ANN/Groong — The English-Language Armenian Podcast

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Guest(s):

• Archil Sikharulidze

Topics:

• Russia’s changing South Caucasus strategy
• Georgia’s widening dispute with Europe
• Armenia’s shift away from Russia
• Georgia’s role in regional transit
• Armenia-Georgia ties under pressure

Episode 570 | Recorded: July 24, 2026

#Armenia #Georgia #Russia #EuropeanUnion #SouthCaucasus #GeorgianDream #NikolPashinyan #MiddleCorridor

• EP568: Asbed and Hovik examine escalating US-Iran war tensions following the June ceasefire collapse, Konstantin Sokolov’s appointment to lead TRIPP+ while acquiring Armenia’s Teghut mine, and Pashinyan’s political vulnerabilities including charges against Archbishop Galstanyan and prolonged Armenian POW detention.
• EP569: Anthony Barsamian discusses Armenian Diaspora advocacy, U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the role of Armenia’s government in genocide recognition efforts, the suspension of Israeli recognition, the Armenian Church’s place in Armenian life, and Armenia’s geopolitical positioning between East and West.

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Guest(s):

• Anthony J. Barsamian

Topics:

• Armenian-American advocacy and its next phase
• Genocide recognition, justice, and reparations
• Church-state conflict and national unity

Episode 569 | Recorded: July 21, 2026

#ArmenianDiaspora #AnthonyBarsamian #ArmenianGenocide #ArmenianChurch #ArmeniaDiaspora #SouthCaucasus

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Topics:

• US-Iran War Continues
• Summer Lull in Yerevan Politics
• Konstantin Sokolov: Master of TRIPP & Teghut
• UN: Abp. Galstanyan Charges Unjustified
• Armenian POW Slams Pashinyan from Baku

Episode 568 | Recorded: July 20, 2026

#IranWar #TRIPP #Teghut #Armenia #PoliticalPrisoners #ArmenianPOWs #KonstantinSokolov

• EP567: We discuss NATO’s 36th summit in Ankara, escalating Iran war developments, examining NATO’s defense spending surge, Trump’s shift on Turkey and F-35 access, Ukraine aid commitments, and what these geopolitical shifts mean for Armenia and the South Caucasus amid ongoing Armenia-Azerbaijan peace negotiations.

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Topics:

• NATO summit in Ankara
• Iran War Update
• Taking Scissors to Armenia
• Shaping the Parliament
• OSCE vs. Garegin II

Episode 567 | Recorded: July 13, 2026

#ArmenianNews #NATOSummit #IranWar #TRIPP #ArmeniaAzerbaijan #ArmenianParliament #GareginII #OSCE

• EP564: Hovik and Asbed analyze Armenia’s Constitutional Court ruling upholding the 2026 Armenian Parliamentary Election results, the disqualification of Prosperous Armenia votes, Civil Contract’s three-fifths majority, the opposition’s parliamentary leverage, and what these outcomes mean for Armenian sovereignty amid ongoing Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Process negotiations and regional pressures.
• EP565: Dr. Sergey Markedonov examines Russia’s strategic bandwidth problem in Ukraine, the geopolitical stakes of TRIPP in Syunik, and Pashinyan’s Western pivot following Armenia’s June 2026 parliamentary election.
• EP566: Dmitry Suslov analyzes Russia’s strategic position across Ukraine, Europe’s rearmament, Armenia’s Western pivot after the 2026 election, and the future of Moscow’s influence in the South Caucasus.

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Guest(s):

• Dmitry Suslov

Topics:

• Ukraine’s long war and endgame
• Novorossiya and a landlocked Ukraine?
• Europe rearms against Russia
• NATO 3.0 and containment
• Armenia’s post-election Western pivot
• EU promises versus EAEU dependence
• TRIPP, Syunik, and Russian red lines

Episode 566 | Recorded: July 9, 2026

#Russia #UkraineWar #NATO #Europe #Armenia #SouthCaucasus #TRIPP #Syunik #EAEU

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Guest(s):

• Sergey Markedonov

Topics:

• Ukraine’s war of attrition
• Russia’s strategic bandwidth problem
• TRIPP and Iran’s red lines
• Israel’s Armenian Genocide move
• Armenia’s Western pivot after elections

Episode 565 | Recorded: July 8, 2026

#ArmenianNews #SouthCaucasus #UkraineWar #Russia #Armenia #EAEU #TRIPP #Geopolitics