By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Armenians often lament that they are a divided nation, believing mistakenly that other people are far more united. This perception mirrors families who

By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com In a rare move, the Republic of Armenia recently hired an American lobbying firm to promote Armenia’s interests in the United States. Several years

By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Pres. Donald Trump’s message on April 24, 2025, in which he avoided referring to the Armenian Genocide as genocide, is a shameful reversal of decades

By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) announced last week that on April 14, 2025, a U.S. District Court dismissed a $500 million lawsuit

By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com As if we didn’t already have enough disputes among Armenians, a new argument surfaced last week between Arman Babajanyan, head of a minor pro-Western

By Harut Sassounian TheCaliforniaCourier.com Given Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s frequent and inflammatory attacks on the United States, Europe and Israel, it is not surprising that the

By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Every time Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gives an interview, he puts his foot in his mouth. One of his close advisors should suggest that he simply

By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com I learned this week that the government of Armenia had spent 7.5 million drams (approx. $19,000) for the travel, lodging and meals of 10 Turkish journalists

By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made yet another mistake last week by inviting 10 journalists from Turkey to Yerevan and speaking to them for one and