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Jul 2023

Isn’t Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) entitled to the same right to self-determination as America, France, Kosovo, and others?

If self-determination denotes the legal right of people to decide their own destiny in the international order. And, if Self-determination is a core principle of international law and good for the United…

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Apr 2023

Governance Leadership

Man’s inhumanity to man under cover of war

Today is April 24, 2023. One hundred eight years ago, on this day, several hundred Armenian intellectuals were arrested and murdered, marking the beginning of the systematic deportation and mass…

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Sep 2022

Governance Leadership

Is the world awaiting a Hitlerian Calamity to act?

[A]uthoritarians are violating international law because they can. As for the rest of us, we learned nothing from history.

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Apr 2022

Uncategorized

Judge Jackson and the Myth of the Perfect Parent

Ketanji Brown Jackson not only becomes the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, a historic and momentous event, but her role as a mother was also on full display.…

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Mar 2022

Governance Public Policy

The human tragedy in Ukraine is sadly not unique.

One must be only human to feel the pain and the misery of 1.5 million Ukrainians displaced from their homeland. Coincidentally that number represents the number of my displaced ancestors,…

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Feb 2022

Online Education Public Policy

Supporting Voting Rights in America: How You Can Protect Our Voice

Conversations about voting rights in America and the Freedom to Vote Act underscore an opportunity to improve upon and make an impact in this country. Dora Kingsley Vertenten, teaching…

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Jan 2022

Governance Leadership

The Value of Local Public Service

As I begin my 14th year of academic service at one of the best research universities and highly ranked public affairs schools in the nation, I want to reflect on the value of…

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Nov 2021

Leadership

“Old Glory”

This Blog article is dedicated to Colonel Sean McBride (US Marines ret.) and Commander Robert Hill (US Navy ret.) for their service and dedication. As a lawyer, I…

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Oct 2021

Leadership

My Conversation with General Stanley McChrystal

Several weeks ago, the Los Angeles World Affairs Council representatives contacted me to request my participation in their upcoming program on October 13, 2021. The program featured United States Army 4-star General Stanley…

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Jun 2021

Leadership

Never waste a new leadership lesson; the authentic rewards of Rappelling

I tell my students to remain hungry for knowledge by committing to be a student for life. I always am. But I am also a teacher by family tradition for…

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