Arthur Martirosyan - Armenia at a Crossroads: Railways, Reactors, and Security | Ep 594, Oct 17, 2026 [EP594]
Scheduled for Friday, Oct 16, 2026 | Category: Armenia, Politics, Geopolitics | Series: cog, video
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Topics:
- Azeri Soldier Infiltration and Shaki Shooting
- Government Accountability and Border Security Failures
- Russian Railways and Armenia’s Strategic Options
- Nuclear Power: Russian Reactors vs. Western SMRs
- TRIPP and Armenia’s Geopolitical Balancing Act
- COP17, Environmental Destruction, and Appeasing Azerbaijan
Episode 594 | Recorded: October 16, 2026
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Show Notes
Summary
In this episode of Conversations on Groong, we speak with Arthur G. Martirosyan about Armenia at a crossroads in politics and security. We discuss the Shaki infiltration incident and government accountability, Pashinyan’s standoff with Russian Railways over the rail concession, nuclear energy options including Western SMRs versus Russian reactors, TRIPP’s implications for Armenian geopolitics, and environmental destruction at COP17.Wrap-up
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Guests
Arthur G. Martirosyan
Arthur G. Martirosyan is a Senior Consultant with CM Partners. In 1994, after graduating from Yale University, he joined Conflict Management Group and Harvard Negotiation Project, and has since worked on conflicts in the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, the Balkans, Africa, and Latin America.
Hosts
Hovik Manucharyan
Hovik Manucharyan is an information security engineer who moved from Seattle to Armenia in 2022. He co-founded the ANN/Groong podcast in 2020 and has been a contributor to Groong News since the late 1990s.
Disclaimer: The views expressed by Hovik Manucharyan on the ANN/Groong podcast are his own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of his employer or any other organization.
Asbed Bedrossian
Asbed Bedrossian is an IT professional, and for years oversaw the central IT enterprise infrastructure and services at USC. His decades of experience spanned across IT strategy, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, data center operations, high performance computing, ITSM, ITPM, and more.
Asbed founded the Armenian News Network Groong circa 1989/1990, and co-founded the ANN/Groong podcast in 2020.
