“Trump must call the Armenian Genocide by its name.” Stephan Pechdimaldji makes the case in the Washington Times — arguing that the administration’s retreat into language like “great calamity” and “historical tragedy” is no longer just a disappointment for the diaspora. It is a liability for a nation claiming the moral high ground on the world stage.
A durable peace in the South Caucasus cannot be built on historical denial. That silence emboldened Azerbaijan to ethnically cleanse more than 120,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023 — the largest forced displacement of Armenians since the Armenian Genocide itself.
Recognition is not symbolic. It is a test of American credibility.
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