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  • Azerbaijan and Obama Suffer Setbacks As Amb. Bryza’s Service is Cut Short
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier As a result of successive political blunders by the Obama administration, Matthew Bryza was forced to abandon his ambassadorial post in Azerbaijan last week. Pres. Obama ignored repeated warnings that the candidate he was nominating as Ambassador to Azerbaijan in May 2010 had serious flaws. Members of the Senate...
    January 12, 2012 13:00
  • Orinats Yerkir election headquarters to be headed by Heghine Bisharyan
    At a meeting of the political council, the Orinats Yerkir party decided that Heghine Bisharyan will head the party’s election headquarters to be established ahead of the parliamentary elections, party spokesperson Susanna Abrahamyan told a Panorama.am reporter. So far the Republican Party of Armenia and the Orinats Yerkir party have announced establishment of election...
    January 10, 2012 13:00
  • Pres. Sargsyan Makes Major Strategic Shift in Armenia’s Demands from Turkey
        Pres. Serzh Sargsyan delivered a major speech in Marseille, France, last week, during which he introduced a new strategy for the resolution of Armenia’s demands from Turkey. Until now, the Armenian government had merely pursued the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.   For the first time, the President spoke about Armenia’s...
    December 14, 2011 8:32
  • On the question of recognising the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh: Hopes and Illusions
     Talk on the recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) in general and, specifically, recognition by the Republic of Armenia has become more prevalent of late. The discussions have been of a political nature, although the recognition of a state is first and foremost a legal matter. The debate can be divided into two camps. The first finds that the recognition...
    December 4, 2011 9:46
  • Armenia’s economy is exposed to the global economy
    On a current note, the fact that Moody’s lowered Armenia’s outlook this week and put it on a negative watch, how much do you think that is a reflection of Armenia’s own economy or its exposure to Europe and Russia? I think it’s the latter. Armenia’s economy is exposed to the global economy. Although we are a small country, if the 2009 recession is any indication,...
    November 28, 2011 18:35
  • ACNIS School Examines Civic Initiatives in Armenia
    Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) today held a regular session of the youth school program. The guest speaker was Arpine Galfayan, President of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) NGO, who made a presentation on the activities carried out by civic initiatives in Armenia.   Reminder: ACNIS youth school program,...
    November 11, 2011 19:23
  • Genocide Denier Condoleezza Rice Unworthy to Teach at Stanford
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier   In her newly published 750-page book, “A Memoir of My Years in Washington: No Higher Honor,” former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice proudly describes her efforts to defeat Armenian Genocide resolutions on two separate occasions. With great relish, she brags about her success in undermining...
    November 9, 2011 8:48
  • Azerbaijan Wins Security Council Seat, While Armenians Remain Idle
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier   Pres. Aliyev was celebrating last week his country’s historic victory at the United Nations. With an overwhelming number of votes, Azerbaijan was elected for the first time to the prestigious UN Security Council for a two-year term.   This column shall address three questions: 1) how did Azerbaijan...
    November 7, 2011 13:53
  • ACNIS Explores Limits and Opportunities of Political Forces and Society
    In light of most recent domestic political developments in Armenia, the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) today convened a policy roundtable to look at the extent of opportunities of political forces and civil society. The meeting brought together representatives from international organizations and the diplomatic community in Yerevan, leading...
    October 27, 2011 14:38
  • The Unmasking of Namik Tan, Turkey’s Ambassador to the U. S.
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier   I received a revealing message last week from Benjamin Yafet, a Turkish Jew who had immigrated to the United States in 1976. He is a retired professor and high tech entrepreneur in Arizona.   Prof. Yafet disclosed that in recent years he has been transformed from a staunch supporter of Turkey to an anti-Turkish...
    October 26, 2011 0:56
  • ACNIS Steps into a New Phase of the Seminar-Course Program
    Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) today entered the second stage of the seminar-courses marked with the presentation by Armen Grigorian, Chairman of the “Democracy for Development” NGO. The lecture entitled “The Role of Civil Society in the Process of Democratization” was delivered in the scope of citizen-society-state...
    October 14, 2011 20:24
  • Bernard Fassier: Karabakh issue unsettled because of Azerbaijan
    YEREVAN, OCTOBER 13, ARMENPRESS: Today at the end of the autumn session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Dubrovnik city, Croatia, a discussion on “the role of OSCE in Karabakh conflict settlement” was held. Armenpress reports, citing the Public Television, that during the meeting the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, Personal Representative to OSCE Chairman-in-Office,...
    October 14, 2011 14:43
  • PACE fall session to begin, Armenia also to be discussed
    Fall session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is starting on Monday in Strasbourg, France, and it will continue until October 7. The session will also discuss Armenia, and PACE Co-Rapporteurs on Armenia John Prescott and Axel Fischer will present the  report on the country’s democratic institutions. As Naira Zohrabyan, member of Armenia’s...
    October 3, 2011 15:11
  • Prime Minister Welcomes China Economic and Social Council Vice-Chairman
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a delegation headed by China Economic and Social Council Vice-Chairman Wang Gang. Welcoming the top-ranking guest to the Office of Government, the Prime Minister said Armenia-Chinese relations have been on the upgrade recently. “We are taking an active share in the forums hosted by the Chinese side. Effective activities are carried...
    September 18, 2011 13:02
  • Book on Armenia-Turkey Protocols Warns Arabs not to Trust Turkish Friendship
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher of The California Courier     I was privileged to attend a special program in Beirut last Friday, sponsored by the Armenian National Committee of Lebanon, dedicated to the publication of my new book in Arabic: “Armenia-Turkey Protocols: Truth or Deception?” The book is the compilation of 43 columns I had written in The California...
    September 14, 2011 1:15
  • Turkey nullified Armenian-Turkish normalization process
    http://ankakh.com/ankakh/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/71663.jpgANKARA. – Turkey’s parliament recognized the protocols signed by Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Turkey, Edward Nalbandian and Ahmet Davutoglu, in Zurich in October 10, 2009 as expired, reports Turkish Merhaba Gazetesi. According to domestic statute of the Turkish parliament, bills not finally adopted during...
    August 23, 2011 8:57
  • Turkish oppositionists shocked at Clinton’s question on Armenia-Turkey ties
    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is participating in the meeting of the Contact Group on Libya in Istanbul, met with leaders of Turkish oppositional Republican People’s Party and Kurdish “Peace and Democracy” party. During the meeting the members of the Republican People’s party were shocked by Clinton’s question why the oppositionists spoke against...
    July 18, 2011 16:15
  • Prof. Akcam Reveals Turkish Plan to Pay Scholars to Deny the Armenian Genocide
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier   Prof. Taner Akcam dropped a bombshell during a lecture at the Glendale Public Library last month, when he revealed that a confidential source in Istanbul had informed him about the Turkish government’s scheme to bribe American scholars to deny the Armenian Genocide.   Dr. Akcam, holder of the Kaloosdian/Mugar...
    July 13, 2011 8:54