Arman Grigoryan

Arman Grigoryan is a political scientist and professor at Lehigh University specializing in post-Soviet politics, international relations, and small-state security. He has written extensively on Armenian foreign policy, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, and the strategic dilemmas facing states in Russia’s near abroad. His academic work engages with questions of alignment, sovereignty, and the constraints facing states that must navigate between great powers. See his guest page for his full episode history on Groong.

Groong has featured Grigoryan as a guest to provide scholarly analysis of Armenia’s foreign policy choices — including the pivot away from Russian security structures, the prospects for durable peace with Azerbaijan, and the domestic political dynamics shaping Armenian strategy. His perspective bridges academic rigor with close attention to the lived political realities of the Armenian state.

Episodes featuring Arman Grigoryan address Armenian foreign policy theory and practice, the logic of small-state alignment in competitive geopolitical environments, and the academic debate over the causes and consequences of the 44-Day War and its aftermath.