LOS ANGELES -Salpi Ghazarian is stepping down as director of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies after serving in the role since 2014. She will remain at the Institute and will work on...
LOS ANGELES -Salpi Ghazarian is stepping down as director of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies after serving in the role since 2014. She will remain at the Institute and will work on special initiatives. Dr. Shushan Karapetian, formerly deputy director of the Institute, is the new director...
I wrote an article in June 2021 about a Turkish man who was accused by the Justice Department of illegally sending U.S. Defense technical data to Turkey. Arif Ugur, 53, was sentenced last week to 33 months in jail, followed by two years of supervised release. He lived in...
The Washington Post published last week a lengthy investigative article titled: “Air Force feared generals’ foreign consulting jobs would cause scandal” by journalists Craig Whitlock and Nate Jones. The article disclosed Azerbaijan’s offer to hire two retired U.S. Air Force generals. The Post went to extensive legal battles with...
HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA – A coalition of Armenian, Jewish, Greek, and Kurdish Americans, gathered at Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Oz’s headquarters to protest his refusal to recognize the Armenian Genocide and to call upon him to end his complicity in Turkey’s international campaign of denial. Organizers of the protest included...
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com The U.S. media in recent months published several articles covering New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial statements, foreign travels, and fundraising activities. Before becoming Mayor on January 1, 2022, the Daily News (NY) published an article on February 6, 2021...
Call for End to U.S. Aid Blockade to At-Risk Artsakh Population September 2, 2022 WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) were joined by a bi-partisan group of over 45 Members of Congress in calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
Donald Wilson Bush, one of the descendants of the 28th US President Woodrow Wilson, founded an association in the USA, the Armenian National Association, whose goal is to unite the Diaspora, support the economic and cultural revitalization of the Republic of Armenia, and make the voice of Armenia and...
ANCA Calls for Immediate Passage of both Speier Resolution and Rep. Schiff’s H.Res.1351 WASHINGTON, DC – Just a week after her participation in a historic Congressional delegation visit to Armenia, led by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Jackie Speier (D-CA) has introduced legislation condemning Azerbaijan’s...
The U.S. Embassy in Armenia responded to the Lurer questions regarding Azerbaijan’s recent aggression. To the question, “how do you assess Azerbaijan’s actions towards the sovereign territory of Armenia?” the US Embassy to Armenia answered: “There can be no military solution to the conflict, and the use of force is not...
The United States Department of State posted on its website a lengthy document which described the American government’s strategy for relations with 175 countries, including, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, in the next four years. The 16-page section covering Armenia is dated May 4, 2022. The document is titled, “Integrated...