Category: Genocide

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• At the Brink of a New War?
• Relations with Russia
• Platform Shuffle: Brussels vs. Moscow
• Update on Yerevan Mayor

Episode 286 | Recorded: October 17, 2023

Guest:

• Aram Orbelyan

Topics:

• Genocide & Consequences
• Legal Status of Former Artsakh Leadership
• Artsakh Government in Exile

Episode 285 | Recorded: October 11, 2023

Guest:

• Aram Orbelyan

Topics:

• Genocide & Consequences
• Legal Status of Former Artsakh Leadership
• Artsakh Government in Exile

Episode 285 | Recorded: October 11, 2023

Guest:

• Sergei Melkonian

Topics:

• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Flares Up
• The Future of Artsakh and Artsakhtsis
• Armenian-Azerbaijani Negotiations

Episode 284 | Recorded: October 9, 2023

Guest:

• Sergei Melkonian

Topics:

• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Flares Up
• The Future of Artsakh and Artsakhtsis
• Armenian-Azerbaijani Negotiations

Episode 284 | Recorded: October 9, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Outstanding Causes of the Conflict
• Why did Aliyev Bail out of Granada?
• Could Azerbaijan Attack Armenia?
• How Might Events Unfold?

Episode 283 | Recorded: October 5, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Outstanding Causes of the Conflict
• Why did Aliyev Bail out of Granada?
• Could Azerbaijan Attack Armenia?
• How Might Events Unfold?

Episode 283 | Recorded: October 5, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Artsakh Surrenders, Armenia Watches
• What “Peace Treaty” in Granada?
• Arrested Artsakh Leaders Held Hostage

Episode 281 | Recorded: October 1, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Artsakh Surrenders, Armenia Watches
• What “Peace Treaty” in Granada?
• Arrested Artsakh Leaders Held Hostage

Episode 281 | Recorded: October 1, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Azerbaijan Attacks Artsakh
• Genocide in Progress

Episode 280 | Recorded: Sep 25, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Azerbaijan Attacks Artsakh
• Genocide in Progress

Episode 280 | Recorded: Sep 25, 2023

Topics:

• Armenia’s Diplomacy at the UN
• Artsakh Elections / Blockade
• Yerevan Elections

Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Armenia’s Diplomacy at the UN
• Artsakh Elections / Blockade
• Yerevan Elections

Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Developments in Artsakh
• Geopolitics in the South Caucasus

Episode 278 | Recorded: September 10, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Developments in Artsakh
• Geopolitics in the South Caucasus

Episode 278 | Recorded: September 10, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Yerevan Mayoral Elections
• Artsakh Domestic Developments
• Developments in Geopolitics and Negotiations

Episode 277 | Recorded: Sep 3, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Yerevan Mayoral Elections
• Artsakh Domestic Developments
• Developments in Geopolitics and Negotiations

Episode 277 | Recorded: Sep 3, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• UNSC Meeting on Artsakh
• Artsakh Internal Developments
• Yerevan Elections

Episode 275 | Recorded: August 22, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• UNSC Meeting on Artsakh
• Artsakh Internal Developments
• Yerevan Elections

Episode 275 | Recorded: August 22, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 274, August 19, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - August 19, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Latest Developments around Artsakh
  • Kidnapping of People at Checkpoints
  • Cases of Starvation, Miscarriages
• UNSC Discussion of Artsakh 
  • Lack of a Resolution and Follow-Through
  • Armenia’s Diplomatic Failures
• New Artsakh parliament speaker David Ishkhanyan
• Internet Stoppage, Food, Gas, Electricity Shortages
• Continuing Azeri Aggression, troop movements and Buildup

Episode 274 | Recorded: August 19, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 274, August 19, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - August 19, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Latest Developments around Artsakh
  • Kidnapping of People at Checkpoints
  • Cases of Starvation, Miscarriages
• UNSC Discussion of Artsakh 
  • Lack of a Resolution and Follow-Through
  • Armenia’s Diplomatic Failures
• New Artsakh parliament speaker David Ishkhanyan
• Internet Stoppage, Food, Gas, Electricity Shortages
• Continuing Azeri Aggression, troop movements and Buildup

Episode 274 | Recorded: August 19, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Situation in Artsakh
• Yerevan Elections Heating Up
• July MPG Survey Outtakes
• August MPG Survey Outtakes
• Baku Poll
• Thoughts on the Economy

Episode 273 | Recorded: August 15, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Situation in Artsakh
• Yerevan Elections Heating Up
• July MPG Survey Outtakes
• August MPG Survey Outtakes
• Baku Poll
• Thoughts on the Economy

Episode 273 | Recorded: August 15, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
  • Negotiations in DC: chances of progress
  • Vartan Oskanian on negotiations
  • Rights and Security
  • Self-Determination for Artsakh
  • Border Demarcation
  • No Unblocking or Guarantees
• Hayaqve.am
• Rants

Episode 266 | Recorded: July 4, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
  • Negotiations in DC: chances of progress
  • Vartan Oskanian on negotiations
  • Rights and Security
  • Self-Determination for Artsakh
  • Border Demarcation
  • No Unblocking or Guarantees
• Hayaqve.am
• Rants

Episode 266 | Recorded: July 4, 2023

Guest:

• Anna Abrahamian

Topics:

• The Wagner Group
• Special Ops in Russia
• Over at The Ministry of Defense
• A White Russian
• On The Western Front
• Are We Done Yet?
• Parallels with 2016 in Armenia?
• PMCs in Armenia?

Episode 265 | Recorded: June 30, 2023

Guest:

• Anna Abrahamian

Topics:

• The Wagner Group
• Special Ops in Russia
• Over at The Ministry of Defense
• A White Russian
• On The Western Front
• Are We Done Yet?
• Parallels with 2016 in Armenia?
• PMCs in Armenia?

Episode 265 | Recorded: June 30, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• Concrete Barriers On Hakari Bridge
• Erdogan visit to Azerbaijan
• Lukashenko at the CSTO
• Putin Defuses Wagnerian Opera
• Pashinyan 44-Day War Testimony in Parliament
• HayaQve [.am]

Episode 264 | Recorded: June 27, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• Concrete Barriers On Hakari Bridge
• Erdogan visit to Azerbaijan
• Lukashenko at the CSTO
• Putin Defuses Wagnerian Opera
• Pashinyan 44-Day War Testimony in Parliament
• HayaQve [.am]

Episode 264 | Recorded: June 27, 2023

Dziunik Aghajanian - on Armenian Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, the Pashinyan Agenda, and Mother Armenia

Guest:

• Amb. Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Intro to Ms Aghajanian
  • Career path, Mentors, Influencers
  • Parting ways with the MFA
• How did Armenia Resist Turkish Pressure prior to 2018
• Impressions of 2018 events
• On Pashinyan’s Policies to Surrender Artsakh
  • Letter Planning the Surrender
  • Messaging Aliyev to begin Instigations
  • Changing Security Doctrine
• The Myth of Western Security Guarantees
• Pashinyan’s Fiction re Alma Ata and Madrid Principles
• On Armenia’s National Interests
• On Armenian

Dziunik Aghajanian - on Armenian Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, the Pashinyan Agenda, and Mother Armenia

Guest:

• Amb. Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Intro to Ms Aghajanian
  • Career path, Mentors, Influencers
  • Parting ways with the MFA
• How did Armenia Resist Turkish Pressure prior to 2018
• Impressions of 2018 events
• On Pashinyan’s Policies to Surrender Artsakh
  • Letter Planning the Surrender
  • Messaging Aliyev to begin Instigations
  • Changing Security Doctrine
• The Myth of Western Security Guarantees
• Pashinyan’s Fiction re Alma Ata and Madrid Principles
• On Armenia’s National Interests
• On Armenian

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Armenia celebrates May 28
  • A new political movement, Mother Armenia, was announced.
• Aliyev Threatens, Pashinyan Concedes
• Erdogan Reelected President in Turkey
• Goodbye CSTO, Hello NATO?

Episode 257 | Recorded: May 30, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Armenia celebrates May 28
  • A new political movement, Mother Armenia, was announced.
• Aliyev Threatens, Pashinyan Concedes
• Erdogan Reelected President in Turkey
• Goodbye CSTO, Hello NATO?

Episode 257 | Recorded: May 30, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• Accelerated Negotiations
  • Negotiations Carousel
  • Meghri Railway
  • Russia Finances Rasht-Astara
  • Rallies in Artsakh and Kornidzor
• Artsakh Domestic Politics

Episode 256 | Recorded: May 22, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• Accelerated Negotiations
  • Negotiations Carousel
  • Meghri Railway
  • Russia Finances Rasht-Astara
  • Rallies in Artsakh and Kornidzor
• Artsakh Domestic Politics

Episode 256 | Recorded: May 22, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 253, May 11, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Mayil 11, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• May 11 Azeri attacks on Sotk, Armenia
• Azerbaijan blocking ICRC convoys
• Sarsang reservoir depleting
• Rumors of a second pseudo-eco activist effort
• Lentsov in Baku - what results?
• Artsakh Ombuds & FM activities
• Matthew Bryza bemoans Armenian Opp & diaspora
  • US Senate FR committee calls for sanctions
• May 9 in Artsakh
  • Armenians, Artsakh and the victory in WW2

Episode 253 | Recorded: May 11, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 253, May 11, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Mayil 11, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• May 11 Azeri attacks on Sotk, Armenia
• Azerbaijan blocking ICRC convoys
• Sarsang reservoir depleting
• Rumors of a second pseudo-eco activist effort
• Lentsov in Baku - what results?
• Artsakh Ombuds & FM activities
• Matthew Bryza bemoans Armenian Opp & diaspora
  • US Senate FR committee calls for sanctions
• May 9 in Artsakh
  • Armenians, Artsakh and the victory in WW2

Episode 253 | Recorded: May 11, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
• Latest IRI Armenia Poll Results
• Armenian Census 2022 - Preliminary Results

Episode 252 | Recorded: May 9, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
• Latest IRI Armenia Poll Results
• Armenian Census 2022 - Preliminary Results

Episode 252 | Recorded: May 9, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Azerbaijan Officially Blocks Berdzor/Lachin Corridor
• Update on Armenian-Azeri Negotiations
• Drug Use Epidemic in Armenia

Episode 251 | Recorded: May 1, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Azerbaijan Officially Blocks Berdzor/Lachin Corridor
• Update on Armenian-Azeri Negotiations
• Drug Use Epidemic in Armenia

Episode 251 | Recorded: May 1, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 250, Apr 28, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - April 28, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Lachin/Berdzor Corridor Blocked on April 23
  • So-called “Eco-activists” Have Left.
  • Armenian Rejects Discussions on Corridor Conditions
• Does the Government have a plan?
• Lentsov Replaces Volkov
• Artsakh Farmers Fired Upon - Again
• Would Artsakhtsis accept Azerbaijani Citizenship?

Episode 250 | Recorded: April 28, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 250, Apr 28, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - April 28, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Lachin/Berdzor Corridor Blocked on April 23
  • So-called “Eco-activists” Have Left.
  • Armenian Rejects Discussions on Corridor Conditions
• Does the Government have a plan?
• Lentsov Replaces Volkov
• Artsakh Farmers Fired Upon - Again
• Would Artsakhtsis accept Azerbaijani Citizenship?

Episode 250 | Recorded: April 28, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Genocide: 108 Anniversary
• Azerbaijan Strangles Artsakh
  • Artsakh Strangled
  • International Community
  • Pashinyan’s Parliament Speech
  • Madrid Principles
  • Aliyev Continues Threats, Ultimatum to Artsakh Armenians
  • What Can Diaspora Do?
• Israel - Azerbaijan cooperation against Iran?
• Rants

Episode 249 | Recorded: April 25, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Genocide: 108 Anniversary
• Azerbaijan Strangles Artsakh
  • Artsakh Strangled
  • International Community
  • Pashinyan’s Parliament Speech
  • Madrid Principles
  • Aliyev Continues Threats, Ultimatum to Artsakh Armenians
  • What Can Diaspora Do?
• Israel - Azerbaijan cooperation against Iran?
• Rants

Episode 249 | Recorded: April 25, 2023

Guest:

• Suren Sargsyan

Topic:

• Azerbaijan Invades, Pashinyan “Explains”
• Armenia at the Democracy Summit
• Armenia and the Rome Statute
• Iran FM in Moscow, Azeri FM in Israel

Episode 242 | Recorded: April 3, 2023

Guest:

• Suren Sargsyan

Topic:

• Azerbaijan Invades, Pashinyan “Explains”
• Armenia at the Democracy Summit
• Armenia and the Rome Statute
• Iran FM in Moscow, Azeri FM in Israel

Episode 242 | Recorded: April 3, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Azerbaijani Attacks over the Weekend
• East and West
• Armenia and the Rome Statute

Episode 241 | Recorded: March 26, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Azerbaijani Attacks over the Weekend
• East and West
• Armenia and the Rome Statute

Episode 241 | Recorded: March 26, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
  • Developments in Artsakh
  • No “Peace” without “Rights and Security”?
  • Armenia Downgrades CSTO Relations
• Georgian Law on Foreign Agents
• Reflections on MPG Poll “AmotiSar” Results

Episode 237 | Recorded: March 12, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
  • Developments in Artsakh
  • No “Peace” without “Rights and Security”?
  • Armenia Downgrades CSTO Relations
• Georgian Law on Foreign Agents
• Reflections on MPG Poll “AmotiSar” Results

Episode 237 | Recorded: March 12, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 235, Mar 6, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - March 6, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Azerbaijan Attack Kills 3 Artsakh Citizens
• Arayik Harutyunyan rejects Azeri ultimatum, Warns of Further Aggression
• How are people responding?
• About the international response
• Russian peacekeeper report and response
• On the trilateral agreement of Nov. 2020

Episode 235 | Recorded: March 6, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 235, Mar 6, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - March 6, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Azerbaijan Attack Kills 3 Artsakh Citizens
• Arayik Harutyunyan rejects Azeri ultimatum, Warns of Further Aggression
• How are people responding?
• About the international response
• Russian peacekeeper report and response
• On the trilateral agreement of Nov. 2020

Episode 235 | Recorded: March 6, 2023

Guest:

• Yeghia Tashjian

Topics:

• Turkish Politics after the Earthquake
• Artsakh Blockade and Developments
• Armenian Diplomatic Developments
• Egyptian President’s Visit to Armenia

Episode 234 | Recorded: March 5, 2023

Guest:

• Yeghia Tashjian

Topics:

• Turkish Politics after the Earthquake
• Artsakh Blockade and Developments
• Armenian Diplomatic Developments
• Egyptian President’s Visit to Armenia

Episode 234 | Recorded: March 5, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• 35th Anniversary of the Sumgait Pogroms
• Turkey after the Earthquake
• One Year Anniversary of the War in Ukraine
• Azerbaijan-Armenian Negotiations Continue
• Personal topics

Episode 232 | Recorded: February 28, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• 35th Anniversary of the Sumgait Pogroms
• Turkey after the Earthquake
• One Year Anniversary of the War in Ukraine
• Azerbaijan-Armenian Negotiations Continue
• Personal topics

Episode 232 | Recorded: February 28, 2023

Today we’re going to talk with Anna Abrahamian about two or three topics.

• The Munich Security Conference 2023.
• We’ll touch on Russian president Putin’s state of the federation address.
• The latest political developments in Artsakh.

Guest:

• Anna Abrahamian , a geopolitical analyst who splits her time between Moscow and Athens. Having obtained training in international law, Anna has worked in such noteworthy institutions as the Defense Analyses Institute in Athens as well as the Crisis Group in Brussels. Today, Anna provides her analysis on geopolitics and Armenian politics to her

Today we’re going to talk with Anna Abrahamian about two or three topics.

• The Munich Security Conference 2023.
• We’ll touch on Russian president Putin’s state of the federation address.
• The latest political developments in Artsakh.

Guest:

• Anna Abrahamian , a geopolitical analyst who splits her time between Moscow and Athens. Having obtained training in international law, Anna has worked in such noteworthy institutions as the Defense Analyses Institute in Athens as well as the Crisis Group in Brussels. Today, Anna provides her analysis on geopolitics and Armenian politics to her

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
• Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
  • FM Lavrov’s Interview to Russian Media
  • EU vs CSTO Missions
  • Shifting Public Perceptions
• Political Shuffles in Yerevan

Episode 224 | Recorded: February 12, 2023