Archive for November 14th, 2014

BY KNARIK GASPARYAN  In July 1974 Turkish armed forces invaded northern Cyprus in response of an earlier coupe d’état by the Greek Cypriots in favor of “Enosis”, or, in other… read more →

BY KNARIK GASPARYAN As Bahgat Korany interestingly points out Middle East as a region provides an intricate pattern of contradictory processes, political systems, religious beliefs, ethnic identities, as well as,… read more →

BY KNARIK GASPARYAN After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the newly independent South Caucasian countries of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan became once again the battleground for world powers to… read more →

BY KNARIK GASPARYAN  The Cold War era in the Middle East was marked by a subtle power contest between the USSR and the US. Driven by the need to contain… read more →

BY KNARIK GASPARYAN  In this paper I am going to analyze the essential role played by the emerging global civil society in supporting domestic environmental movements, which go on and… read more →

BY KNARIK GASPARYAN  Most of the literature focusing on leadership and regime change in authoritarian political systems emphasizes the mass uprising as the main fear of an authoritarian leader, and… read more →

BY KNARIK GASPARYAN  “To draw the boldest outline of the past is to make Israel’s basic case. To sketch the present is to see the Arab’s plight” (Bickerton, 3). The… read more →