Karena Avedissian

Yerevan

Senior Analyst @regcendemsec. Member @firethesetimes. Fellow @theRSAorg. PhD from @BhamPolsis. I cover Eurasia, media, social movements

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¿Llegó el fin del trabajo forzado en el sector algodonero de Uzbekistán?

Oct 18, 2024 | es.globalvoices.org | Karena Avedissian |Escrito porKarena Avedissian

A la industria algodonera de Uzbekistán, alguna vez sinónimo de trabajo forzado, la evitó el mercado internacional durante mucho tiempo. Marcas y fabricantes occidentales, como Levi's, H&M y Adidas, evitaron el sector algodonero del país por una presión continua de organizaciones de derechos humanos, que llevaron a un boicot internacional del algodón uzbeko.
Is this the end of forced labor for Uzbekistan’s cotton industry?

Oct 1, 2024 | globalvoices.org | Karena Avedissian

Uzbekistan’s cotton industry, once synonymous with forced labor, was long shunned by the international market. Western brands and manufacturers like Levi’s, H&M and Adidas, avoided the country's cotton sector due to sustained pressure from human rights groups, which led to an international boycott of Uzbek cotton.
Is This The End Of Forced Labor For Uzbekistan’s Cotton Industry? - Global Voices

Oct 1, 2024 | everand.com | Karena Avedissian

Originally published on Global Voices Uzbekistan’s cotton industry, once synonymous with forced labor, was long shunned by the international market. Western brands and manufacturers like Levi’s, H&M and Adidas, avoided the country's cotton sector due to sustained pressure from human rights groups, which led to an international boycott of Uzbek cotton.
Is this the end of forced labor for Uzbekistan’s cotton industry?

Oct 1, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Karena Avedissian

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Living in Russia’s Long Shadow

Nov 21, 2023 | evnreport.com | Anna Green |Karena Avedissian

In recent months, European politicians and analysts have been expressing cautious optimism in private around the possibility of the end of Russian influence in Armenia. Europe’s interest in Armenia is undeniably on the rise, driven by recent developments in the region, and encouraged by the country’s apparent pro-Western and anti-Russian signals. At a recent meeting at a Berlin think tank, a staffer told me how great it was that Armenia could finally break free from its dependence on Russia.
Armenians Deserve the Right to Return to Nagorno-Karabakh | Opinion

Nov 7, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Karena Avedissian

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Armenians Deserve the Right to Return to Nagorno-Karabakh

Nov 7, 2023 | newsweek.com | Karena Avedissian

00:15Satellite Images Show Armenian Exodus As Thousands Flee Nagorno-Karabakh By Karena Avedissian Senior Analyst at the Regional Center for Democracy and Security For months, Western mediators seemed satisfied to sponsor sham "peace talks" between Armenia and Azerbaijan—while on the ground, ethnic Armenians in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh were being starved by an Azerbaijani blockade.
When a Bad Peace Is Worse Than War

Aug 7, 2023 | evnreport.com | Anna Green |Karena Avedissian

Just a few days after the war started, the first email came telling us one of our students had died. The 23-year-old English and Communications major had planned to get an MBA when he graduated. Instead, he was killed on the front lines near Martakert in Nagorno-Karabakh. Over the weeks that followed, more emails landed in our inboxes at the American University of Armenia. More boys — aspiring businessmen, engineers, journalists, computer scientists — who wouldn’t be coming back.
Dealing With the Devil: Does Aliyev Really Want Peace?

Apr 10, 2023 | evnreport.com | Anna Green |Karena Avedissian

The Azerbaijani dictator is a man who doesn’t keep his promises. But top Armenian officials say there is no other choice at the moment. After weeks of bloody war, the 2020 ceasefire statement that brought the 44-day war over Nagorno-Karabakh to an end enshrined the reality of the situation on the ground — Azerbaijan had won, and Armenians living both in Artsakh and in Armenia had to come to terms with their defeat. But the tripartite deal brokered by Russia was far from the last word on the matter.
Violence, the Mundane and Silence

Mar 7, 2023 | evnreport.com | Anna Green |Karena Avedissian

I’m drinking tea in the southern Armenian city of Goris with Hermine*, her two young children, and a pair of Swedish journalists. For nearly three months now, the 32 year-old mother has been stuck on the border with Nagorno-Karabakh, unable to get back to their home and her husband in Stepanakert because the only road in or out is under blockade. “Do you think there will be another war between Armenia and Azerbaijan?” one of the reporters asks.