Armenian Reporter: Nareg Seferian

Nareg Seferian

Nareg Seferian is currently pursuing a master's degree in politics and international affairs at the Fletcher School, Tufts University; Nareg interned with the Armenian Reporter in Washington in 2007 and has been a regular contributor since then.

Repatriates boarding the ship that would take them to Batumi, Georgia, and from there to Soviet Armenia, 1946. Photolure.

Song and dance moves to Armenia

May 09, 2012: Moving to Armenia from Diaspora can be very rewarding, but it is also a serious challenge and far from a "song and dance" type of experience some may imagine, writes Nareg Seferian whose family repatriated about a decade ago. more...

Interior view of the National Bank of Washington building, part of the site of the future museum and memorial to the Armenian Genocide . Armenian Reporter

Armenian museum in Washington: beyond Genocide

Jun 17, 2011: Nareg Seferian comments on the plans for Armenian Genocide museum and memorial in Washington and argues for a more comprehensive representation of Armenian experiences. more...

View of refurbished Armenian parliament: do Armenians need a pan-national parliament? .

The problem of co-ordinating Armenian efforts

Jan 17, 2011: Nareg Seferian revisits the subject of Armenian national organization and suggests holding regular pan-national conventions that would expand on existing Armenia-Diaspora conference format. more...

Tom de Waal .

De Waal introduces Caucasus to the world

Nov 09, 2010: As with Black Garden, Tom de Waal’s magnum opus on the Karabakh issue, The Caucasus is not going to please everybody in the Caucasus. more...

Nothing wrong with these people enjoying Yerevan's waterworld . Wikimedia

Exotic emotions

Jun 30, 2010: Nareg Seferian shares the mixed feelings - from longing, wonder and love to irritation, shame and hatred – that he is experiencing while back in what he calls “the surreal randomness” of Armenia. more...

Most Armenia visitors arrive and depart via Zvartnots airport. Wikimedia

More "dont's" and "do's" for Diasporans on tour of Homeland

May 24, 2010: In a commentary, former Diasporan Nareg Seferian shares a few suggestions about what first-time visitors to Armenia should expect. more...

Surrounded by mosques, former Armenian church of the Apostles is now itself a mosque . Armenian Reporter

UCLA event highlights Armenian heritage in Turkey

Mar 25, 2010: A one-day conference on the Armenian Communities of Asia Minor was held on March 20 at the University of California, Los Angeles. more...

David Grigorian (standing) holds up a copy of PFA's report during Feb. 28 presentation. Policy Forum Armenia

A free, independent, and united Diaspora?

Mar 11, 2010: Within weeks of one another, Harut Sassounian and Policy Forum Armenia issued proposals for a trans-national representative organization for the Armenian Diaspora. Nareg Seferian looks at the proposals and offers his ideas. more...

The numbers game in Armenia

Aug 21, 2009: In an essay, Nareg Seferian wonders about "the Armenian obsession with numbers, or, to be perhaps a little bit more precise, cell phone numbers and license plate numbers on cars." more...

Yerevan’s buzzing honeycomb, home of Tashkhala

Jul 24, 2009: In a short essay, Nareg Seferian recounts a visit to Petag in Yerevan. more...

The photo exhibit in Kond, a district of Yerevan. Inga Butrimaite

Picture a corner in the Baltic at a corner in the Caucasus

Jul 10, 2009: The inhabitants of Yerevan’s Kond district had a rather extraordinary time on July 4 with an open-air photo exhibit showcasing their own narrow streets and old homes, alongside a similar part of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, Nareg Seferian reports. more...

Cover of Terry Phillips' Murder at the Altar.

Murder at the Altar: An important issue, poorly handled

Jul 10, 2009: The author of “Murder at the Altar” insinuates that there was more to the murder of Archbishop Ghevont Tourian in 1933 than what was officially reported. This would be a major revelation – only it is impossible to discern whether that is simply the author's addition to the story, or if he did indeed uncover startling new facts, reviewer Nareg Seferian writes. more...

Al Pacino portraying Armenians

Jun 12, 2009: Nareg Seferian responds to the story, “Al Pacino to play Jack Kevorkian on HBO” more...

Before the Armenian Navy Band

Jun 12, 2009: Nareg Seferian responds to Emil Sanamyan's article, “Long-lost Armenian ship, the stuff of legend, to become a 'living museum' in the Caribbean” more...

Hillary Clinton with Barack Obama.

Obama administration charts foreign policy course

Jan 15, 2009: President-elect Barack Obama and his nominee for Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, have in recent weeks provided rough outlines of what U.S. foreign policy will look like under the new administration, in which officials from the Clinton and Bush administrations and retired military officers have been recruited for key roles. Presenting the Obama administration’s foreign policy vision to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 13, Secretary-designate Clinton said foreign-policy initiatives would represent a “marriage of principles and pragmatism, not rigid ideology.” more...

Cohen Albright Genocide Prevention task force

William Cohen and Madeline Albright at the National Press Club on November 13, 2007, announcing the formation of the Genocide Prevention Task Force. Nareg Seferian for the Armenian Reporter

U.S. told to give higher priority to genocide prevention

Dec 11, 2008: The United States should establish early warning mechanisms and if necessary lead an international coalition that would take military action to prevent incidents of mass violence against civilians, says a report prepared by former senior U.S. officials and unveiled on December 8. Emil Sanamyan and Nareg Seferian report. more...