Like every marathon, almost everyone hits a crisis at some point of repatriation. After years of observing hundreds of repatriation journeys as a co-founder and director of Repat Armenia – and going through one myself in 2010 from Moscow – I increasingly feel that most repatriates pass through at least three major crises. Not only […]
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: […]
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., […]
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.