The political coalition “Hayastan Dashinq” (hereinafter “Armenia Alliance”) held its founding ceremony in Yerevan, Armenia on May 9, 2021 with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharyan, Ishkhan Saghatelyan on behalf of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D)
My mother Hilda passed away recently after 14 years of living with dialysis for polycystic kidney disease, an inherited condition. Hilda 69 died in the middle of the pandemic and in a Beirut half destroyed by the gigantic blast at the port on
Greece, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have all taken major steps, directly and through proxies, to advance their energy security and geopolitical interests in the eastern Mediterranean. Russia, which does not border the Mediterranean Sea but has a
The recent Azerbaijani border line encroachment towards Syunik should not surprise us at all. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s threats after the war over Artsakh to forcibly open a “corridor” connecting Azerbaijan to its Nakhichevan exclave via Syunik, the role of Azerbaijani media in mobilizing its people for
During this week I received calls and messages from friends from all over the world concerned about my safety, with enough gratitude I tell them that for me things have been calmer, despite the sleepless nights, the permanent anxiety, and anguish to hear
Understanding Russia’s foreign policy concept under the era of President Vladimir Putin is not easy. Many people ignore the fact that a country’s foreign policy is a reflection of its domestic considerations. When it comes to Russia, we often read and “enlighten” ourselves with the
Starting in the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire was undergoing an economic transition and European powers were meddling in the empire’s economic system. This factor gave rise to the Christian middle class at the expense of the traditional Muslim middle class. To counter this
Early in his career, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler took inspiration from Benito Mussolini, his senior colleague in fascism; this fact is widely known. But an equally important role model for Hitler and the Nazi Party was Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern
On March 8, the Indian Ambassador to Iran Gaddam Dharmendra announced that India is planning on connecting the Chabahar port (a seaport in southeast Iran, heavily invested in by India) and the Indian Ocean with Eurasia and Helsinki through the territory of Armenia, creating an International
“It is the most incredible, calculated thing since the days of the Nazis in Poland.” A US Official on Bangladeshi Genocide of 1971 (2011) The 20th century has often been cited as the bloodiest century that the world has ever witnessed, with