Oct
30
2008
Read in Armenian
To The Prime Minister, The Foreign Secretary, The Minister for Europe (Ms Caroline Flint), Mr David Cameron MP, Mr William Hague MP, Mr Nick Clegg MP, Mr Ed Davey MP, Mr Alex Salmond MP, Mr Adam Price MP
Armenia Solidarity
Nor Serount Cultural Association
Dear Sir,
This week we mark the ninetieth anniversary of the Great Betrayal of Armenians and Assyrians in the Mudros armistice with Turkey (30th October 1918). We ask you to consider what measures of restitution are suitable. The lack of a homeland for Assyrians and the continued Turkish control of Western Armenia is a direct result of the armistice. The Assyrians in particular have been subjected to subsequent massacres emanating from Britain’s hand in the creation of Iraq, a centralised state without provision for the protection of minorities. It is indicative of our selective amnesia about our past responsibilities that only two MPs have signed the EDM on the 75th anniversary of the Simel massacre of Assyrians in 1933 soon after the end of the British Mandate.
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Oct
29
2008
Source. Regnum.ru, 29.10.2008
The inaugural address of Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, reiterates that Azerbaijan’s stance on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains unchanged, Dr Armen Ayvazyan, Head of the ARARAT Center for Strategic Research told a REGNUM correspondent.
Dr Ayvazyan noted that Baku rules out, even in theory, the possibility for reasonable compromise with the Armenian side regarding not only the question of territories, but also the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh. “As a matter of fact, the Armenian side is dealing with nothing less than Baku’s demand for total and unconditional surrender of Armenia.” This uncompromising stance of Azerbaijan completely undermines the current negotiation process, making it a common farce, which in the future will beget nothing but a full-scale war,” Dr Ayvazyan stresses.
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Oct
22
2008
Interview by Armen Ayvazyan to Yerkir weekly, 26 September 2008
Translation from Armenian
According to Dr. Armen Ayvazyan, Director of Ararat Center for Strategic Research, the first stage of Armenia-Turkey dialogue proceeded in unequal conditions, with the Turkish side taking the upper hand. But we may see Turkey scoring many more goals into the net of Armenian diplomacy, so that, in Ayvazyan’s words, soon we may be talking of a hockey rather than a football game. In an interview with Armen Ayvazyan, we present his answers to a range of questions on the Armenian-Turkish issues.
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Oct
16
2008
 Հոկտեմբերի 10-ին «Արարատ» ռազմավա- րագիտական կենտրոնի տնօրեն, քաղ. գիտ. դոկտոր Արմեն Այվազյանը մասնակցել է ԼՂՀ Ազգային ժողովում կայացած «Հարավային Կովկասում ստեղծված իրավիճակը և ԼՂՀ միջազգային ճանաչման հեռանկարները» խորհրդարանական լսումներին: ՀՀ-ից լսումներին մասնակցել են ՀՀ փոխարտգործնախարար Շ. Քոչարյանը, խորհրդարանի պատգամավոր Է. Սողոմոնյանը և մի քանի փորձագետ:
Միջոցառումը լուսաբանել են մի շարք լրատվամիջոցներ։ Առավել մանրամասն Ա. Այվազյանն անդրադարձել է լսումներին «Գոլոս Արմենիի» թերթին տված հարցազրույցում (14.10.2008): |
Parliamentary Hearings at the NKR National Assembly
On 10 October 2008 Dr. Armen Ayvazyan, Head of the ARARAT Center for Strategic Research participated in the NKR National Assembly hearings on the “Current Situaiton in the South Caucasus: The Prospects for International Recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.” The Republic of Armenia delegation was represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Sh. Kocharyan, member of RA National Assembly E. Soghomonyan and several experts.
The event was widely covered by the press. A. Ayvazyan discusses the topics raised during these parliamentary hearings in his 14 October interview to “Golos Armenii” newspaper (in Russian). |
 “Любые уступки приблизят войну”, Источник: Голос Армении,14.10.2008 |
Карабахскую проблему нельзя рассматривать в отдельности: эксперт, REGNUM , 15.10.2008
ՍՏԵՂԾՎԱԾ ԻՐԱՎԻՃԱԿԻՆ ՊԵՏՔ Է ՎԵՐԱԲԵՐՎԵԼ ՊՐԱԳՄԱՏԻԿՈՐԵՆ, «ԱԶԳ», 14.10.2008 |
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Oct
03
2008
By Armen Ayvazyan
The glaring theoretical confusion and situational policy making by Republic of Armenia’s (RA) Foreign Ministry involve several vitally important areas, including:
• The actual degree of RA willingness to compromise in the settlement of the Artsakh conflict;
• The strategy of developing Armenia-Russia and Armenia-NATO relations;
• The proposed solutions and the contours of Armenian interests in Armenian-Georgian relations (including in the issue of Armenians of Javakhk);
• However, the uncertainties of RA foreign policy are especially evident in the inadequate positions towards Turkey. These positions, in our opinion, are the source of general lack of focus and purpose in RA foreign policy.
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Aug
08
2008
E. L. Danielyan
4500th ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORY OF HAYK
The year 2008 marks the 4500th anniversary of the victory of the Armenian Patriarch Hayk against Bel at the battle of Hayots Dzor (south of Lake Van).
Thе calendar calculation of the date, based on the periodicity of “Hayk’s Cycle” of the “Ancient Armenian era”, was done by the famous Armenologist Levond Alishan (1820-1901). There was no leap-year in the ancient Armenian era, since a year was always considered to consist of 365 days, hence the year and the date were movable. Thus 1460 years according to the Julian Calendar amount to 1461 years according to the Armenian Calendar. By such periodicity of the “Cycle of Hayk”, 2492 BC denotes the year of Hayk’s victory. The beginning of the victorious year was Navasard 1 (=August 11).* The Armenian Apostolic Church has kept counting the years in the Church Calendar according to “Hayk’s Cycle”.
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Jul
30
2008
On Thursday, July 3, Dr. Armen Ayvazyan, the Director of the ARARAT Center for Strategic Research, gave the AGBU Yerevan Summer Interns a lecture on the less-studied aspects of the history of Armenia, focusing primarily on theoretical, psychological, and geopolitical issues. He emphasized the importance of the Armenian language and the Armenian military in a historical and sociopolitical context, explaining the importance of the Armenian history while also comparing the development of Armenian nationalism and patriotism to Western European nations.
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Jul
02
2008
Armenia based political scientist and strategic analyst Armen Ayvazyan was in Southern California earlier this month giving a series of lectures and book presentations on the internal political situation in Armenia and the security risks it faces. During his visit, Asbarez’s Allen Yekikan sat down with Ayvazyan to talk about the Ararat Center for Strategic Research, its mission and its activities. Ayvazyan, who holds a PhD in history and political science, is the director of the Ararat Center for Strategic Research.
The following is the full text of the interview:
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Jun
23
2008
NOYAN TAPAN.
JUNE 12
Associate professor of Turkish Studies at Yerevan State University, Master of Science in Philology, Lusine Sahakyan’s editorial efforts culminate in presenting the reader with a work that was originally
recorded and revised in 1960s-1980s by a survivor from Western Armenia, dialectologist-ethnographer Suren Sahakyan as the “Story about Andranik” epic novel.
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Jun
12
2008
A new production is brewing in Hollywood, one that will recreate a much celebrated event from Armenia’s heroic past: the Vartanants War. As was reported in the May 31st edition of The Armenian Reporter, a new film titled “East of Byzantium” is in the planning stage, whose producers are currently holding fundraisers to finance the production. If the roster of the individuals involved in the upcoming production is any indication, the film promises to be in the best traditions of Hollywood’s epic movies: Roger Kupelian, the man behind the visual effects of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the Flags of Our Fathers; Serj Tankian from the System of a Down, who will write the music score; comedian Vahe Berberian, etc. In fact, the producers consider the film to be the Armenian “Braveheart”. Surely, such an undertaking deserves applause and all the encouragement and success.
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May
30
2008
The Armenian Mirror Spectator
Saturday, May 17, 2008
PARIS — The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) chapters in the French cities of Paris, Marseille, Valence and Lyon, in cooperation with the ADL Tchobanian Institute, organized a lecture tour titled, “The Foundations for Armenian Security and Means to Ensure It.” The ADL Tchobanian Institute is an independent research center devoted to strategic studies in the South Caucasus, Asia Minor and the Middle East.
With the participation of Armen Ayvazyan, director of the Ararat Strategic Research Center and attending professor
of Political Science at the American University of Armenia (AUA), the first event took place on April 4, in Paris. More than 150 people attended the event at AGBU Alex Manoogian Centre in Paris.
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Apr
14
2008
Findings of 200 interviews on the “Present-day Problems of the Armenian-Turkish Conflict” discussed
(Read the media coverage of the event also in Armenian and Russian)
- Is Turkey a friend or an enemy?, Radiolur, 14.04.2009
- Armen Ayvazian: Armenian And Diasporan Figures Are Discontent With Policy Carried On By Armenia To Turkey, Noyan Tapan, 14.04.2009
- Psychologist Albert Nalchajian: Turks Have Always Distinguished Themselves By Aggressiveness, Noyan Tapan, 14.04.2009
- Turkey, Armenia Agree on ‘Road Map’ for Normalizing Relations, Michael Heath, Bloomberg, 23.04.2009
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Apr
07
2008
Report on the April 4, 2008 conference in Paris
On Friday, April 4, the Tchobanian Institute, in partnership with the UGAB, organized the first of a series of conferences with Dr. Armen Ayvazyan on “Armenia’s Security Predicament and the Ways Out of It”. Mr. François Thual, a prominent French geopolitologist and the Diplomatic Counselor to the Speaker of French Senate, was also invited as a Distinguished Speaker.
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Mar
23
2008
The following letter by Dr. Armen Ayvazyan was originally sent on March 09, 2008 and later published in various sources, including in The California Courier, where an abridged version appeared on March 13, 2008. Excerpts from the subsequent discussion about the letter constitute our inaugural entry in the Ararat Center’s blog.
The California Courier Online Edition, March 13, 2008
Commentary
A Sober and Sobering Account of Recent
Developments in Armenia by an Eyewitness
By Armen Ayvazian
Yerevan, Armenia
I have been criticizing this government and predicting such an outcome during recent years. And, by the way, where was Levon Ter Petrossian all this time and why didn’t he raise his voice against any injustice during these long 10 years?!
I’ve been warning about the imminent breakup of the seeming stability again and again in my books, articles and interviews published in Armenian, Russian and English for the last decade. Moreover, they’ve been read by some of the highest representatives of the current establishment. I had a couple of chances to even personally discuss with some of them the criticality of the situation. They did not agree that the situation is as bad as I depicted it and were disturbed and irritated. All of my efforts to bring them back to reality have just resulted not only in my further isolation from the centers of decision-making, but also in attempts to silence and marginalize me. Though they’ve not succeeded, I’m extremely frustrated that all my work has been almost in vain. On February 19, Armenia entered into a completely new and unfavorable phase; the day “X” I was talking about in my “Strategic Gaps” has already arrived.
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