ANN/Groong Interview with Karen Ohanjanian, 31 March 1998

Current Social, Economic and Political Situation in Nagorno Karabakh

Hratch Tchilingirian conducted this interview for ANN/Groong.

KAREN OHANJANIAN, a member of the International Coordination Committee of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly and a member of the Parliament of Nagorno Karabakh Republic, was recently in Boston as a guest speaker at a conference at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Groong: Review and Outlook, March 13, 1998

Presidential Elections in Armenia: Candidates and Issues

By Hratch Tchilingirian

The presidential election on March 16 will bring to power Armenia's second leader since independence. Prospects for democracy, political stability and international credibility depend on the holding of a free, fair and non- violent poll.

Groong: Review & Outlook. February 6, 1998

POLITICAL CRISIS IN ARMENIA
Armenia faces its first major post-Soviet leadership change

By Hratch Tchilingirian

Weeks of political crisis in Armenia took a sharp turn when President
Levon Ter-Petrosian announced his resignation on February 3. Forces
opposed to Ter- Petrosian's compromise stance on Nagorno-Karabakh
appear set for ascendancy in Armenia for some time.

Groong: Review and Outlook, 23 December 1997

ARMENIA: POLITICAL PROSPECTS FOR 1998

By Hratch Tchilingirian

In late December, the OSCE Ministerial Council in Copenhagen marked the end of Armenia’s yearlong efforts of political recovery subsequent to the Lisbon Summit in December 1996. Contrary to expectations and due to Armenia’s diplomatic efforts, the Ministerial Council did not make any substantive declarations concerning Nagorno Karabakh. Armenia characterized the outcome in Copenhagen as "positive," since it did not create "additional obstacles" for the peace process in general.

Zank (Sydney)

Nagorno Karabakh: A New Leader, Old Conflict

Despite Azerbaijan's efforts to assert in ternational pressure, Karabakh remains determined to steer its own political course and defend its "right for selfdetermination".

War Report, No. 56, November 1997
(c) Copyright: The Institute for War and Peace Reporting 1997

Nagorno Karabakh: A Time for Thoughtfulness?

Beneath the surface, new and possibly constructive positions are being tested

By Hratch Tchilingirian

The conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis over Nagorno Karabakh has resisted attempts at a solution since the Karabakh Armenians' independence movement emerged in 1988. Over two dozen OSCE sponsored negotiations, initiated since 1992, have failed to resolve the oldest conflict in the former Soviet Union. The last formal talks between the parties to the conflict under the auspices of the Minsk Group were almost a year ago. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan and Karabakh Armenians are as far apart from each other on key issues as they were five years.

Oxford Analytica Daily Brief Oct 1, 1997

ARMENIA: Foreign Relations

[Hratch Tchilingirian]

A senior presidential foreign policy adviser resigned last month at a time when Armenia has been mounting a relatively successful effort to build its international ties.

Frontier (Keston Institute, Oxford) June-August 1996 pp. 12-14

LATE HARVEST
Armenia's new church leader, Karekin I, must heal the rifts within the Armenian Church before he can plan for the future, writes Hratch Tchilingirian

In April 1995, the new Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church was elected in Echmiadzin, Armenia. Almost 9 million Armenians in the republic, the 'near abroad', and the diaspora were represented a the ceremony by 400 delegates from over 32 countries. The event represented many historical firsts. The National Ecclesiastical Assembly, the highest legislative body of the Armenian Church, composed of 26 per cent clergy and 74 per cent lay people) was convening for the first time in 40 years. The election was taking place for the first time in a free and independent Republic of Armenia. For the first time in history, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, in Lebanon, was elected Catholicos of All Armenians in Echmiadzin. The President of Armenia addressed the NEA for the first time and witnessed the enthronement of the new Catholicos.