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Heybet Amrah: Azerbaijan Town Kicks Out Mayor
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-03-09 13:26:52

Riot police called in as thousands mark displeasure with local leader. By Heybet Amrah - Caucasus CRS Issue 632, 2 Mar 12 If Rauf Habibov, mayor of the Azerbaijani

Appo Jabarian: France Combats Hate Speech While Constitutional Council Promotes it
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-03-09 11:38:10

By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine The French law criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide was passed recently by the National Assembly and Senate to discourage hate

NYE Monthly Commentary: What's Wrong with Transformational Leadership?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-03-08 23:10:31

- Joseph S. Nye Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a former US assistant secretary of defense, is a professor at Harvard and the author of The Future of Power. CAMBRIDGE

Women on the Verge of an Economic Breakthrough
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-03-07 19:26:47

- Heidi Hautala and Janamitra Devan Heidi Hautala is Finland’s Minister for International Development and was a member of the European Parliament from 1995 to 2003 and 2009 to

Martin Freer: The Fukushima Syndrome
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-03-07 19:20:29

- Martin Freer Martin Freer is Professor of Nuclear Physics at the University of Birmingham and Director of the Birmingham Center for Nuclear Education and Research. He is a

Harut Sassounian: Constitutional Council’s Scandalous Rejection of French Genocide Bill
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-03-06 09:47:26

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenians in France and throughout the world reacted with utter indignation against the Constitutional Council’s scandalous decision rejecting the Genocide denial

Europe at Home and Abroad Series: GUSENBAUER - Can Europe Be Saved?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-03-01 15:03:30

- Alfred Gusenbauer Alfred Gusenbauer was Federal Chancellor of Austria in 2007-2008. VIENNA – In 2011, Europe’s financial and banking crisis escalated into a sovereign-debt crisis. A problem that

Africa Series: DA SILVA - An African Horn of Plenty
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-03-01 15:00:38

- José Graziano da Silva José Graziano da Silva is Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. ROME – After six months and the deaths of tens

DELONG Monthly Commentary: The Usual Suspect
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-29 21:20:36

- J. Bradford DeLong J. Bradford DeLong, a former assistant secretary of the US Treasury, is Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley and a research

Health Series: MILLER - When Technophobia Becomes Toxic
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  • 2012-02-29 21:13:28

- Henry I. Miller Henry I. Miller, a physician and molecular biologist, is a fellow in scientific philosophy and public policy at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, and was the

Harut Sassounian: How to Counter Appeals Court’s Ruling Against Insurance Claims
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-28 10:44:59

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The federal Court of Appeals issued a shocking decision last week. In a unanimous ruling, it struck down a California law

Mikhail Kasyanov: The Essence of Putin
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-27 22:35:05

- Mikhail Kasyanov Mikhail Kasyanov was Prime Minister of Russia from 2000 to 2004, and is the leader of the opposition People’s Democratic Union. MOSCOW – Few people, least

Martin Feldstein: Europe’s Empty Fiscal Compact
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-27 22:13:48

- Martin Feldstein Martin Feldstein, Professor of Economics at Harvard, was Chairman of President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers and is a former president of the US National

Jeffrey D. Sachs: A World Bank for a New World
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-24 18:38:33

- Jeffrey D. Sachs Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General

New York Times found the key to Armenia's survival
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-24 11:13:10

Armenian civilization is one of the most ancient of those surviving in the Middle East, but for large parts of its history Armenia has been a nation without a

Teo Bichikashvili: "Israel Embassy Bomb Places Georgian Foreign Policy in Spotlight"
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-22 21:19:07

Tbilisi has fostered good relationships with Tehran as well as Washington, and has no desire to be drawn into confrontation. By Teo Bichikashvili - Caucasus CRS Issue 630, 17

Michael Bröning: Hamas Comes in from the Cold
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-22 19:49:39

- Michael Bröning Michael Bröning is Director of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftungin Jerusalem, a political foundation affiliated with Germany’s opposition Social Democratic Party, and the author of The Politics of Change

Michel Rocard: Don’t Blame it on Rio
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-22 18:37:21

- Michel Rocard Michel Rocard is a former prime minister of France and a former leader of the French Socialist Party. PARIS – We are little more than a

Howard Davies: Grit is Good
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-21 21:19:03

- Howard Davies Howard Davies, a former chairman of Britain’s Financial Services Authority, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, and Director of the London School of Economics, is

Johannes Jütting: The Middle Class Goes Global
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  • 2012-02-21 16:26:04

- Johannes Jütting Johannes Jütting is Head of Poverty Reduction at the OECD Development Center in Paris. He writes in his personal capacity. PARIS – In the twentieth century,

Seymur Kazimov: Azerbaijan Dismisses Iran's "Mossad" Claims
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  • 2012-02-21 12:03:21

But row over alleged support for Israeli agents shows just how bad Azerbaijan’s relationship with Iran is. By Seymur Kazimov - Caucasus CRS Issue 630, 17 Feb 12 As

Harut Sassounian: "Egemen Bagish: Turkey’s Minister of Genocide Denial"
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-21 10:47:50

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Even though all Turkish government officials routinely deny the Armenian Genocide, one particular minister has turned denial into a full-time job..

The Way Greeks Live Now
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-17 11:42:44

Lars Tunbjork for The New York Times Petros Vafiadis, with his wife, Ekaterina, and their son Traianos, is an unemployed construction supervisor who says “things will only get worse.” The

Russian Language Vote Shows Ethnic Split in Latvia
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-17 11:41:30

Latvia has been busy purging itself of Russian influence for the last two decades but will hold a controversial referendum on whether to make Russian a second official language

Kevin Casas-Zamora: Venezuela’s Republic of Crime
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-15 21:22:06

- Kevin Casas-Zamora Kevin Casas-Zamora, a former Vice President of Costa Rica, is currently Director of the Latin America Initiative at the Brookings Institution. WASHINGTON, DC – The recent

Istanbul court acquits Dink murder suspect
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-15 15:15:42

The Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court on Monday acquitted Coskun Igci, one of 19 defendants in the murder case of Hrant Dink, the founder and former editor-in-chief of

Edita Badasyan: Calls for Better Provision for Georgia's Disabled Children
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-15 12:22:37

Parents say benefits too low to cover essential treatment. By Edita Badasyan - Caucasus CRS Issue 628, 6 Feb 12 Parents of disabled children in Georgia accuse their government

Teo Bichikashvili: Green Spaces Shrink in Georgian Capital
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-15 11:52:28

Authorities argue that new leisure areas outside the city are the way forward. By Teo Bichikashvili - Caucasus CRS Issue 629, 10 Feb 12 Residents of the Georgian capital

Harut Sassounian: Bryza Confesses his Love for Turkey, Confirming his anti-Armenian Bias
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-14 09:35:09

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier It appears that my prediction about Matt Bryza leaving the State Department and working as a lobbyist is coming true. After

Minxin Pei: Nixon Then, China Now
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-13 19:14:09

- Minxin Pei Minxin Pei is Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College. CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – When US President Richard Nixon embarked on his historic trip to China 40

Anders Åslund: The Snow Revolution’s Orange Shadow
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-10 22:32:08

- Anders Åslund Anders Åslund, a senior fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, has previously advised Russian and Ukrainian governments. MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin’s regime is warning

Anders Åslund: The Snow Revolution’s Orange Shadow
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-10 22:32:08

- Anders Åslund Anders Åslund, a senior fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, has previously advised Russian and Ukrainian governments. MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin’s regime is warning

Vahan Ishkhanyan: Armenian Migrants in Modern-Day Serfdom
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-09 01:19:32

Unsuspecting workers trapped into forced labour. By Vahan Ishkhanyan - Caucasus CRS Issue 627 Rafik looks closer to 80 than his real age, 55, because the nine years he

Steve Tsang: China’s Syrian Folly
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-08 14:32:15

- Steve Tsang Steve Tsang is Director of the China Policy Institute and Professor of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham. NOTTINGHAM – In vetoing the United

Harut Sassounian: Armenians Need to Pursue Their Cause With More Confidence and Commitment
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-07 09:39:35

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier This week’s column deals with the self-defeating attitude of some Armenians whose negative outlook manifested itself once again with the latest news

Havel Lives
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-03 20:53:41

- Karel Schwarzenberg, Desmond Tutu, and Richard von Weizsäcker H.R.H. Prince El Hassan bin Talal is chairman and founder of the Arab Thought Forum and the West Asia-North Africa

Harut Sassounian .France Shouldn’t Allow Turkey To Meddle in its Domestic Affairs
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-02-01 12:50:44

For nearly a century, Turkey’s leaders have tried to hide the monstrous crime of the Armenian Genocide by covering up what really took place in the killing fields

Michael Boskin: A Referendum on Obama
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-31 22:05:16

- Michael Boskin Michael Boskin, currently Professor of Economics at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, was Chairman of President George H. W. Bush’s Council

Omar Ashour: What do Egypt’s Generals Want?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-31 00:10:39

- Omar Ashour Omar Ashour is a visiting scholar at the Brookings Doha Center and Director of Middle East Graduate Studies at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies,

Andrei Piontkovsky: La Nausée Russe
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-30 21:33:32

- Andrei Piontkovsky Andrei Piontkovsky is a Russian political analyst and a member of the political counsel of the Solidarnost United Democratic Movement. MOSCOW – The history of successive

Yuriko Koike: China’s Soft-Power Offensive in Taiwan
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-30 21:20:11

- Yuriko Koike Yuriko Koike is Japan’s former Minister of Defense and National Security Adviser. TOKYO – China’s behavior during the recent presidential election in Taiwan demonstrates that its

Yu Yongding: Rattling the Renminbi
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-30 21:04:27

- Yu Yongding Yu Yongding, President of the China Society of World Economics, is a former member of the monetary policy committee of the Peoples’ Bank of China and

J. Bradford DeLong: Neville Chamberlain was Right
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-30 20:48:01

- J. Bradford DeLong J. Bradford DeLong, a former assistant secretary of the US Treasury, is Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley and a research

Javier Solana: Austerity vs. Europe
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-30 20:44:44

- Javier Solana Javier Solana, former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of NATO, and Minister of Defense of Spain, is Distinguished Senior Fellow

For the study and the history of the genocide of the Armenians
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-27 13:28:27

We, historians specialists in the genocide of the Armenians engaged since many years in research and the publication of works on this subject, tenons to express our complete dissension

Michael Kambeck: Erdogan hysteric – should he resign?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-25 14:07:54

by Michael Kambeck The hysteria in Turkey over the French bill prohibiting the denial of the Armenian Genocide could hardly be more self-damaging or more revealing. Readers of the

Harut Sassounian: 20 Steps Turkey Could Take to Worsen Relations with France After Genocide Vote
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-24 11:33:04

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkey’s leaders have been threatening France for months with various reprisals should the French government pass a law making it illegal

French Senate Passes Bill Criminalizing Armenian Genocide Denial
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-24 01:58:09

Posted by Weekly Staff on January 23, 2012 PARIS, France (A.W.)—The French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian genocide today, despite threats and

Aytan Farhadova: Leukaemia Care Under Fire in Azerbaijan
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-23 18:52:55

Parents say they have to pay for costly medicines that should be free. By Aytan Farhadova - Caucasus CRS Issue 626, 20 Jan 12 Parents of children suffering from

Israel W. Charny: A moral Israel must recognize the Armenian genocide
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-22 22:41:15

By ISRAEL W. CHARNY The Jerusalem Post 01/22/2012 Israel must put an end to this charade and fully recognize the Armenian genocide. I never cease to be amazed at the “upside-down double