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
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
- 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
- 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 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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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 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 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 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
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
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 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 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 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 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,
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
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..
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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 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 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
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 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
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
- 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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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