 Over 1.5 million Armenians were killed in and around Turkey by the Ottoman Empire between 1914 and 1921. Those murders are known as the Armenian Genocide. Turkey has long denied committing the mass killings. As part of that decade's long denial, Turkey has pressured other countries not to officially recognize the genocide. For 40 years the U.S. did what Turkey wanted. There were numerous chances to pass legislation, but Turkey and its allies, including many in the U.S., managed to stop any bills until 2019. That's when both the U.S. House and Senate defied the pressure. They passed a bill declaring that the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks was a genocide. Scholar Eldar ben Aron says that now that the U.S. has officially recognized the Armenian Genocide, the next question is how it will memorialize the genocide beyond the vote in Congress. My name is Dr. Eldar ben Aron, and I specialize in the field of modern Middle Eastern studies and the region diplomatic history during the Cold War. My research focuses on the late 70s and 80s when the Armenian made their first request that the U.S. recognize the Armenian Genocide. And in this context, how these diplomats try to influence the U.S. policy on the Armenian Genocide. And it works during the fall, the help of their regional holgo allies, Israel, Turkey pressured Israel to influence the concept of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and those to make sure that the Armenian bill will be rejected by the Congress. So for more than 40 years now, the U.S. was reluctant to contradict the Turkish account of 1915. But a lot of things happened in 2019. An arm trade between Turkey and Russia and the Trump-Alduan alliance, and it was also, of course, the operation against the Kurds in all of Syria. All of this together work against Turkey. It seems like Turkey crossed the line, and the Armenian Genocide bill seems like part of the sanction package against Turkey. In the 1980s, how to frame the exhibition of a Jewish memorial regarding the Holocaust, of course, were highly contested. And it is likely that some of the heated discussion will happen here again. And lastly, we need to think some questions about the U.S. responsibility during the genocide period, during the First World War, will be framed with the Holocaust memorial. For example, in the late 70s, the Carter administration had an agenda to show how the American combats liberated their concentration camps and how the U.S. defeated Hitler. It was a really important narrative in the museum. It was not a core narrative, but it was definitely framed in the narrative of the museum. However, in the case of the Armenian Genocide, there are open questions. The United States, back at the time, decided not to intervene, even though there were clear evidence by the American ambassador, Henry Mogantau, that the genocide is taking place. So it will be quite interesting to wait and see how these angles will be framed in the Armenian Genocide.