Posts About Armenia
The Trouble With the 'Genocide' Label
With such a precise definition, what do we call equally horrific crimes that don't fit the bill?
Defining a Future As Neighbors
Focusing on the "genocide" issue misses the point that Turkey is already re-examining and redefining its past.
Acknowledge the Aggrieved
Opening borders and normalizing trade and people-to-people exchanges are constructive steps that would allow people to get to know each other better and start to build new relationships based on respect and mutual benefits.
The Caucasian Energy Circle
If the United States won over Armenia but lost Azerbaijan, it would dead-end U.S. efforts in the Caucasus and cede the entire region and its energy resources to the circle's new owner, Russia.
'Genocide' Issue Merely a Frame
The genocide issue is merely a frame through which the Armenian diaspora voices its more contemporary sufferings.
Reconciliation for Turkey and Armenia
What's a realistic first step forward toward reconciliation for each of these countries?
Kurds: Armenians Win, We Pay the Price
As a minister in Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government, I fear we may soon bear the brunt of a U.S.-Turkey-Armenia conflict that has nothing to do with us.
Turkey's Past Victories Spawn Today’s Defeats
Turkey must come to terms with the rising strength of those it once obliterated and sent scrambling around the world, whose descendants now have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Isolation Won’t Heal Turkey’s Wounds
So much is riding on the West’s ability to fully engage Turkey, but Congress risks spoiling it for the rest of the world.
Right Intentions, Wrong Time
To recognize atrocities is to learn from them, but this time it only complicates a touchy situation.
Hypocrisy Achieves Little
The U.S. acts as though it has a monopoly on virtue, but it’s no more than common hypocrisy.
Turkey Must Turn Resolution into Opportunity
Turkey must engage this American resolution as an opportunity for a wholesale review of all the region’s controversial events during the 20th century.
Enough of the Word Games
Stop focusing on politicized labels and definitions and start considering what's really behind them.
