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Two wrongs don’t make a right! Circumventing California’s Constitution for political convenience is a dangerous precedent.

California Governor Gavin Newsom promoted and signed Assembly Bill 604 for a mid-decade redistricting plan to “fight fire with fire,” he claims, pointing to the redistricting efforts of Texas. I…

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Jun 2024

Advancing and Negotiating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Practical Toolkit

With great joy, I present my most recent book, Advancing and Negotiating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This book presents a negotiation framework based on network/collaborative governance principles in implementing the United Nations…

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Dec 2023

Never waste a new leadership lesson, part II – Character, Excellence, and Culture

Leadership is about creating high-performing teams that efficiently deliver the organization’s mission.

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Jul 2023

Isn’t Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) entitled to the same right to self-determination as America, France, Kosovo, and others?

If self-determination denotes the legal right of people to decide their own destiny in the international order. And, if Self-determination is a core principle of international law and good for the United…

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Apr 2023

Man’s inhumanity to man under cover of war

Today is April 24, 2023. One hundred eight years ago, on this day, several hundred Armenian intellectuals were arrested and murdered, marking the beginning of the systematic deportation and mass…

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Jan 2023

A Monumental Task

How Frank V. Zerunyan brought awareness of the Armenian genocide to Rolling Hills Estates by Bondo Wyszpolski Last year, a bronze memorial plaque and relief sculpture was placed on the…

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Sep 2022

Is the world awaiting a Hitlerian Calamity to act?

[A]uthoritarians are violating international law because they can. As for the rest of us, we learned nothing from history.

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Mar 2022

The human tragedy in Ukraine is sadly not unique.

One must be only human to feel the pain and the misery of 1.5 million Ukrainians displaced from their homeland. Coincidentally that number represents the number of my displaced ancestors,…

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Jan 2022

The Value of Local Public Service

As I begin my 14th year of academic service at one of the best research universities and highly ranked public affairs schools in the nation, I want to reflect on the value of…

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Nov 2021

“Old Glory”

This Blog article is dedicated to Colonel Sean McBride (US Marines ret.) and Commander Robert Hill (US Navy ret.) for their service and dedication. As a lawyer, I…

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Frank Vram Zerunyan, J.D. LL.D. (hc) is a Professor of the Practice of Governance at the University of Southern California (USC) Sol Price School of Public Policy (USC Price) and Director of Executive Education at USC Price Bedrosian Center on Governance. Professor Zerunyan oversees USC’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) as the Director and University Liaison for the U.S. Air Force, Army, Naval Reserves ROTC, and Nautical Science Programs.

Professor Zerunyan’s principal areas of expertise include governance, public-private partnerships, civic and ethical leadership, land use, medical regulation, negotiation, and executive education. He lectures locally and globally to build capacity and foster leadership among public executives worldwide. He is the author of books, book chapters, and many short articles published nationally, internationally, and on USC Price’s “Faculty Perspectives.” Professor Zerunyan is often quoted in the media and is a USC resource for journalists as an expert in governance and leadership. He is also an expert on public administration at the United Nations Innovation Branch (formerly Capacity Building Branch).

For his influential advisory role in the Republic of Armenia, he was awarded LL.D. Doctor of Laws – Honoris Causa by the Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia. Professor Zerunyan designs curricula and teaches at the American University in Armenia, Yerevan State University, and the Vazgen Sargsyan Military University in Armenia, with an honorary rank of colonel. He also teaches for the U.S. Navy at the U.S. Naval Service Training Command.

Professor Zerunyan serves on the editorial boards of the Public Administration Scientific Journal for the Republic of Armenia and the Ukrainian Law Review. He is on the board of councilors of Anahuac University Law School, Xalapa, Mexico (Consejo Consultivo de la Escuela de Derecho).

Professor Zerunyan earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence (Doctor of Laws) degree from Western State University College of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University Long Beach. He also completed his advanced legal education in Corporate Taxation at the University of Southern California Law Center (USC Gould). He is a graduate of the California League of Cities’ Civic Leadership Institute.

Professor Zerunyan, trained and practiced as a lawyer, is a four-term Mayor and Councilmember in the City of Rolling Hills Estates, California. He serves on several city, county, and regional policy boards and committees. He was also a gubernatorial appointee under Governor Schwarzenegger, serving 38 million medical consumers on the Medical Board of California.

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