Karena Avedissian
@karena1.bsky.social
Eurasian politics and foreign affairs, covering Russia, former Soviet space, Turkey and Syria. I focus on conflicts, political crises & narratives. Senior Analyst RCDS.am. Member @fromtheperiphery.com. Fellow thersa.org. Substack: itskarena.com
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How do we keep showing up when it feels like nothing is changing and when we're burned out? Together with @aymanmak.bsky.social & @karena1.bsky.social we spoke about Palestine Solidarity Against the Odds on @fromtheperiphery.com
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FTPP 8: Palestine Solidarity Against the Odds | From The Periphery Media Collective
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October 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
How do we keep showing up when it feels like nothing is changing and when we're burned out? Together with @aymanmak.bsky.social & @karena1.bsky.social we spoke about Palestine Solidarity Against the Odds on @fromtheperiphery.com
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Random, but I’m still looking for stable employment (research/analysis/writing/teaching) and I’m happy to send along my CV in English/French. Job has to be in the UK, Canada or online.
September 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Random, but I’m still looking for stable employment (research/analysis/writing/teaching) and I’m happy to send along my CV in English/French. Job has to be in the UK, Canada or online.
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It is quite a feat to be able to write a long article on the lack of popularity of political leaders and avoid talking about actual politics
Little context, nothing about power or ideology
Democracy is just management and it's worked so well so far...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Little context, nothing about power or ideology
Democracy is just management and it's worked so well so far...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How Keir Starmer’s polling became one of the worst in the west – in charts
The UK prime minister’s drop in approval is among the lowest on record – both at home and abroad
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September 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
It is quite a feat to be able to write a long article on the lack of popularity of political leaders and avoid talking about actual politics
Little context, nothing about power or ideology
Democracy is just management and it's worked so well so far...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Little context, nothing about power or ideology
Democracy is just management and it's worked so well so far...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I cannot help but think of the Armenian genocide where repeated forced displacements were a core part of destroying an entire people
September 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I cannot help but think of the Armenian genocide where repeated forced displacements were a core part of destroying an entire people
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Israel is bombing Gaza City as Netanyahu orders Palestinians to "leave now" www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israel pounds Gaza City as Netanyahu orders residents to ‘leave now’
Israeli forces bomb more high-rise buildings in Gaza City as Netanyahu warns residents to flee.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Israel is bombing Gaza City as Netanyahu orders Palestinians to "leave now" www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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The horror journalist Mariam Dagga photographed in the last months of her life. The last one is from the hospital where she was killed today. Curated by @apnews.com editors apnews.com/photo-galler...
Photos by journalist Mariam Dagga
Mariam Dagga, a visual freelance journalist for The Associated Press, chronicled the stream of wounded and dead that every day flowed into southern Gaza’s main hospital, where she was often based.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The horror journalist Mariam Dagga photographed in the last months of her life. The last one is from the hospital where she was killed today. Curated by @apnews.com editors apnews.com/photo-galler...
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Democrats writing letters
August 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Democrats writing letters
A week after Azerbaijan’s 2023 attack on Artsakh, Israel’s assault on Gaza began. As Gaza’s suffering exposed the limits of human rights and international law, a friend, whose family is from Artsakh, said: “It’s when I realized how f*cked we are.”
My piece on the need for solidarity in these times
My piece on the need for solidarity in these times
Reflecting on the fall of Artsakh and the genocide in Gaza, Karena Avedissian calls on Armenians to reject isolationism and build principled solidarity with Palestinians and other oppressed peoples facing state violence, colonialism and global impunity.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A week after Azerbaijan’s 2023 attack on Artsakh, Israel’s assault on Gaza began. As Gaza’s suffering exposed the limits of human rights and international law, a friend, whose family is from Artsakh, said: “It’s when I realized how f*cked we are.”
My piece on the need for solidarity in these times
My piece on the need for solidarity in these times
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Good piece from @natachadanon.bsky.social on what people in Sweida say the central government must do to regain their trust.
The government is hemorrhaging faith, particularly from minority groups, and seems unwilling or unable to confront the more extreme factions
syriadirect.org/is-there-a-r...
The government is hemorrhaging faith, particularly from minority groups, and seems unwilling or unable to confront the more extreme factions
syriadirect.org/is-there-a-r...
Is there a road forward for Suwayda’s Druze and Damascus? - Syria Direct
Activists in Suwayda who were once open to the Damascus government weigh in on how their views have changed following a wave of sectarian violence—and whether any path forward remains.
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August 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Good piece from @natachadanon.bsky.social on what people in Sweida say the central government must do to regain their trust.
The government is hemorrhaging faith, particularly from minority groups, and seems unwilling or unable to confront the more extreme factions
syriadirect.org/is-there-a-r...
The government is hemorrhaging faith, particularly from minority groups, and seems unwilling or unable to confront the more extreme factions
syriadirect.org/is-there-a-r...
Hear me talk with @leilashami.bsky.social about my time in NE Syria, also known as Rojava, speaking with Islamized Armenians, descendants of survivors of the Armenian Genocide who were forcibly ‘assimilated’ during and after 1915. And listen to the other episodes of her podcast!
In the latest episode of @syriapodcast.bsky.social I'm joined by @karena1.bsky.social to talk about the experiences of Islamized Armenians in Northeast Syria. Available on all podcast apps or here:
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July 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hear me talk with @leilashami.bsky.social about my time in NE Syria, also known as Rojava, speaking with Islamized Armenians, descendants of survivors of the Armenian Genocide who were forcibly ‘assimilated’ during and after 1915. And listen to the other episodes of her podcast!
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In the latest episode of @syriapodcast.bsky.social I'm joined by @karena1.bsky.social to talk about the experiences of Islamized Armenians in Northeast Syria. Available on all podcast apps or here:
fromtheperiphery.com/2025/07/30/s...
fromtheperiphery.com/2025/07/30/s...
July 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In the latest episode of @syriapodcast.bsky.social I'm joined by @karena1.bsky.social to talk about the experiences of Islamized Armenians in Northeast Syria. Available on all podcast apps or here:
fromtheperiphery.com/2025/07/30/s...
fromtheperiphery.com/2025/07/30/s...
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I needed to hear this episode today ❤️ if anything just to know what I'm feeling is felt by others
The Gaza famine and genocide cannot become the new normal. The latest episode of The Fire These Times is now available everywhere.
With @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social @danielvoskoboynik.bsky.social @essssraaa.bsky.social & @karena1.bsky.social
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With @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social @danielvoskoboynik.bsky.social @essssraaa.bsky.social & @karena1.bsky.social
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July 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I needed to hear this episode today ❤️ if anything just to know what I'm feeling is felt by others
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The Gaza famine and genocide cannot become the new normal. The latest episode of The Fire These Times is now available everywhere.
With @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social @danielvoskoboynik.bsky.social @essssraaa.bsky.social & @karena1.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/135258...
With @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social @danielvoskoboynik.bsky.social @essssraaa.bsky.social & @karena1.bsky.social
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July 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The Gaza famine and genocide cannot become the new normal. The latest episode of The Fire These Times is now available everywhere.
With @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social @danielvoskoboynik.bsky.social @essssraaa.bsky.social & @karena1.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/135258...
With @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social @danielvoskoboynik.bsky.social @essssraaa.bsky.social & @karena1.bsky.social
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i find myself regularly reminding people that not one single German was severely punished for simply refusing to contribute to the Holocaust
This is actually extremely noteworthy.
July 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
i find myself regularly reminding people that not one single German was severely punished for simply refusing to contribute to the Holocaust
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
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the stories that come out of the ICE camps are going to look like the stories that come out of every camp system; rampant corruption, epidemic disease, physical and sexual abuse on a vast scale, a death rate far higher than normal, and medical abuses.
July 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
the stories that come out of the ICE camps are going to look like the stories that come out of every camp system; rampant corruption, epidemic disease, physical and sexual abuse on a vast scale, a death rate far higher than normal, and medical abuses.
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So the head of the BBC is implying that British Jews are somehow connected to a chant about the Israeli army?
Does the BBC apologise to British Muslims when armies of self-described Muslim states are criticised?
How are we still at this level of the discourse?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Does the BBC apologise to British Muslims when armies of self-described Muslim states are criticised?
How are we still at this level of the discourse?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
BBC boss offers to meet Jewish staff over Bob Vylan performance
Tim Davie tells staff that comments during Glastonbury show streamed live by BBC were ‘deeply offensive and totally unacceptable’
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July 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So the head of the BBC is implying that British Jews are somehow connected to a chant about the Israeli army?
Does the BBC apologise to British Muslims when armies of self-described Muslim states are criticised?
How are we still at this level of the discourse?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Does the BBC apologise to British Muslims when armies of self-described Muslim states are criticised?
How are we still at this level of the discourse?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
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loved this conversation and so appreciate the space for independent thought @thefirethesetimes.com has created
For episode 200 (!) of @thefirethesetimes.com, @danaelkurd.bsky.social and I sat down with the brilliant @astra.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social to talk about the rise of end times fascism.
On all podcast apps and Patreon (free) www.patreon.com/posts/132864...
On all podcast apps and Patreon (free) www.patreon.com/posts/132864...
July 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
loved this conversation and so appreciate the space for independent thought @thefirethesetimes.com has created
My @civilnet.bsky.social interview on my trip to Northeast Syria (AANES), where I met with Islamized Armenians reclaiming their identity
Dr. Karena Avedissian, political scientist and researcher, shares insights from her recent visit to the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, also known as Rojava.
@karena1.bsky.social
@karena1.bsky.social
Islamized Armenians in Syria: A Hidden Diaspora Reemerges
YouTube video by CIVILNET
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June 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
My @civilnet.bsky.social interview on my trip to Northeast Syria (AANES), where I met with Islamized Armenians reclaiming their identity
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Zohran Mamdani hasn’t said anything negative about Jewish people or cheered on their suffering. Yet these 4 demand he “distance himself” from such rhetoric.
They, however, have *all* expressed support for a government that’s committing a genocide & killed Americans. Will they “distance” themselves?
They, however, have *all* expressed support for a government that’s committing a genocide & killed Americans. Will they “distance” themselves?
June 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Zohran Mamdani hasn’t said anything negative about Jewish people or cheered on their suffering. Yet these 4 demand he “distance himself” from such rhetoric.
They, however, have *all* expressed support for a government that’s committing a genocide & killed Americans. Will they “distance” themselves?
They, however, have *all* expressed support for a government that’s committing a genocide & killed Americans. Will they “distance” themselves?
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“In Pasadena last week, a man stepped out of his unmarked vehicle at an intersection, unholstered his pistol and aimed it at a group of pedestrians before returning to his car… That incident left the police chief of Pasadena resigned to figure out whether it was a crime or part of a federal raid.”
'Who are these people?' Masked immigration agents challenge local police, sow fear in L.A.
Local police have little or no insight into where the federal enforcement actions are taking place. In some cases, local cops have been mistaken for federal agents, eroding years of work to have immig...
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June 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“In Pasadena last week, a man stepped out of his unmarked vehicle at an intersection, unholstered his pistol and aimed it at a group of pedestrians before returning to his car… That incident left the police chief of Pasadena resigned to figure out whether it was a crime or part of a federal raid.”
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Dr. Karena Avedissian, political scientist and researcher, shares insights from her recent visit to the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, also known as Rojava.
@karena1.bsky.social
@karena1.bsky.social
Islamized Armenians in Syria: A Hidden Diaspora Reemerges
YouTube video by CIVILNET
youtu.be
June 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Dr. Karena Avedissian, political scientist and researcher, shares insights from her recent visit to the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, also known as Rojava.
@karena1.bsky.social
@karena1.bsky.social
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Make it a mainstream Dem platform to abolish ICE
A deaf and mute Mongolian man seeking asylum has spent more than 80 days at an ICE facility. During that time, he has not had an opportunity to see a judge or communicate with anyone who understands Mongolian Sign Language, according to his sister and lawyer.
The plight of a disabled man in ICE custody shows impact of Trump immigration orders
A deaf and mute Mongolian man showed up at the San Diego border in February. More than 80 days later, he’s sitting in the Otay Mesa Detention Center facing deportation without due process, his lawyer ...
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June 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Make it a mainstream Dem platform to abolish ICE