Weekly columnist Yeghia Tashjian outside St. Sarkis Church in Pyatigorsk, Russia, November 10, 2022 Between November 7-12, 2022, I was invited by the Primakov Center to participate in the “Russia – Middle East” International Expert Forum at the Southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk.
Clash of Histories in the South Caucasus: Redrawing the map of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Iran By Rouben Galichian Bennet & Bloom, 2012 232 pp. It is widely acknowledged that history is often manipulated and revised by authoritarian states. History textbooks have been used
In his book “Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Conflict in the South Caucasus: Nagorno-Karabakh and the Legacy of Soviet Nationalities Policy” (2012), Dr. Ohannes Geukjian analyzes how ethnicity and nationalism became a catalytic cause of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and how they have affected Armenian-Azerbaijani relations
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” Matthew 11-28 Today, we welcome the International Workers’ day with these words, which infrequently accompany such occasions in general, given its current surrounding environment is exceptional if
From August 2009 to December 2016 DVV International and its local partners conducted a Turkish-Armenian dialogue project with 3 phases: Learning to Listen from August 2009 – February 2011; Speaking to One Another from June 2011 – February 2013 and Acting Together from
“Study the past if you would define the future.” –Confucius During my visit to Vienna in 2012, I was discussing Middle Eastern politics with some friends. The conversation then shifted to the history books of our respective countries; however, I became silent