Armenian News Network/Groong, an Armenian podcast providing objective coverage on Armenia, Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and the Armenian diaspora. Find us and follow us everywhere on social media. Here are our links: linktr.ee/groong.

Asbed Bedrossian

Asbed Bedrossian

Hovik Manucharyan

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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 Read More

Turkey - Part 2 - (Ep #10) - 08/28/2020 [EP10]

Posted on Friday, Aug 28, 2020 | Series: COG

๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ - ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ - ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–/๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

Conversations on Groong

In this second part of our Conversation on Turkey, we continue to explore Turkeyโ€™s transformation throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty first, and the underlying dynamics powering these changes.

Topics:

  • Turkey: Zero Problems?
  • Azerbaijan: The Myth of Brotherly Relations?
  • Armenia: From Diplomatic Overtures to a Mini Cold War

Host: ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐Š๐จ๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ค๐ข๐š๐ง

Panelists:

  • ๐•๐š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐€๐ซ๐š ๐’๐š๐ง๐ฃ๐ข๐š๐ง
  • ๐•๐š๐ก๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐“๐ž๐ซ-๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ง๐š ๐˜๐š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ง

Produced by:

  • ๐‡๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ค ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/CoG-Turkey-20200828.html Episode 10 | Recorded on –

Turkey - Part 1 - (Ep #9) - 08/24/2020 [EP9]

Posted on Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020 | Series: COG

๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ - ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ - ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’/๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

Conversations on Groong Check out part 2: https://youtu.be/cKq4ziiRZjA

In 2002, Turkeyโ€™s Justice and Development Party (AKP) won a sweeping victory in the countryโ€™s general elections, dominating and shaping domestic and foreign policies of Turkey for nearly two decades to this date. Outwardly, under Erdoganโ€™s and AKPโ€™s leadership, Turkey has transformed from a country with a stated and acclaimed foreign policy seeking โ€œzero problems with neighborsโ€ to one that is actively engaged in economic, political and military rivalry with its Middle East and other regional

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ANN/Groong Week in Review - (Ep #8) - 08/16/2020 [EP8]

Posted on Monday, Aug 17, 2020 | Series: WIR

๐€๐๐/๐†๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ - ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”/๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

This Week in Review we talk with Hrant Mikaelian to discuss important issues and developments around Armenia, such as the Coronavirus Pandemic, and its economic effect; Armeniaโ€™s membership in EurAsian Economic Union and the economic effect of that organization on Armenia; and some of the trends affecting Russia and its economy.

Hrant will then join us in our weekly lightning round of questions from the past weekโ€™s headlines, to analyze Prime Minister Pashinyanโ€™s interview with BBCโ€™s HARDtalk; the presidential elections in Belarus; and the continuing

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ANN/Groong Week in Review - (Ep #6) - 08/09/2020 [EP6]

Posted on Monday, Aug 10, 2020 | Series: WIR

๐€๐๐/๐†๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ - ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–/๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—/๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

Topics:

  • The Massive Explosion in Beirut
  • Lightning Round
    • Turkey-Azerbaijan Military Exercises
    • Mashtots Park
    • Cyber Security Intrusion
    • Law on Media Regulation
    • Beirut Explosion

Guests

  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐Š๐จ๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ค๐ข๐š๐ง
  • ๐„๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐š๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐˜๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ข๐š ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ฃ๐ข๐š๐ง
  • ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ง

Hosts

  • ๐‡๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ค ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ๐š๐ง
  • ๐€๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20200809.html Episode 6 | Recorded on August 9, 2020

ANN Groong Week in Review - 08/02/2020

Topics:

  • Living With Conflict #WordsNotSwords
  • Panel Discussion on Robert Kocharyanโ€™s Interview
  • Lightning Round
    • The SIS Charges Arthur Danielyan
    • Nominees for the Constitutional Court
    • The PMโ€™s Outlook on the State of the Pandemic
    • Staff Changes in the Diaspora High Commissionerโ€™s Office

Guests

Resident panelists:

Episode 5 | Recorded ob August 2, 2020

ANN Groong Week in Review - 07/26/2020

Topics:

  • Panel: War roundup / Artsakh
  • Conversation: National Security Doctrine
  • Panel: National Security Doctrine

Guests

A Conversation with

Episode 4 | Recorded on July 26, 2020

ANN Groong Week in Review - 07/19/2020

Topics:

  • Clashes on the Tavush Border
  • Azerbaijani Propaganda around Armenian Threats to the Mingechaur Reservoid
  • Azerbaijanโ€™s threat to strike Armeniaโ€™s Nuclear Power Plant with missiles

Guests:

Episode 2 | Recorded on July 19 2020

Conversations on Groong

Safety and Security of Metsamor

Topics:

  • Azerbaijanโ€™s threat to attack the NPP
  • Overall safety and security of the plant
  • Safe handling of nuclear fuel
  • Renewable energy alternatives to nuclear
  • Maintenance and upgrades to the NPP

Episode 3 | Recorded on July 17, 2020

ANN/Groong Week in Review - 07/12/2020

Topics:

  • The Constitutional Court Standoff Continues in Limbo
  • Polls, and what you should know about them
  • The Armenian Governmentโ€™s response to COVID-19
  • The State of Armenian Media: Media Freedoms During Covid

Guests:

Episode 1 | Recorded on July 12, 2020