Despite the ethnic cleansing of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, U.S. officials remain upbeat about opportunities for new energy pipelines.
In the Caucasus, the U.S. Priority Is Fossil Fuels, Not Armenians
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Women Call for an End to Violence in Nagorno-Karabakh
Women’s peace groups are mobilizing to end the violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.
WikiLeaks XXXI: Tired of Watching Paint Dry, U.S. Embassy in Armenia Busies Itself With Road Safety
With little else they deem important, U.S. diplomats in Armenia pass the time by speculating about laws covering cell phone use while driving.
Obama and the Denial of Genocide
The Obama administration, citing its relations with Turkey, has pledged to block the passage in the full House of Representatives of a resolution passed this past Thursday by the Foreign Relations Committee acknowledging the 1915 genocide by the Ottoman Empire of a 1.5 million Armenians. Even though the Obama administration previously refused to acknowledge and even worked to suppress well-documented evidence of recent war crimes by Israel, another key Middle Eastern ally, few believed that the administration would go as far as to effectively deny genocide.
