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141. Karabakh: From Activism to Diplomacy

... get very confusing. In 1995, Azeri Presidential Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Vafa Guluzade stated, "In the military and technical treaties we recognize the Armenians of Karabakh as a 'warring party.' ...

142. Nobody's Listening: Armenia's Telecom System

... telecommunication services in Armenia for a period of 15 years. In March 1998, Armenia received $62 million from OTE toward the purchase, which boosted Armenia's Central Bank's currency reserves. Growing ...

143. A Voice in the Wilderness: UN Genocide Convention

... step towards mechanisms" that would provide the ultimate guarantee for the protection of human rights and bring those responsible for crimes of genocide to justice. The Armenian representative’s references ...

144. Clash of Values

... strong criticism-particularly since the collapse of the Soviet Union-by high ranking leaders of the Orthodox churches that follow the Byzantine tradition. Among them, Russian Patriarch Alexei II has warned ...

145. Election of Patriarch Postponed Indefinitely by Turkish Government

... warning that any resistance to this decision would be prosecuted under criminal codes. Turkey's Foreign Ministry, mindful that the state interference in church affairs will create a bad public image ...

146. United Diocese?

... ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians at Holy Etchmiadzin; therefore, be it resolved that the Diocese through its Unity Committee move forward to complete the unity ...

147. Selling Off the Big Ones

... challenges which compounded Armenia's already troubled economic transition-earthquake, blockade and war-Armenia was among the first countries in the former Soviet republics to start the process of privatization, ...

148. 100 Years in America

... according to the Armenian National Constitution in force in the Ottoman Empire sine 1863. However, in view of the political developments in the Ottoman Empire and the growing hostilities toward the Armenians, ...

149. Aram I on Faith and the Homeland

... Cold War, when Catholicos Khoren I (1932-38) wrote these words in an October 1933 encyclical addressed to the dioceses in the Armenian Diaspora. (Khoren I was assassinated by the Soviet authorities in ...

150. Playing with Tigers

... Aware of the political instability of the region and the implied economic risks, this group is nevertheless exploring the possibilities of investment in Armenia. Daniel Manoukian, Managing Director of ...

151. Collaboration First Unity Later

... official trip outside Armenia was to Moscow, where together with the religious head of the Azerbaijanis, he participated in talks on the spiritual welfare of the people in the war-torn region. However, ...

152. On Campus in Karabakh

... not interrupted by war. The 18-month old ceasefire is holding and the students are coming back. A student body that was nearly entirely female for several years has now gone co-ed. The SUMK is not a ...

153. Religious discourse and the church in Mountainous Karabakh

... accusations of collaboration with the communist regime.[1]  Starting in 1988, the earthquake in Armenia, the struggle for independence, the war in Karabakh, and the blockade of both Armenia and ...

154. Le conflit du Haut-Karabagh provoque des changements majeurs en Arménie

... with Armenia, by 1991 it had become a full-scale war. As the USSR crumbled, Nagorno-Karabakh declared independence in September 1991, as the "Republic of Mountainous Karabakh." It has not been recognized ...

155. Nagorno Karabakh: transition and the elite

... and full-scale war. The scope and range of the means are determined by internal and external factors and are in proportion to the resources that are available to each group. The current situation ...

156. New Structures, Old Foundations. State Capacities for Peace

... on Karabakh by a large spectrum of political parties and former allies. In recent years, President Kocharian’s credentials as Karabakh ‘war hero’ have not allowed him to escape criticism that under his ...

157. Hrant Dink and Armenians in Turkey

... Hrant himself was well aware of the possible consequences: "We never deny our own history. But Armenians (in Turkey) are unable to discuss it for fear it will harm the community's existence" (see Ayla ...

158. The Armenian Apostolic Church: Post-Soviet Era

... churches from the end of the Cold War until the present day. The book addresses a number of key issues, including the religious revival after the fall of communism; relations between churches and the political ...