Genocide in Real Time Genocide in Real Time
As an American, I share the deep sorrow over my country’s complicity in this horrific crime against humanity.
Apr 25, 2024 / Ronald Grigor Suny
A Granddaughter of Genocide Survivors Dreams of Never Again A Granddaughter of Genocide Survivors Dreams of Never Again
A walk though Gaza with Raphael Lemkin, the father of the UN convention on genocide.
Feb 22, 2024 / Feature / Dana Mashoian Walrath
The Most Righteous Thing Joe Biden Has Done as President The Most Righteous Thing Joe Biden Has Done as President
His decision to label the mass murder of Armenians as “genocide” finally put the US on the right side of an awful chapter in world history.
Apr 27, 2021 / John Nichols
This Is Not How You Show Solidarity This Is Not How You Show Solidarity
Ilhan Omar’s commitment to principle is one of her great strengths, but declining to recognize the Armenian genocide is an unforced error.
Oct 31, 2019 / David M. Perry
What Have We Learned, 25 Years After the Rwandan Genocide? What Have We Learned, 25 Years After the Rwandan Genocide?
The international system is still structured to protect perpetrators. It’s time we adopt a prevention-focused policy.
Apr 17, 2019 / Mike Brand and Claude Gatebuke
Turkey Is Sliding Deeper Into Dictatorship Turkey Is Sliding Deeper Into Dictatorship
The arrest of noted human-rights defender Osman Kavala marks an escalation in the Erdoğan government’s ferocious campaign against all critics.
Nov 7, 2017 / Constanze Letsch
The Armenian Genocide Finally Gets Its Due With the Film ‘The Promise’ The Armenian Genocide Finally Gets Its Due With the Film ‘The Promise’
An epic motion picture, it will introduce general audiences to a tragic chapter of history that has been shamefully denied for far too long.
Oct 13, 2016 / Pietro A. Shakarian
Turkey’s June Elections: The Last Chance to Save Democracy? Turkey’s June Elections: The Last Chance to Save Democracy?
President Erdogan plans to rewrite the Constitution and concentrate yet more power in his hands.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
‘With This Madness, What Art Could There Be?’ ‘With This Madness, What Art Could There Be?’
An Armenian-American writer asks if the Armenian obsession with genocide recognition is worth its emotional and psychological price.
Oct 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Meline Toumani
Two Rights and A Wrong: On Taner Akçam Two Rights and A Wrong: On Taner Akçam
A historian’s view of why political demands, past and present, have weighed on Turkish debates about the Armenian genocide.
Mar 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Holly Case