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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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Aurelien Mondon@aurelmondon.com · 5mo ago

"AI is not a magical tool built by people in San Francisco making millions of dollars a year and pushing their companies to insane valuations. Artificial intelligence is an extractive technology that relies on the brutal labor of underpaid workers around the world" www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back

Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

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Karena Avedissian@karena1.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I spoke with @essssraaa.bsky.social about Azerbaijan’s expansionist agenda toward Armenia, the growing divide between the Armenian government and people’s lived realities, historical memory, and comparisons to Palestine. It’s one of my favorite episodes. Do give it a listen!

(israa') إسراء (they/them)@essssraaa.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Recently, I spoke to @karena1.bsky.social for @fromtheperiphery.com about Azerbaijani's president's expansionist statements. We explore the stark difference between lived reality and govt stories, historical memory suppression, trauma, & draw parallels to Palestine. www.patreon.com/posts/ilham-...

Karena Avedissian@karena1.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Here I am with the thoughtful and brilliant @aymanmak.bsky.social and @leilashami.bsky.social talking all things Syria one year after Assad’s fall

Ayman Makarem@aymanmak.bsky.social · 8mo ago

If you want to hear my thoughts on Syria, the fall of Assad, and things that have developed since, I did this episode with two fellow members of the FTP collective. Do give it a listen, especially cause Karena and Leila are always so spot on. www.patreon.com/posts/145397...

(israa') إسراء (they/them)@essssraaa.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Recently, I spoke to @karena1.bsky.social for @fromtheperiphery.com about Azerbaijani's president's expansionist statements. We explore the stark difference between lived reality and govt stories, historical memory suppression, trauma, & draw parallels to Palestine. www.patreon.com/posts/ilham-...

Ilham Aliyev's Territorial Claims on Armenia | From The Periphery Media Collective

Get more from From The Periphery Media Collective on Patreon

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elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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.

Aurelien Mondon@aurelmondon.com · 11mo ago

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...

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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Karena Avedissian@karena1.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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

EVN Report@evnreport.bsky.social · last yr.

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. evnreport.com/opinion/new-...

Justin Salhani@justinsalhani.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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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Karena Avedissian@karena1.bsky.social · last yr.

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!

Leila@leilashami.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · last yr.

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.

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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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