Category: Azerbaijan

Groong Links:

• linktr.ee/Groong

Guest:

• Sergei Melkonian

Topics:

• French Connection
• Russian-Armenian Dialog
• Negotiations and Risk of War

Episode 311 | Recorded: February 27, 2024

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - Feb 4, 2024

Groong Links:

• linktr.ee/Groong

Guest:

• Varuzhan Geghamyan

Topics:

• Diplomatic Flurry
  • Raisi in Ankara
  • Raisi in Moscow
  • Putin in Ankara
• Aliyev’s Constitution for Armenia
• How can the Opposition become a consequential force?

Episode 306 | Recorded: February 3, 2024

Groong Links:

• linktr.ee/Groong

Guest:

• Sergei Melkonian

Topics:

• “No Peace” Treaty Negotiations
  • Turkish-Azeri goal: Demilitarized Armenia (aka Batumi Treaty 2.0)
  • Humiliating Swap of Azeri Criminals for Armenian Hostages
• Aliyev Calls for Snap Elections
• Russia-Armenian Relations
• Russia-Ukraine War

Episode 297 | Recorded: December 10, 2023

Groong Links:

• linktr.ee/Groong

Guest:

• Aram Orbelyan

Topics:

• What are the different status options?
• Armenian Passport and Citizenship
• What is Authority Code 070, how is it being treated?
• What Hurdles are Artsakhtsis facing in Armenia and Why?
• What is the Armenian Government’s Posture on all this?
• Aliyev’s Deadline and What Armenian Should do about it
• Does the Rome Statute Help?

Episode 294 | Recorded: November 13, 2023

Groong Links:

• linktr.ee/Groong

Guest:

• Aram Orbelyan

Topics:

• What is the 1991 Alma Ata Declaration?
• What is the CIS Based on?
• About Borders, Treaties, and Declarations
• Armenia’s explicit reservation affecting Artsakh in the Treaty
• Why would Pashinyan ignore the Reservations?
• Territorial Integrity and Use of Force
• What Autonomy was LTP Envisioning?
• Where does 2023 Leave the Cause of Artsakh?
• How should Armenia Pursue it on the International Scene?

Episode 293 | Recorded: November 13, 2023

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - March 27, 2022

Topics:

• Introduction
• Azerbaijan Incursions into Askeran Region
• Artsakh Still Without Natural Gas
• Pax Azeriana

Guest:

• Varuzhan Geghamyan

Episode 130 | Recorded: Monday, March 28, 2022

ANN/Groong Week in Review - December 19, 2021

Topics:

• Turkish-Armenian normalization
• Brussels Sprouts
• Armen Grigoryan in Washington DC
• The Armenian Project - US Tour
• Analyst Rants

Guest:

• Varuzhan Geghamyan

Episode 108 | Recorded: December 20, 2021

Armenia’s Diplomacy and Corridor Politics

Topics:

• In the past month a flurry of diplomatic activity has risen around Armenia. The top diplomats from neighboring countries, regional and global powers have met with Armenia’s top leadership to discuss the shifting geopolitics reshaping the South Caucasus politically and economically for the coming decades. How is Armenia’s diplomacy navigating the “Corridor Politics” and what are the prospects for a peaceful neighborhood?

Guest:

• Varuzhan Geghamyan

Episode 93 | Recorded: October 18, 2021

ANN/Groong Week in Review - Dec 6, 2020

Topics:

• Turkey and Azerbaijan Connecting
• Armenia’s Political Opposition Uniting
• Does Putin support Pashinyan?
• Robert Kocharyan Interview

Guests:

• Varuzhan Geghamyan
• Asbed Kotchikian

Episode 30 | Recorded: Dec 6, 2020