By Edmond Y. Azadian It looks like the Cold War is back with a vengeance; Western capitals and Moscow are trading accusations or counter-accusations, and the recent poisoning of a[...]

By Philippe Raffi Kalfayan Recent news from Armenia is rather distressing. We witnessed the selection of a single candidate and his election as president of the Republic of Armenia by[...]

By Edmond Y. Azadian As Armenia’s Parliament continues to strip the newly-created office of the president of any and all meaningful powers and as the media and the opposition forces[...]

By Edmond Y. Azadian Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is his own worst enemy. He was smart enough to pretend before the rest of the world that his mission was[...]

By Edmond Y. Azadian May 2018 will be a watershed in Armenian history because it will mark the centennial of the revival of Armenian statehood. During the months leading up[...]

By Hratch Tchilingirian The debate on “Armenian identity” has a long history and is an ever-evolving discourse, especially in the Diaspora. At least in the last 100 years since 1915,[...]

By Edmond Y. Azadian   While Armenia is undergoing an internal political transformation, it has to preserve its international relations and project its voice and concerns in international forums. There[...]

By Philippe Raffi Kalfayan Observers were surprised when President Erdogan questioned the fair application of the Lausanne Treaty recently. In a visit to Athens in December, he asked for its[...]

By Philippe Raffi Kalfayan Observers were surprised when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan questioned the fair application of the Lausanne Treaty recently. In a visit to Athens in December, he asked[...]

By Edmond Y. Azadian The US has been warning its Turkish ally to stop the carnage in Afrin, Syria, where Kurds are battling the invaders. The European Union has passed[...]

By Edmond Y. Azadian   President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has extended his particular brand of “olive branch” to Syria. Since the days of Noah, the olive branch has[...]