by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published March 29, 2021
For three decades, the government of Israel and Jewish-American leaders have been showering Azerbaijan with excessive and undeserved praise for its alleged tolerance for its Jewish community and friendship with Israel. There have been...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published February 10, 2021
Archbishop Vladyka Alexander, the head of the Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Azerbaijan, gave an interview last month to Jayson Casper of Christianity Today, shamelessly spewing Azeri propaganda, badmouthing Armenians and praising...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published February 3, 2021
After ruling Armenia as Prime Minister for almost three years and most importantly during the country’s recent disastrous defeat in the Artsakh War, Nikol Pashinyan keeps making mistake after mistake and misstatement after misstatement....
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published January 26, 2021
The Calvert Journal published last week an article by Lucía de la Torre titled, “The Aliyev influence: how nepotism and self-censorship rule Azerbaijan’s art scene.” On October 2, 2020, two days after the start...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published December 16, 2020
Last week, when Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev held a victory parade in Baku, he expressed his appreciation to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who attended the ceremonies. Tens of thousands of Azeris turned up...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published October 12, 2020
Azerbaijan and Turkey kept insisting that they will not accept a ceasefire until the Armenian armed forces vacate Artsakh. In other words, they want to reoccupy Artsakh and eliminate the Armenian presence there. Turkey,...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published August 4, 2020
While Armenians around the world have been justifiably focusing on the successes of the Armenian military over Azerbaijan during the three-day attack last month, the political victory is just as important. If you win...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published April 2, 2019
The most noteworthy Armenian foreign policy development of the week was supposed to be the first negotiating session between Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev over the Artsakh conflict. But...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published July 24, 2018
For many decades, the Turkish government has had an inflated image of the Armenian Diaspora, describing it as a giant worldwide force. In recent years, Azerbaijan has been infected with the same fear of...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published September 26, 2017
There were plenty of Azeri commentators and officials who criticized Pres. Sargsyan’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly last week, but I did not come across any Armenian commentators or government leaders who attacked...
