The Assyrians emerged from the First World War a damaged and beleaguered people. Harrowing massacres and deportations destroyed ancient Assyrian communities in the Ottoman Empire and Iran. Many of the destitute genocide survivors were stranded in refugee camps, the most infamous of the British-run camp in Baqubah, Iraq. Until now, historians of this period have primarily neglected to examine the Assyrians’ political enterprises in the context of the post-war period, which saw many nations negotiating their claims before the international community. The Assyrians were active participants – rather than hapless victims – attempting to forge their political destiny in the post-World War I period. This paper examines the monthly periodical "The New Assyria", a monthly Assyrian news journal published in New Jersey from 1915 to 1919 by Charles Dartley and Rev. Joel Werda. "The New Assyria" embodied Wilsonian-inspired ideas and framed programs of self-help along the lines of self-determination. The editors and contributors for "The New Assyria" covered World War I and the postwar peace period intensely. The periodical served as a vehicle of the political hopes of conscious-minded Assyrian activists. While the activists associated with "The New Assyria" worked to establish an Assyrian state under British or American mandate, they were ultimately unsuccessful. Nevertheless, they played a leading role in elevating the Assyrians from a little-known community in the Middle East to an international political “Question.”