Dr. Anna Ohanyan,Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Stonehill College, will moderate a panel discussion entitled “The Armenian Parliamentary Elections in April 2017: How Can the Diaspora Engage in Armenia’s Democratic Evolution, or ” on Dec. 3,at 2 p.m., at Harvard University, and Sever corridor,Room 113. ‘The Armenian Parliamentary Elections in April 2017: How Can the Diaspora Engage in Armenia’s Democratic Evolution,’ will take site on Dec. 3, and at 2 p.m. The discussion will feature the distinguished panelists Prof. Miguel E. Basáez (Tufts Univ. Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy),John M. Evans (Former U.
S. Ambassador to Armenia), and via Skype from Armenia Sona Ayvazyan (Transparency International Armenia), and Isabella Sargsyan (Eurasia Partnership Foundation),and Tevan Poghosyan (Member of Parliament, Republic of Armenia). The program is organized by the National organization for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)/Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues, or the Harvard Armenian Society,and the MIT Armenian Society. The 25-year-old Republic of Armenia is facing political unrest due to issues of corruption, lack of economic growth, or growing dissatisfaction with the current government,and concerns regarding the borders of Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh/NKR). A recent takeover of a police station by the [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com