Artsakh The Inadequate Response

  Book Summary Provided By The Author  A law was passed. It was used. It was never repealed. On August 5, 2019, in Stepanakert, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared, “Artsakh is Armenia, period.” The words became a political landmark. But the legal record behind them began decades earlier, and the consequences of the distance between those words and later government policy are still unfolding. In Artsakh Is Armenia, investigative journalist Ara Khachig Manoogian examines what Armenia formally enacted, how its institutions applied those decisions, and how that record stands against later constitutional rulings, international commitments, and diplomatic concessions. At the center of the investigation is Decision No. 1650-11, adopted on December 1, 1989, proclaiming the reunification of the Armenian SSR and Nagorno-Karabakh. The decision extended Armenian citizenship rights to the population of Artsakh and directed practical integration. Eight months later...

  November 9, 2026 By Harut Sassounian www.t he c alifornia c ourier.com Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed the Global Armenian Summit held in Yerevan on November 6. In his speech at a similar summit in 2024, Pashinyan offended everyone by claiming that the “biggest problem” facing him and his audience was being patriotic. He went on to make the ridiculous claim that foreign powers had instilled patriotism in Armenians. He even claimed that the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide was a tool of Soviet propaganda. He also insulted his Diaspora audience by criticizing and rejecting the humanitarian aid they had sent to Armenia. At this year’s Summit, once again, Pashinyan wasted his own time and that of the hundreds of patriotic Diaspora Armenians who had left their homes and jobs and spent thousands of dollars on airfare, hotels, and meals to visit their homeland. Pashinyan said nothing new. He repeated his propaganda about “Real Armenia,” which is really his “Fake...

  On multiple occasions, during the last five years, I highlighted to readers the fact that “Wars Are Financial Investments,” “War Is A Racket ,” and last but not least wars are always excellent opportunities to curtail the freedoms we cherish in a democratic society, in the name of patriotism and in the name of saving the collective good from the assaults of evil powers determined to destroy our fatherland. The invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, or “The War On Islamic Terrorism” that lasted almost two decades, had one clear purpose: The eradication of al-Qaeda movement and the Taliban regime that had hosted al-Qaeda’s leadership, and provided training facilities to the Islamic militants under its command. On 30 August 2021, the last US soldier left Afghanistan. The Taliban were back in Kabul triumphantly. Al-Qaeda metamorphosed itself into different franchises and groups active in countries spreading from Pakistan to almost every Arab country in The Middle East. The cost o...

  Since the signing of the TRIPP “Memorandum of Understanding” in Washington, D.C. back in August 2025, a long list of Iranian political figures conveyed, from multiple platforms, serious concerns to the government of PM Pashinyan, and unfortunately none of the declarations made by the Armenian side to the Iranian parties sounded genuine or managed to address with tangible results Iran’s warning that NO foreign entity will be allowed to operate at the Iranian-Armenian border. Less than a week ago, Khalil Shirgholami, T he Islamic Republic’s ambassador in Yerevan pointed out to journalists that “Despite assurances made by the Armenian government, Iran remains concerned about its plans to open a US-run transit corridor for Azerbaijan along the Armenian-Iranian border,... We have serious concerns on this issue and expect Armenia to give us confidence that there will be no presence of any foreign forces on the Armenian-Iranian border and nobody could create a danger for Iran ...

  Less than 24 hours ago, the EU’s “Directorate-General For Enlargement And Eastern Neighbourhood” (DGEEN) released to the international media a report titled “2026 Communication On EU Enlargement Policy. ” The authors of the report expressed serious reservations and concerns about the badly compromised state of democracy in Turkey; a country that formally launched accession negotiations with the EU on 3 October 2005, but reached a deadlock in 2018 due to drastic measures adopted by the Erdogan regime to limit freedom of expression and peaceful political dissent. The report placed significant emphasis on the following point : “The gap between Türkiye's declared objective of joining the EU and its backsliding on the fundamental political criteria for EU accession has widened further. The underlying factors that led to the standstill in the accession negotiations in 2018 remain unaddressed.” In other words, political decision makers in The EU are alarmed by Ankara's ...

  One more time we are celebrating a court’s pronouncement. One more time the decision formulated is unenforceable. It is simply a moral victory, though limited in scope, it reflects the tenacity of all those who fought an uphill battle for ten years (2016-2026), to seek justice for  30-year-old Armenian officer Major Hayk Toroyan , who was captured by The Special Forces of Azerbaijan, during the Four-Day War of April 2016, tortured, his hands were dismembered, and beheaded while he was still alive but struggling from a bullet wound that paralyzed his legs. Despite denials from Azerbaijan’s team of legal experts attempting to exonerate the Azerbaijani soldiers who committed the horrific crime targeting Maj. Hayk Toroyan, the five judges of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) presiding the case insisted that; - The injuries inflicted on the victim “... involved a high degree of brutality and their particular nature undoubtedly involved the deliberate intention ...

  Western Azerbaijan: A Conspiracy Against the Armenian People Western Azerbaijan Is Not Fake News but Azerbaijani State Policy, and Armenians Must Recognize It and Act Now. By Ara Khachig Manoogian - Global Peace International For years, many dismissed the warnings about Artsakh. We were told not to worry. We were told the threats were exaggerated. We were told that what was being openly discussed in Baku would never happen. Then it happened. Today, a new campaign is unfolding before our eyes. Under the banner of "Western Azerbaijan," the Azerbaijani state is advancing a doctrine that seeks to redefine Armenia itself, recast Armenian history, and lay the foundation for future political demands against the Republic of Armenia. This is not a conspiracy theory. It is a conspiracy in the original sense of the word: a coordinated effort involving government institutions, political leaders, state-funded organizations, educational programs, media campaigns, and international l...