On Oct. 8, 2008, the United Nations General Assembly requested the International Court of Justice to provide an advisory opinion on the question, “Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo in accordance with international law?” The question was narrowly framed by the General Assembly, and the court’s advisory [...]

On Sat. and Sun., Sept. 11-12, the Greater Boston area will enjoy a spectacular open-air festival featuring some of the leading names in Armenian entertainment, delectable Armenian cuisine (including a special menu for children), and activities that appeal to all ages. Local Armenian organizations will host displays featuring various aspects of Armenian culture.
Featured “Kermesse” (festival) [...]

Have we given up? Or a more alarming thought is that the timidity of our leadership is indicative of a flaw in our national character. Have we become so accustomed to being subservient to foreign interests and alien cultural environments that our actions are forever restrained and our legitimate demands muted? Whether we realize it [...]

‘What revolution?’
That comment was made by a 40-something year old well-informed Armenian professional when the position of the ARF was mentioned with respect to the Armenian Genocide Resolution, which was in the House Foreign Relations Committee at the time. Hearing “revolutionary” as in Armenian Revolutionary Federation, his quizzical response was, “What revolution?”
Revolutionary antecedents
For openers, exploitation [...]

Now that Turkey has shown an unwillingness to ratify the protocols that, paradoxically, were written to address its best interests, and now that President Obama has again failed to refer to his personal acceptance of the Armenian Genocide as genocide in his April 24th message to the Armenian people, the drama of the past year [...]

Part I considered the rationale for Azerbaijan deciding that a renewal of hostilities was the only viable option to regain control of Karabagh. The usual problematic areas inherent in any nation’s rapid expansion of its military establishment were identified, as were the strategic objectives that Azerbaijan might seek to achieve in attacking Karabagh.
Karabagh’s advantage of [...]

The United States director of intelligence, Dennis Blair, in written testimony to a Senate committee has said that “[A]lthough there has been progress in the past year toward Turkey-Armenian rapprochement, this has affected the delicate relationship between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and increases the risk of a renewed conflict over Nagorno-Karabagh.”
This may not be as dire [...]

Déjà vu. Again we anxiously wait to see if the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide will be favorably voted out of the House Foreign Relations Committee. If Turkey with its coterie of paid lobbyists, academic surrogates, and other associated anti-genocide proponents fails to defeat congressional passage of the resolution, another moral victory may be added [...]

The roadmap to regime change is a response to conditions that were crystallized by the recently signed protocols which represent the first step in the process of rapprochement between Armenia and Turkey. The ARF has properly viewed these documents as being detrimental to Armenia’s present and future national interests. In response to this assessment, the [...]

The adage is that “actions speak louder than words.” The principles and concepts guiding the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s (ARF) recently announced roadmap to regime change in Armenia are consistent with the historic mission of the ARF. Unfortunately, however, it took the protocols—an 11th hour development in the process of normalizing relations between Armenia and Turkey—for [...]