Guests of ANN/Groong

Adrin Nazarian

California State Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian from the 46th District, representing the San Fernando Valley.

Aghasi Yenokyan is the former director of the Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Azatutyun office in Yerevan. He is a research fellow at Columbia University in Post-Soviet Studies, and a former lecturer at Yerevan State University. He has studied political theories at the University of Chicago, public policy at Arizona State University. He is a graduate from Yerevan State University’s Physics Department, and has also earned an MBA from the American University of Armenia.

Alen Zamanyan

Alen Zamanyan was a software engineer in Los Angeles. He moved to Yerevan, Armenia, in 2020. He has followed and analyzed Armenian affairs for over a decade.

Alison Tahmizian Meuse

Alison Tahmizian Meuse is a veteran journalist who has reported for major international publications including Agence France-Presse and NPR. She is currently a senior advisor at the New Delhi-based consultancy DeepStrat, and co-director of Aknandakan, an investigative documentary platform. She’s based in Armenia. Alison is a graduate of the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.

Anna Abrahamian

Anna Abrahamian is 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 followers on social media and you can find her on various platforms, including Facebook, Telegram, and Youtube.

Anna Grigoryan

Anna Grigoryan is a member of the Armenian parliament with the Hayastan Dashinq (Armenia Alliance), no party affiliation.

Anna Karapetyan

Dr. Anna Karapetyan is the Director of the Insight Analytical Center for Applied Policy and Research. She has a PhD in political sciences, and is a lecturer at the Russian-Armenian University.

Anna Kostanyan

Anna Kostanyan, formerly an MP in the 7th convocation of the Armenian parliament, with the Bright Armenia party. She was also a member of the standing committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport. Prior to that Ms. Kostanyan was a candidate for the member of the Yerevan council of elders, which is the Yerevan City Council, and was a founding member of the Bright Armenia party.

Aram Orbelyan

Aram Orbelyan is an international law specialist, who is an attorney and managing partner at Concern Dialog law firm, and PhD in Public international law. Mr. Orbelyan lectures at the Academy of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia, and lectured public international law at French University of Armenia. Mr. Orbelyan was Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia between 2011 and 2014.

Guests of Armenian News Network/Groong Podcast