Emil Sanamyan is Washington bureau chief for The Armenian Reporter, a weekly newspaper. He also contributes stories and commentary for a range of print and electronic media with a focus on U.S. policy and politics of Eurasia. He can be contacted through his blog at http://yandunts.blogspot.com.
Recurring efforts to secure a non-binding congressional resolution condemning the Armenian genocide have often been portrayed by opponents as "counterproductive" to U.S.-Turkey, as well as Turkey-Armenia, relations. But the campaign has actually helped catalyze Armenian-Turkish dialogue, advance debate inside Turkey and guide the U.S.-Turkish partnership through a recent troubled stretch. more
For most observers, the brief war between Russia and Georgia last August only underscored the instability of the Caucasus region and the dangerous potential energy stored in its so-called frozen conflicts. Remarkably, though, the war's immediate impact has actually led to a relatively more stable regional status quo. more