashed massive and violent anti-American protests throughout the world last week. The angry demonstrations turned deadly when unknown assailants attacked the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three...
EU OBSERVER: Nagorno-Karabakh: on the knife's edge
The Euobserver.com magazine published an article about the Nagorno-Karabakh issue and the situation in the region. Amanda Paul and Roxana Cristescu are the authors of the article. The article especially says: A mere two weeks ago the name Ramil Safarov was meaningless to most people. Today he is the cause of a diplomatic storm between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Hungary which has...
EU must act to avert another Caucasus conflict
Azerbaijan should face EU sanctions over its decision to pardon a soldier convicted of killing an Armenian counterpart during a NATO-sponsored training exercise. Michael Kambeck, the secretary-general of European Friends of Armenia mentioned about that in his article, published in "Euractiv.com" online agenda. Times.am presents the full article: "In an unprecedented manne...
Azerbaijani military expert: "I don't think the society of my country is ready for war"
Reuters wrote a large article about Armenian-Azerbaijani tensions, about Nagorno-Karabakh issue and the possibility of a new war. After a short introduction of the history the author of the article turns to the current situation: “Armenia has a collective security agreement with its regional ally Russia, while Azerbaijan has one with Turkey, itself a member of NATO for ...
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