Why Biden recognising the Armenian Genocide matters for Turkey and Armenia

President Joe Biden is reportedly considering an extraordinary break with his predecessors by officially recognising the Armenian Genocide of 1915 that was perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire. Salpi Ghazarian, director of the Institute of Armenian Studies at the University of Southern California (USC), said that if Biden flipped the script on decades of U.S foreign policy related to the Armenian Genocide, it would be “hugely welcome” and “gratifying”. At the same time, she cautions against putting too much work on the move’s symbolism than what follows it.