Jean-Claude Duvalier his people remained the most widespread of any country in the Western Hemisphere. Relations with the United States improved after Duvalier's ascension to the presidency, and later deteriorated under the Carter administration, only to again improve under Ronald Reagan due to the strong anti-communist stance of the Duvaliers. Rebellion against the Duvalier regime broke out in 1985 and Baby Doc fled to France in 1986 on a U.S. Air Force flight. Duvalier unexpectedly returned to Haiti on 16 January 2011, after two decades in self-imposed exile in France. The following day, he was arrested by Haitian police, facing possible charges
Jean-Claude Kebabdjian in 1980 the Armenian picture book "Arménie 1900", written by French historian Yves Ternon, with pictures of the CRDA. "Arménie 1900" has been republished in 2009 by HC Editions under the title "L'Arménie d'antan". Jean-Claude Kebabdjian was also the director of the review "Ani, cahiers arméniens" (5 issues – 1986, 1987, 1998, 1994), dedicated to armenology. The review was successful and received many contributions of prominent specialists, historians and intellectuals. In 1981, Jean-Claude Kebabdjian co-founded the Groupement Interprofessionnel Arménien that later became Groupement Interprofessionnel International Arménien (G2IA). Jean-Claude Kebabdjian is the author of "Turquie-Europe : le dialogue des intellectuels est-il