By Jirair Libaridian Special to the Mirror-Spectator On January 19, 2023, the author gave an interview to the Azerbaijani language service of the RFE/RL, the focus of which was the[...]
At the end of 2022, I published an article in the Armenian Mirror Spectator in which I tried to summarize the challenges that are facing the Armenian people and will[...]
During the victory parade in Baku on December 10, 2020, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey stood on the dais as a hero next to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, as[...]
As the blockade of Artsakh imposed by Azerbaijan passed the one-month milestone with no conclusion in sight, many seek to understand how this situation will end. To be able to[...]
I have been told countless times during the past two years not to, as an anthropologist, engage in a politically active discourse. At the same time, we are entering the[...]
Throughout history Armenians have been notoriously divided, even in the face of catastrophe, and that, more often than not, has contributed to our historic losses. Today, as Artsakh nears the[...]
It has been almost a month since Artsakh’s blockade by Azerbaijan in full view of the Russian peacekeeping forces. Yet, there is a general apathy in the world and even[...]
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention published its annual report on genocide-related events in 2022, which reflects also the situation in Armenia, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) as well as in Azerbaijan. The report says[...]
By Nelly Baghdasaryan Special to the Mirror-Spectator If the Lachin corridor is a way of life for the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the only way of communication with the outside[...]
Global political players prey on and use the misery of smaller nations to score political gains. In the case of Kosovo, the West was vitally interested to break up the[...]
On December 12, Azerbaijan imposed a blockade on Artsakh, closing the only highway connecting Stepanakert with Yerevan. The pretexts behind this action – ecological issues and illegal exploitation of mines[...]