Europe. (The Burning Tigris, 2003), His work with fellow writers and scholars Robert Jay Lifton, Susan Sontag, Deborah Lipstadt, Elie Wiesel, Samantha Power, and Robert Melson resulted in changes on how the Armenian genocide was covered in the media and dealt with in the classroom. In 1996, Balakian and Lifton circulated a national petition that was published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, "Princeton Accused of Fronting For the Turkish Government," calling attention to Turkish efforts to intimidate scholars and corrupt academic appointments with the case of Heath Lowry at Princeton as an example. In March 2004, Balakian, Samantha Power and Holocaust scholar Robert Melson met with Executive Editor Bill Keller at the New York Times in a meeting that changed how the Armenian Genocide is covered by the Times. Balakian co-authored a letter about the issue published in the Times. In 2005, Balakian and Elie Wiesel had a similar meeting with Associated Press foreign desk editor Larry Heinzerling, also resulting in a policy change. In August 2020, Balakian was a founding member of the group Writers for Democratic Action. The founding steering committee included Todd Gitlin, Paul Auster, James Carroll, Siri Hustvedt, Askold Melnyczuk, Natasha Trethewey, Carolyn Forché, Sophie Auster, Julia Lattimer and Shuchi Saraswat. About President Biden's statement of acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 2021, Balakian wrote in an op-ed in The Washington Post "No American president until Biden has had the courage to use the word "genocide" for fear of angering Turkey's leaders and damaging relations with a powerful ally, even one with an abominable human rights record." His appearances in the media on the issue include: 60 Minutes, "The Struggle for History" with Bob Simon; the Charlie Rose Show; Fresh Air with Terry Gross; ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings; National Public Radio's Weekend Edition and All Things Considered, and in various documentaries including the PBS documentary The Armenian Genocide ( 2006 directed by Andrew Goldberg), and the documentary Intent To Destroy, directed by Joe Berlinger. Balakian's political and cultural commentary and op-eds have appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Salon, LA Times, Boston Globe, and The Daily Beast, and his essays about art and literature have appeared in Art In America, Poetry, New York Times Magazine, Tikkun, Literary Hub, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and many scholarly journals. In addition to his book prizes, Balakian's other awards include a Guggenheim