The Armenians of Basra-Iraq: Rich Historical Legacy of Disappearing Community

The Armenian history and heritage of Basra, Iraq is rich and centuries old, yet it remains largely understudied and not widely documented. During their centuries-old presence in this port city in Southern Iraq, the Armenians contributed much to the city’s mercantile, trading and intellectual prosperity. Their historical presence can be compartmentalised into two historical periods: […]

When I arrived at St. John’s University to begin my PhD in history, my plan was to be a modernist. In my application, I had enthusiastically proposed to study modern perceptions of Middle Eastern women. I labored under this plan for two full academic years, all the while fulfilling my coursework requirements. One afternoon, I […]

  This is a reprint from an earlier publication. To cite the original article: Artyom Tonoyan (2024): The Armenian experience: From ancient times to independence, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 65(8), 998–1000. https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2022.2122529 The Armenian experience: From ancient times to independence by Gaïdz Minassian (translated by Peter Gillespie), London and New York, I.B., Tauris, 2020, 288 pp., […]

[originally published in Prose on the Rocks] by Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan These days there are three popular ways to speak of the small economies that have gone through the1990s market transition reforms in the former socialist Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia. The first approach is to politely suggest that those countries have long since transitioned […]

From a quick fix to a complexity of sovereign debt and international capital markets: the idea of funding economic development with diaspora bonds captivates many despite its many pitfalls.