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Let Me Introduce You to Mother Armenia

Kristy Khachigian | Posted 04.30.2013 | Impact
Kristy Khachigian

You'd think Armine feels rewarded every day seeing the difference she makes in hundreds of peoples' lives. To her, though, there is simply more to do.

Native Informant

Mohammed Fairouz | Posted 04.22.2013 | Arts
Mohammed Fairouz

Much of the music on the Native Informant album speaks to my love for the Arab World, the beauty of its people, the generosity of its culture and my relationship with its artists and poets.

Diaspora Communities Count on Kerry to Uphold Clinton's Legacy

Karen Kashmanian Oates, Ph.D. | Posted 06.19.2013 | Politics
Karen Kashmanian Oates, Ph.D.

In her farewell remarks as Secretary earlier this year, Clinton she said there are now more than 1,500 diaspora communities from more than 190 countries and regions that regularly interact with the State Department and IdEA. That momentum is why it is so important for Secretary Kerry to continue this critical work.

Turkey and Armenia at Loggerheads

David L. Phillips | Posted 05.26.2013 | World
David L. Phillips

Turkey's moral authority is undermined by the government's denial of the Armenian Genocide. Reconciling with Armenia would help consolidate Turkey's role as a regional power, as well as a force for good in the world.

Kourtney and Kim, Will You Take Orran? An Open Letter to Kim Kardashian

Kristy Khachigian | Posted 05.05.2013 | Impact
Kristy Khachigian

Like you, I am one of a million Armenians living in the United States with endless, everyday opportunity. Our "cousins" in Armenia are creative and entrepreneurial -- just like us -- but in the shadow of the former Soviet Union, they constantly fight poverty and repression.

Stalin More Popular In Russia Now Than At End Of Soviet Union

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 03.01.2013 | World

MOSCOW -- An opinion survey commissioned by the Carnegie Endowment says that Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has remained widely admired in Russia and ot...

Azerbaijan President Punishes Author

AP | By AIDA SULTANOVA and PETER LEONARD | Posted 02.08.2013 | Books

BAKU, Azerbaijan -- A respected Azerbaijani author has been stripped of his pension and national honors for "insulting the dignity" of his country wit...

Woman Gives Birth On Armenia-Bound Flight

AP | Posted 01.14.2013 | Travel

YEREVAN, Armenia -- A passenger has given birth aboard a plane flying to Armenia and named her daughter after one of the flight attendants who helped ...

A Leadership Opportunity

Nancy E. Soderberg | Posted 01.09.2013 | World
Nancy E. Soderberg

Recent unrest in the Middle East highlights the importance of our strategic relationships in the region. A steadfast ally of the United States is Azerbaijan, and the United States must redouble its efforts to promote peace in this critical but unstable South Caucasus region.

How to Start a Flash Mob

Jennifer Brookland | Posted 01.07.2013 | Impact
Jennifer Brookland

People in 14 communities across Armenia took their books outside on the same June day to show that reading is important. But their statement was even larger: Youth matter and they want to be engaged in the civic lives of their countries.

7 Lessons of Cuban Crisis for Karabakh Conflict

Simon Saradzhyan | Posted 10.25.2012 | World
Simon Saradzhyan

There are, of course, profound differences between the two conflicts -- the absence of nuclear weapons in the Armenian and Azeri arsenals being the most obvious and important.

Armenian Government Threatens NGO and Former Foreign Minister

Olivia Katrandjian | Posted 12.01.2012 | World
Olivia Katrandjian

Since its creation, the foundation has received funding from several Western governments, as well as the OSCE, a number of international non-governmental organizations, and individual donors from around the world. Jon Huntsman Sr. was one of these donors.

Barev, Armenia!

Betty Londergan | Posted 11.27.2012 | Impact
Betty Londergan

When I told people I was going to Armenia with Heifer International, the most frequent response was, "Wow, um.. where is that?"

Goulash Diplomacy: Why Viktor Orban Should Resign

Christopher Atamian | Posted 11.17.2012 | World
Christopher Atamian

The United States, the United Nations and other international organizations and governments should apply all available pressure on the Azeri government to honor its agreement with Hungary and return Safarov to where he belongs for the rest of his life -- a jail cell.

U.S. Embassies In 7 Countries Warn Of Possible Attacks

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 11.12.2012 | World

WASHINGTON — U.S. embassies in at least seven countries in the Middle East, Africa and the Caucasus are warning of possible anti-American protes...

Heads of Civilized Nations Should Stop Meeting Ahmadinejad and Stop Attending Meetings in Tehran

Alan Elsner | Posted 09.10.2012 | World
Alan Elsner

It's time for the world to send a clear message to Iran that the regime's defiance of the international community and its rising tide of vile anti-Semitic propaganda are no longer acceptable and that the regime's representatives are no longer welcome at international meetings.

Aspen Ideas, Natural Gas, Armenia Unheralded

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.08.2012 | Business
Raymond J. Learsy

Here we are at the cusp of a vast change in our energy destiny and veering in the right direction. Yet we still remain without a true national commitment to wean ourselves from gasoline to natural gas as our foremost transportation fuel.

Armenia: A Slow Slide Into Fascism?

Christopher Atamian | Posted 08.22.2012 | World
Christopher Atamian

Armenia is a step away from dictatorship. It is the same oligarchs who run both the country's business and political worlds who have apparently supported the most recent attacks on the country's tiny and vulnerable LGBT community.

Joshua Hersh

Matthew Bryza, Former Ambassador To Azerbaijan, Responds To Oil Job Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 06.20.2012 | World

Matthew Bryza, the former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan, is responding to a recent flurry of controversy over reports that he had joined the board of ...

Bosnia: Shame on Us All

Rebecca Tinsley | Posted 07.08.2012 | World
Rebecca Tinsley

On the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Bosnian war we should feel anger and shame because 'the international order' is still ignoring those warning signs when they occur. We should also acknowledge the human consequences of the West's failure in Bosnia.

Parliamentary Vote Puts Armenian President To The Test

AP | AVET DEMOURIAN | Posted 07.06.2012 | World

YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenians voted for a new parliament on Sunday in an election that the nation's president hoped would give him a majority amo...

6 European Nations Hold Elections

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 07.06.2012 | World

Six European countries held elections Sunday. Here is a quick look at what was at stake: _FRANCE: Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeats incu...

Exploding Balloons Injure 144

AP | AVET DEMOURIAN | Posted 07.04.2012 | World

YEREVAN, Armenia -- Clusters of balloons exploded Friday during a political rally in the central square of Armenia's capital, injuring at least 144 pe...

April 24th: Remembering the Armenian Dead

Christopher Atamian | Posted 06.24.2012 | World
Christopher Atamian

Turkey can delay, it can hem and haw and try to dissimulate, but the reality is that Armenians -- and their Greek and Assyrian counterparts -- have truth on their side; and as we have seen before in the course of human history, truth has a strange way of winning out, eventually.

Armenian Genocide: The French Constitutional Council's Mistake

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.06.2012 | World
Bernard-Henri Lévy

A discredited Council, even if it is constitutional, is not the guardian of the Truth, and, fortunately, the decision it has just taken cannot judge in advance the outcome of a battle the historians of genocides have long since won.