Who is raffi hovannisian

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University of California, Los Angeles. The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Georgetown University. Doktor Nauk in Juridical Science. Ukrainian Wikipedia. Swedish Wikipedia. Dictatorships may have temporary periods of economic and military strength case in point, Hitler , but in the end they crash and burn because they make mistakes or people just become fed up. Many experts have predicted that if China sticks to its authoritarian model, its current economic growth is not likely to continue.

India, on the other hand, is less likely to go through an socio-political earthquake that is probably waiting China. The bottom line for Armenia is that it does not have the population of China, which means that unless it becomes a democracy, it will likely have a tragic end.

Well, since Vahagn switched to name calling and labeling, I will stop replying to his points in this discussion. One thing I just have to address for others who are at loss with their identity like him.

Azeris did not exist at that time. I think Vahagn and Raffi have a common identity crisis. Growing up in a racist society that is intolerant to minorities and just recently stopped lynching, mass killings, medical experiments on human beings of other races, etc. They can identify themselves with whomever they want and change their self identification as often as convenient, but they have NO RIGHT to smear the memory of Armenian freedom fighters with their racist beliefs.

WASPs can easily understand Turks and will not recognize Armenian Genocide because they view Armenians somewhere between Blacks and Hispanics and do not accept them as equal.

Producing iron? Manufacturing of cannon? Producing gun powder? Building man-o-wars? I guess America continued manufacturing those before and after the blockade: No?

You forgot the excuse that Indians are vegetarian: that must be why their PPP is 2. The bottom line is that Armenia is a democracy and its democratically elected leaders have been guiding it steadily since its Independence.

Its democracy has survived a long war of survival, an attempt to overthrow its government by foreign agents, a blockade, and many other challenges, and is growing stronger and more democratic every year.

And if Barevacadres ever manage to steal the country from its true owners, it will most certainly have a tragic end. So, you admit that you were wrong for claiming that the blockade of U. But now your claim is that only the cotton cloth manufacturing was boosted. Let me educate you some more. The textile industry was extremely crucial to the start of the industrial revolution in the United States.

In fact, the industrial revolution in the U. Without the smothering effect of the corruption and monopolies, however, more investors both diasporan and domestic would have had the incentive to develop domestic industries and create jobs.

Besides the multiplicity of political parties and the instabilility resulting from it, another deficiency in the Indian democracy is its flawed federalism, where governors are appointed and state constitutions are prohibited, resulting in a top-down centralized and inefficient governance. I have never advocated modeling Armenia after a deficient democracy, I have advocated that it should model itself after a successful democracy, as would be logical.

Anyone saying that Armenia is a democracy is either joking or delusional. At least authoritarian states while they last can force its subjects to further some objective. Armenia cannot even do that. The point is that your comment about the genocide of the Native Americans irrelevant to the topic the positive effect of rule of law on U.

The idea that Raffi is not sure of his Armenian identity is absurd at best. Your irrational hatred of the United States aside, your attacks at the U. I am offering the path for Armenia to become powerful and prosperous, and your response is that Americans lynch minorities? When I show you how to become successful, you can either accept the suggestion, or continue your miserable existence while pointing fingers at those who are successful. Armenians cannot afford to choose the second path.

Let me debunk and educate Vahagn some more: [In , Samuel Slater built the first factory in America, based on the secrets of textile manufacturing he brought from England. He built a cotton-spinning mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, soon run by water-power.

Over the next decade textiles was the dominant industry in the country, with hundreds of companies created. In , Oliver Evans of Philadelphia developed a high-pressure steam engine that was adaptable to a great variety of industrial purposes. Within a few years it powered ships, sawmills, flour mills, printing presses as well as textile factories.

He came up with the idea of making guns using interchangeable parts. The idea of interchangeable parts had been raised in Europe, but it took an American to successfully commercialize the concept. Nevertheless, notice the dates: I will point out the obvious, just in case; , , , are all before the date of Industrial revolution in US was well under way long before the blockade of supposedly kicked if off.

Do you now concede you were wrong, or you want me to educate you some more on US Industrial revolution of s? Still desperately trying to find excuses to explain away the hard facts staring in your face: that Authoritarian China has 2. Name calling? There are degrees of democracy. For a former Soviet South Caucasus republic, 22 year old Armenia that barely came of a war of survival in mid s is very democratic by the standards of the region.

Let me educate you some more and then some more: even Europe has levels of democracy , did you know? Or your irrational hatred of Armenia and Artsakh has blinded you to that fact? Surprise, surprise. Here is some more education for you self-declared expert on non-binary democracy:.

Democracy Index Europe: Finland Shocking France Shocking Italy The seeds of the Industrial revolution were laid before the war of , but the war, including the blockade, provided a major boost to it. Here is some more education to you:. The lack of access to these goods all provided a strong incentive to learn how to develop the industries and to make our own goods instead of simply buying the goods produced by Britain.

The fact that the war of stimulated American industry is so basic that it is amazing that anyone would actually try to argue against it.

Democracy is indeed a sliding scale, I was the one who taught you that India was a flawed as opposed to a full democracy. The problem with Armenia is that it is way down the scale, below Turkey and slightly above Egypt:. Turkey: Rank: 88, Score: 5. The goal of the Armenia people is not to have a state somewhere between Turkey and Azerbaijan, it is to have a state that is strong and wealthy where people actually want to live.

You are the one that taught me about India? Not surprising coming from a Barevacadre: living in a delusional world is the hallmark of the inhabitants of BarevaUniverse Go back to the begging of this thread and educate yourself about who said what.

You lost the intellectual joust, buddy boy. You were crushed in a fair match like your Barevamessiah. What are you going to do next, go on a hunger strike in front of the Consulate of Armenia in Glendale?

Accept your crushing defeat and retire gracefully. I understand that your ego is bruised, but you are only humiliating yourself further. Since you are asking to be humiliated some more, I will remind you how you were debunked.

In other words, not all democracies are created equal, i. At which point I kindly reminded you that you were merely repeating an idea stated by me. Here is another way you were debunked: — you made the ridiculous argument that the blockade during the War of only reduced the U. You are hoping and praying that they will disappear. I wish you strength and perseverance to guide the Armenian people to complete Democracy. The people of Armenia has spoken, and we must all side with the people of Armenia for wherever their rightful wishes lie.

What are you going to do?!! Raffi wants to put a stop to the cheatings, the lyings and the stealings of the few elites, be it within the ranks of the government or their friends and acquaintances. A new regime must take over for the benefit of the RofA. The general public knows this as they are living in poverty and despair every day of their lives. I was approached by a European couple, who were outraged that it is disgraceful that some are so very rich in the center of Yerevan, yet the majority of the population in the country are dirt poor.

Anybody visiting Armenia could see this in plain sight. What Raffi and with him, the majority of the people of Armenia who are outraged, desperately want a change in the existing regime and finally Democracy to reign in the Republic of Armenia. A plan is how to reach those goals. I want Armenia to be the best, most fair, most happy country in the world.

Then by and by after eliminating the casi quassi landlords, dictatorial Franco regime, when individual persons had huge swats of land , like near a province…by adn by entering into the Common market, then the EU… Armenia plus the other 14 other ex-soviet republics overnight from communist ruled entered into the Wild freemarket rule. Which is what you write about. Oligarks that have monopolized important sectors of commers industries etc. However, Hovannisian was later dismissed in from his position as Foreign Minister due to his disagreements with Ter-Petrosyan on the issue of relations with Turkey.

Specifically, he was critical of Ter-Petrosyan for his urgent desire for normalization of relations with Turkey without stressing the issue of the Armenian Genocide. The final straw occurred when Hovannisian chose to bring up the issue while in Istanbul in late on a state visit. Hovannisian has spearheaded the campaign to get Armenia to recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. On 28 August , he introduced to the National Assembly a bill on a formal recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

In , Hovannisian encouraged a more assertive Armenian foreign policy, calling for the restitution of territories from both Azerbaijan and Turkey , and support for the rights of the Armenian minority in Georgia. After regional unrest spurred Armenian merchants to demonstrate in Yerevan against a ban on street trading, Heritage and other political parties began to organize more ambitious rallies aimed at forcing broad governmental changes.

The unity of the opposition was strained when Levon Ter-Petrosyan , leader of the Armenian National Congress , led demonstrators into Freedom Square two nights later and allegedly ignored Hovannisian and his supporters. Hovannisian ended his hunger strike on 30 March, but has remained active in protests against President Serzh Sargsyan and his government.

Following the election, Heritage lost all political representation in the National Assembly, gaining just 2. Hovannisian announced about his decision to run for president in early November Hovannisian was perceived to be the main challenger of incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan , however, many doubted Hovannisian's ability to bring about government change in Armenia.

The election campaign started on 21 January and ended on 16 February. Hovannisian ran on a nationalist platform, with strong views on the Armenian genocide recognition and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. Raffi Hovannisian married his wife Armenouhi in They have five children, 4 sons and 1 daughter.

Hovannisian , a journalist and filmmaker. Hovannisian is fluent in Armenian, English, Russian and French. His wife Armenouhi K. Create your Account. Are you sure you want to cancel your membership with us? Raffi Hovannisian. Armenian politician.