BY HENRY D. ASTARJIAN, M. D.
Never for a moment, since its inception, has the so-called “Modern, Democratic, Secular” Turkey been any one of those terms. Never for a moment since its inception has Turkey veered towards tempering its Islamic fervor to become a secular state. Never since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk massacred tens of thousands of [...]
BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN
February 23–In addition to planning to deceive Armenia and international public opinion, Turkish leaders tried to mislead their closest ally, Azerbaijan, and the Turkish public about the potential benefits of the protocols. Even though the protocols were clearly in Turkey’s interest, its leaders tried to oversell the benefits of the negotiated agreement in [...]
BY RAZMIG SHIRINIAN
All four articles in the current issue of the Armenian Review have undertaken the scrupulous task of analyzing the concept of civil society in Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora.
After a brief mention of the constitutive and functional features of a civil society, Armine Ishkanian in her article points out that Armenia has largely [...]
BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN
The show is finally over! The international community is no longer buying the endless Turkish excuses for refusing to ratify the protocols. Armenian officials, who naively believed that Turkey would open its border and establish diplomatic relations with Armenia, are beginning to question the Turks’ sincerity and contemplating the possibility of the protocols’ [...]
BY GRIGOR HAKOBYAN
Background
As 2009 comes to a close, Azerbaijani war rhetoric does not seem to abate. Mr. Aliyev uses every public opportunity to threaten Armenia and the Armenians of Artsakh with resumption of full scale hostilities in the region.
To substantiate his claims the Azerbaijani president continues to pressure his parliament into vast increases of budget [...]