Guest(s):
Armenians at Crossroads - 04/17/2021
Topics:
- The Last Few Years in Armenian Politics
- Thoughts on the Second War in Artsakh
- What is the Role of the Diaspora?
- How do we get back on our Feet?
- Thoughts on the Current Rift in the ARF
Guest
- Dr. Viken Hovsepian holds a BA in Political Science from UCLA, and an MA and PhD in International Relations from USC. He has served on the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau, the highest executive body of the Organization, and has been a member, and chairman of the ARF Western US Central Committee. In 2019, he helped establish the Pan Armenian Council in the Western US, and has authored many articles which have appeared in professional periodicals as well as the Armenian press.
Hosts
- Asbed Kotchikian
- Asbed Bedrossian
Episode 58 | Recorded: April 14, 2021 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/CoG-20210417.html
Show Notes
Show Notes
Guests
Vicken Hovsepian
Vicken Hovsepian is an Armenian poet based in Los Angeles. His poetry collection The Perfect and You was presented in Glendale in December 2025; he describes his writing as direct and emotional, saying he writes about what he feels rather than to impress with vocabulary. A longtime member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, he holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Southern California and has been active in Armenian-American civic life in the Western United States for decades.