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

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - March 20, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:47 Azerbaijan’s “Peace” Deal
• 13:34 Artsakh Without Natural Gas in Winter
• 28:07 Ukraine Protests in Yerevan
• 43:29 Vardenis Mayoral Issue Resolved
• 47:17 Rants

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan https://twitter.com/Benyamin_Poghos

Host:

• Hovik Manucharyan https://twitter.com/HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian https://twitter.com/qubriq

Episode 129 | Recorded: Sunday, March 21, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220320.html

ANN/Groong Week in Review - March 13, 2022

Topics:

• Renewed Hostilities in Artsakh
• Update on Ukraine
• FM “Arabat” Mirzoyan in Antalya

Guest:

• Dr. Pietro Shakarian

Host:

• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq
• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan

Episode 128 | Recorded: Sunday, March 13, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220313.html

The State of Armenia’s Economy - March 10, 2022

A Conversation with Vache Gabrielyan

Topics:

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:01:25 Risk from the Ukraine War
• 00:37:18 Pandemic, War and Beyond Economy
• 01:01:47 Normalization with Turkey and Corridor Economics

Guest:

Dr. Vache Gabrielyan who is the Dean of the Manoogian Simone College of Business and Economics at the American University of Armenia and specializes in public administration and economics. Since 2008, he has served as Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia, Minister of Finance, Minister-Chief of the Government Staff, Chief Advisor to

ANN/Groong Week in Review - March 6, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:15 Ukraine War and Effects on Armenia
• 19:04 Armenia Shuffles Generals
• 25:15 Second Normalization Meeting
• 33:06 Armenian Parliament Elects New President

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan TW/@Benyamin_Poghos

Host:

• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 126 | Recorded: Sunday, March 6, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220306.html

ANN/Groong Week in Review - February 27, 2022

Topics:

• Developments in the Ukraine Crisis
• Donetsk, Luhansk. Artsakh?
• Aliyev in Moscow
• Euronest in Yerevan

Guest:

• Pietro Shakarian
• Yeghia Tashjian Host:
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq
• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan

Episode 125 | Recorded: Sunday, February 27, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220227.html

Armenia’s Regional Challenges - February 26, 2022 A Conversation with Tatev Hayrapetyan

Topics:

• Tatev’s Background and Entrance into Politics
• Armenia Going in the Wrong Direction?
• Aliyev and his Regime after the 44-Day War
• The Shushi and Moscow Agreements
• Armenia’s Foreign Affairs Establishment

Guest:

• Tatev Hayrapetyan is an expert in Azerbaijani studies and holds a PhD in History. She was an MP at the 7th convocation of Armenia’s National Assembly, a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Armenian Delegation at the PACE. She is mainly focused on domestic

Roundup on the Ukraine Crisis - February 22, 2022

Topics:

• Why did Putin Recognize Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts as Independent Republics?
• Is Putin Trying to Recreate the USSR?
• Is “The West” a Homogeneous Political Bloc?
• What are the Objectives of the US?

Guest:

• Dr. Pietro Shakarian, who is a Lecturer in History at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan. His research focuses on the history of Soviet Armenia and the Caucasus.

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 123 | Recorded on Friday, February 22, 2022 Show notes: https://groong.org/podcasts/CoG-20220222.html

2021-ի «Շուշիի Հռչակագիրը» - The 2021 “Shushi Declaration” by Azerbaijan and Turkey

A Conversation in Armenian with Mihran Hakobyan (in Armenian)

Topics:

• 2րդ Արցախեան պատերազմի հիմնական պատճառները
• ՀՀ Դիվանագիտական/Ռազմավարական ձախողումները
• Շուշիի համաձայնագրի հիմնական բաղադրիչները և սպառնալիքներ
• Ռուսաստանի և Իրանի երկարաժամկետ շրջանային եւ աշխարհաքաղաքական նպատակները
• The Fundamental Drivers of the 2nd War in Artsakh
• The Armenian Government’s Diplomatic and Strategic Failures
• The Key Components and Threats of the Shushi Declaration
• The Long-term Regional and Geopolitical Goals of Russia and