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  They forgot the stray rabid dogs…

  12.17.04 | Permalink | Comments Off

  Armenian WMDs
  In case you were planning on visiting Armenia over the holidays, here are some choice excerpts from Britain’s Travel Advice website on Armenia:
  [Disclaimer: While all of this is factual, I must say I feel safer in Armenia than in any major American city--yappy stray dogs notwithstanding.]

  There has been a rise recently in [...]

• Armenia, Articles, Privatization

  Extinguishing the Post-Cold-War Dream

  10.01.04 | Permalink | Comments Off

  World Bank-mandated energy privatization taxes Armeniaís poor.
  [Originally published in The Dominion, Issue #22]
  Late last month, an independent Armenia became a teenager. Food, fireworks and a festive atmosphere commemorated the 13th anniversary of its independence, declared on September 21, 1991. As the first Soviet republic to proclaim sovereignty during the collapse of the USSR, Armenians have [...]

• Armenia, Privatization

  Extinguishing the Post Cold War Dream

  10.01.04 | Permalink | Comments Off

  A fresh issue of The Dominion has just landed on the web and newstands, and includes an article I wrote on the consequences of energy privatization here in Armenia.
  The article can be found on The Dominion’s website, or you can download the print edition.
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• Armenia

  Images from Karabagh

  09.30.04 | Permalink | Comments Off

  I just added a slew of photos from my trip to Karabagh to my online album. Feel free to check them out.
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• Armenia

  Shushi Serenity

  09.27.04 | Permalink | Comments Off

  As promised, I shall recount some of my adventures in Karabagh. I figure that the most authentic way to do this is to quote directly from my own personal journal entries from that weekend, while everything was still fresh in my mind. So, here are a few choice excerpts:
  It is one in [...]

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