Series: WIR

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan, is president of the International Center for Human Development in Yerevan. Mr. Poghosyan was an MP in the National Assembly between 2012 and 2017 from the Heritage party. From 1997 to 1999 he served as the Nagorno-Karabakh Public Affairs Office Director in Washington, D.C.

Topic:

• The One-year anniversary of The War in Artsakh
• Can the Opposition Reorganize?
• Turkish-Armenian Possible Rapprochement

Episode 90 | Recorded: September 27, 2021

ANN/Groong Week in Review - September 19, 2021

Topics:

• Independence Day
• Pashinyan’s Turkish overtures
• Goris-Kapan highway

Guests:

• Dr. Pietro Shakarian

Host:

• Hovik Manucharyan

Episode #89 | Recorded: September 20, 2021 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210919.html

ANN/Groong Week in Review - September 5, 2021

Topics:

• Pashinyan & Co. Shun Artsakh Independence
• Turkey-Armenia Reconciliation Reconstituted?
• Afghanistan: Taliban 2.0?
• State of World Affairs
• State of Political Analysis

Guests:

• Asbed Kotchikian TW/@AsbedK

Hosts:

• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode #88 | Recorded: September 3, 2021 https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210905.html

ANN/Groong Week in Review - August 29, 2021

Topics:

• Road to Syunik Blocked and Unblocked
• 5-Year Plan Approved
• Parliamentary Dynamics

Guests:

• Benyamin Poghosyan / TW @Benyamin_Poghos

Hosts:

• Asbed Bedrossian / TW @qubriq

Episode 87 | Recorded: August 29, 2021 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210829.html

ANN/Groong Week in Review - August 22, 2021

Topics:

• The Government’s 5-Year Plan
• Is Russia Rearming Armenia? Artsakh?
• Press Freedoms Curtailed in Parliament
• Topics from the Panelists

Guests:

• Asbed Kotchikian
• Hrant Mikaelian

Hosts:

• Asbed Bedrossian @qubriq

Episode 86 | Recorded: August 22, 2021 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210822.html

ANN/Groong Week in Review - August 15, 2021

Topics:

• Lebanon in Crisis
• Taliban Takes Over Afghanistan
• 8th Convocation of the Parliament
• Developments around Artsakh

Guests:

• Asbed Kotchikian - https://twitter.com/AsbedK
• Katia Peltekian - https://twitter.com/KatiaPeltekian
• Benyamin Poghosyan - https://twitter.com/BeniaminPoghosyan

Asbed Kotchikian is an Associate Professor of political science and international relations at the American University of Armenia.

Benyamin Poghosyan is the chairman of the Center For Political and Economic Strategic Studies, a Yerevan based think tank. He was deputy

ANN/Groong Week in Review - August 1, 2021

Topics:

• Continued Instability along Armenia-Azerbaijan Borders
• National Assembly Commission on the 44-Day War
• First Session of the 8th Session of the Armenian Parliament

Guests:

• Asbed Kotchikian
• Benyamin Poghosyan

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 84 | Recorded: August 2, 2021 https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210801.html

ANN/Groong Week in Review - July 25, 2021

Topics:

• Escalation in Yeraskh
• “Peace Treaty” at Gunpoint
• Emigration out of Armenia
• Trip Report from Our Guests

Guests:

• Varuzhan Geghamyan
• Hrant Mikaelian

Episode 81 | Recorded: July 26, 2021

ANN/Groong Week in Review - July 18, 2021

Topics:

• Constitutional Court Decisions on Election Results
• New Pashinyan Appointments
• More Threats from Azerbaijan
• Russian Generals in Yerevan Again

Guests:

• Suren Sargsyan

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 79 | Recorded: July 19, 2021 https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210718.html