Series: COG
Arthur G Martirosyan - The Game of Alternatives | Is Armenia Negotiating Effectively | Ep 282, Oct 3, 2023 [EP282]
Posted on Wednesday, Oct 4, 2023 | Category: Armenia, Politics, Negotiations | Series: cog
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Topics:
- The Game of Alternatives
- How does it apply to Negotiations?
- Is Armenia Negotiating Effectively?
Episode 281 | Recorded: October 1, 2023
Topics:
- Armenia’s Diplomacy at the UN
- Artsakh Elections / Blockade
- Yerevan Elections
Guest:
Anna Abrahamian: The Wagner Group Insurrection in Russia, June 2023 [EP265]
Posted on Sunday, Jul 2, 2023 | Category: Russia | Series: cog, video
Guest:
Topics:
- The Wagner Group
- Special Ops in Russia
- Over at The Ministry of Defense
- A White Russian
- On The Western Front
- Are We Done Yet?
- Parallels with 2016 in Armenia?
- PMCs in Armenia?
Episode 265 | Recorded: June 30, 2023
Hagop Djernazian - Jerusalem Armenian Patriarchate Land Lease Angers Worldwide Community | Ep. 261 - June 11, 2023 [EP261]
Posted on Saturday, Jun 10, 2023 | Category: Diaspora, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East | Series: cog
Hagop Djernazian - Jerusalem Armenian Patriarchate Land Lease Angers Worldwide Community
Guest:
Topics:
- Intro to Armenians in Jerusalem
- Escalating violence on Armenians
- Intro to the Armenian Patriarchate
- On the contract of the 99-year lease and its consequences
- About the community protest movement
- What if the contract goes forward?
Episode 261 | Recorded on Wednesday, June 11 2023
Dziunik Aghajanian - on Armenian Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, the Pashinyan Agenda, and Mother Armenia
Guest:
Topics:
- Intro to Ms Aghajanian
- Career path, Mentors, Influencers
- Parting ways with the MFA
- How did Armenia Resist Turkish Pressure prior to 2018
- Impressions of 2018 events
- On Pashinyan’s Policies to Surrender Artsakh
- Letter Planning the Surrender
- Messaging Aliyev to begin Instigations
- Changing Security Doctrine
- The Myth of Western Security Guarantees
- Pashinyan’s Fiction re Alma Ata and Madrid Principles
- On Armenia’s National Interests
- On Armenian Foreign
Ruben Melikyan - Yerevan Court Freezes Assets of 168.am and Journalist Davit Sargsyan on Tigran Avinyan's Demand | Ep 254 - May 13, 2023 [EP254]
Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2023 | Series: cog
Yerevan Court Freezes Assets of 168.am and Journalist Davit Sargsyan on Tigran Avinyan’s Demand A Conversation with Ruben Melikyan
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Episode 254 | Recorded on Thursday, May 13 2023
Raising Flags: Alison on Recent Events in Tegh and Across Armenia | Ep 247 - Apr 14, 2023 [EP247]
Posted on Friday, Apr 14, 2023 | Category: Armenia, Politics | Series: cog
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Topics:
- Aghavno / Berdzor
- April 11 Azeri Aggression Near Tegh
- Raising Flags
- Azeri Infiltrations into Armenia
Episode 247 | Recorded: April 14, 2023
Guest:
In this Conversations on Groong episode, we’ll be talking Naira Melikyan who shares troubling information from her attempt to travel to Artsakh via the newly built road passing by the village of Kornidzor. Armenian border guards turned away the Miasin group citing security concerns.
Episode 245 | Recorded: April 7, 2023
Benyamin Poghosyan - China Emerging on the Global Stage | Ep 244 - April 5, 2023 [EP244]
Posted on Wednesday, Apr 5, 2023 | Category: China, Politics, Middle East | Series: cog
Guest:
Topics:
- What agreements were reached between China and Russia?
- What is the role of India in the new world order?
- Consequence of moving away from a dollar-denominated global economic order?
- China as peacemaker in Ukraine
- China as peacemaker in the Middle East
- China’s role in Iran and South Caucasus
- How should Armenia navigate world order changes?
Episode 244 | Recorded: April 5, 2023