To no one’s astonishment, Nigol Pashinyan’s “My Step” alliance won big in the Republic of Armenia’s (RoA) first ever snap elections held on December 9, 2018.
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Should Call Armenian Genocide, a Genocide
Everyone knows that Ambassadors have to follow the foreign policy guidelines of their governments and cannot make their own decisions. Yet it is strange that successive U.S. Ambassadors are not allowed to call the Armenian Genocide, a genocide.
Convulsions
The Armenian nation has had its share of convulsions. It’s too easy to cite the establishment and Sovietization of the first Armenian republic, Genocide, arrival of Turks in the Armenian highlands, or conversion to Christianity
Sen. Menendez Delays Senate Confirmation Of US Ambassador to Azerbaijan
President Donald Trump nominated on Sept. 4, 2018 career Foreign Service Officer Earle Litzenberger to serve as US Ambassador to Azerbaijan replacing Amb. Robert Cekuta who left Baku nine months ago.
Armenian Snap
On December 9, the Republic of Armenia will go hold its first “snap” parliamentary elections. The meaning of this may be known to some readers.
Should Armenia Grant Citizenship to Foreign Investors?
The Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has made attracting overseas investors the priority of his new government.
Trump=Turkey # Two?
It seems like every few years I get an irrepressible urge to toy with the coincidence of Turkey with turkey, right around the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.
Kurdish Member of Turkish Parliament Delivers a Harsh Speech & Ends up in Jail
Ferhat Encu, a Kurdish member of the Turkish Parliament from the Sirnak province of Turkey, delivered a while back extremely critical remarks about Turks and Turkey on the floor of the Parliament in Ankara.
Elections 2018, A Followup
This was a very exciting U.S. election season, in its own way, even more so than the 2016 presidential cycle that brought to unchecked power the worst president in the country’s history
Newly-Elected House Democratic Majority Will Paralyze Trump’s Presidential Powers
The midterm elections held on November 6, 2018, will significantly restrain President Trump’s rule of the United States as a dictatorship.