It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Edmond Y. Azadian, one of the most prominent figures in Armenian life for over half a century, on March 25, following a brief...
It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Edmond Y. Azadian, one of the most prominent figures in Armenian life for over half a century, on March 25, following a brief illness. This great loss has plunged his family members, political party associates, Armenian intellectuals, and...
In recent months, several political developments seemed to enhance Armenia’s position vis-à-vis that of its enemies, i.e., the verdict at the International Court of Justice, the placement of 100 European Union monitors on Armenia’s territory, and the resolutions adopted at the French Senate and National Assembly (the two houses...
By Edmond Y. Azadian After two years of a devastating war, Azerbaijan’s unrelenting pressure, in terms of border incursions, false negotiations and constant demands for concessions, recently, a turn of events offered a respite, some breathing room to recover and maybe even return to normalcy. In addition, nature’s fury...
By Edmond Y. Azadian Until recently, Armenia faced a threat to its sovereignty from Azerbaijan. After the 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev demanded the opening of the “Zangezur Corridor,” which effectively would bisect Armenia’s territory, thereby compromising its sovereignty. This was Aliyev’s condition for signing...
By Edmond Y. Azadian Armenia can hardly handle one calamity at a time but a rapid succession of disastrous occurrences is shaking the country to its core. The closure of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan with its ensuing humanitarian consequences had left the Armenian nation reeling from Yerevan to...
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 former Yugoslavia and even used NATO forces to create a Muslim nation in the heart of Europe. In the...
by Edmond Y. Azadian When Nikol Pashinyan came to power in 2018, he brought under his control the legislative and executive branches of the government. He was able to have absolute power on the legislative front because he was able to install a rubber-stamp parliament through his ruling party,...