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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 States, France, and Kosovo, then why are all these political gymnastics jeopardizing the lives of ethnic Armenians of Artsakh? 
July 10, 20230CommentsShare Post
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, marched into the desert, and slaughtered in the first major genocide of the 20th Century. As I see the images on my television screen of…
March 8, 20220CommentsShare Post
Dora with graduation MPAOL students
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 professor and faculty director for USC’s Master of Public Administration online program, explains, “I’m passionate about the fact that people should be involved and should…
February 15, 20220CommentsShare Post
City of Rolling Hills Estates
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 local public service as the antidote to many wicked challenges facing us today.  Democracy's Hope is in Cities Several years ago, I shared the podium…
January 3, 20220CommentsShare Post
Frank Zerunyan
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 McChrystal (ret) about his latest book, “Risk.” The organizers of this event had seen one of my lectures in a virtual webinar series here at USC Price. I…
October 20, 20210CommentsShare Post