Guests of Groong Podcast

Karen Vrtanesyan

Karen Vrtanesyan is an expert on military and warfare strategies with a focus on Armenia and its neighboring region. He is the former coordinator of the website razm.info.

Karena Avedissian

Dr. Karena Avedissian’s research focuses on social movements, new media/communications, civil society and governance in the former Soviet Union, with an area focus on Russia and the Caucasus.

Kegham Balian

Kegham Balian is a Jerusalemite Armenian writer. He is a columnist at The Armenian Weekly and also writes for This Week in Palestine.

Kevork Hintlian

Prof. Kevork Hintlian is a historian and a former official at the Armenian Patriarchate of St James. He specializes in the history of the Holy Land with an emphasis on Armenians and their role in Jerusalem. He was raised and lives in Jerusalem. His heavily researched book “History of the Armenians in the Holy Land” (1989, 2nd ed., Armenian Patriarchate Printing Press, Jerusalem) is a must read.

Levon Zourabian

Levon Zourabian is the Vice-President of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) party of Armenia, which was the ruling party during the terms in office of first president of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan in 1991-1998. He worked in the presidential administration as Aide and Chief Spokesman to the President. In 1998-2000 Mr. Zourabian studied at Columbia University and has a Master of International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs. From 2012-2017 Mr. Zourabian led the parliamentary faction of the ANC in the National Assembly of Armenia. Trained and having researched as theoretical physicist in Yerevan Physics Institute, he also makes appearances as Tech Advocate for the ANC.

Lori Khatchadourian

Lori Khatchadourian, who is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University and co-director of the Caucasus Heritage Watch satellite monitoring project.

Marine Manucharyan

Marine Manucharyan (no relation to Hovik Manucharyan) is president of the Civic Forum NGO. Her areas of focus include Artsakh, the Armenian Armed Forces, National Security and Foreign Policy.

Markus Ritter

Dr. Markus Ritter is the Head of Mission of the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA). He is a senior police officer with extensive experience on national and international level. During his 27 years of professional career with the German Federal Police, he held various leadership positions on executive and staff level, and has gained extensive experience during five international deployments.

Metaxe Hakobyan

Metaxe Hakobyan, member of the Justice faction in the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh.

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