Armenian Diaspora

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Guest:

• Anna Karapetyan Director of the Insight Analytical Center for Applied Policy and Research.

Topics:

• Iran-Armenia Military Exercises
• Armenian Villages Terrorized by Azerbaijan
• Mirzoyan in Antalya
• Armenia’s Genocide Denial

Episode 428 | Recorded: April 14, 2025

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Guest:

• Anna Karapetyan Director of the Insight Analytical Center for Applied Policy and Research.

Topics:

• Iran-Armenia Military Exercises
• Armenian Villages Terrorized by Azerbaijan
• Mirzoyan in Antalya
• Armenia’s Genocide Denial

Episode 428 | Recorded: April 14, 2025

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Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Trump’s Iran ultimatum explored
• Turkey’s protests seen as strategic
• Azerbaijan’s peace deal as smokescreen
• Armenia’s Westward drift analyzed
• Gyumri elections stir controversy

Episode 424 | Recorded: March 25, 2025

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Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Trump’s Iran ultimatum explored
• Turkey’s protests seen as strategic
• Azerbaijan’s peace deal as smokescreen
• Armenia’s Westward drift analyzed
• Gyumri elections stir controversy

Episode 424 | Recorded: March 25, 2025

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Guest:

• Anna Karapetyan Director of the Insight Analytical Center for Applied Policy and Research.

Topics:

• Pashinyan in DC
• Trump Sanctions the ICC
• Azerbaijani Diplomacy in Action
• Workers Strike at Zangezur Mining Co.

Episode 413 | Recorded: February 11, 2025

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Guest:

• Anna Karapetyan Director of the Insight Analytical Center for Applied Policy and Research.

Topics:

• Pashinyan in DC
• Trump Sanctions the ICC
• Azerbaijani Diplomacy in Action
• Workers Strike at Zangezur Mining Co.

Episode 413 | Recorded: February 11, 2025

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Guest:

• Anna Karapetyan Director of the Insight Analytical Center for Applied Policy and Research.

Topics:

• Is Azerbaijan Preparing for War?
• Pashinyan’s Deceptive Discourse on Talks with Azerbaijan
• Are Armenans Aware of the Dangers facing the Nation?
• Swiss Parliamentary Motion on Artsakh Armenians’ Right of Return

Episode 398 | Recorded: December 17, 2024

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Guest:

• Anna Karapetyan Director of the Insight Analytical Center for Applied Policy and Research.

Topics:

• Is Azerbaijan Preparing for War?
• Pashinyan’s Deceptive Discourse on Talks with Azerbaijan
• Are Armenans Aware of the Dangers facing the Nation?
• Swiss Parliamentary Motion on Artsakh Armenians’ Right of Return

Episode 398 | Recorded: December 17, 2024

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Guest:

• Larry C Johnson

Topics:

• Syria and the Middle East
• The South Caucasus
• Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance
• 44-Day War and the ISR Factor
• Fueling Other Wars

Episode 395 | Recorded: December 12, 2024

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Guest:

• Larry C Johnson

Topics:

• Syria and the Middle East
• The South Caucasus
• Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance
• 44-Day War and the ISR Factor
• Fueling Other Wars

Episode 395 | Recorded: December 12, 2024

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Guest:

• Mr. Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• Armenia Azerbaijan Talks
• Draft 2025 State Budget
• Armenian Internal Politics

Episode 385 | Recorded: November 13, 2024

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Guest:

• Mr. Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• Armenia Azerbaijan Talks
• Draft 2025 State Budget
• Armenian Internal Politics

Episode 385 | Recorded: November 13, 2024

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Guest:

• Suren Sargsyan

Topic:

• Armenia, Armenian Americans, Artsakh
• Ukraine War, NATO, China
• Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran

Episode 384 | Recorded: April 3, 2023

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Guest:

• Suren Sargsyan

Topic:

• Armenia, Armenian Americans, Artsakh
• Ukraine War, NATO, China
• Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran

Episode 384 | Recorded: April 3, 2023

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Guest:

• Aram Suren Hamparian, Exec. Dir. ANCA, DC

Topics:

• ANCA Endorsements Methodology
• On the Major Presidential Candidates
• Arab-Americans Still Uncommitted
• Where is the Armenian Vote?

Episode 378 | Recorded: October 25, 2024

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Guest:

• Aram Suren Hamparian, Exec. Dir. ANCA, DC

Topics:

• ANCA Endorsements Methodology
• On the Major Presidential Candidates
• Arab-Americans Still Uncommitted
• Where is the Armenian Vote?

Episode 378 | Recorded: October 25, 2024

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Guest:

• Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Identity and Integration in the South Caucasus
• On the Nature and Thinking of the Armenian Constitution
• Relations with Russia Through Time
• The Geopolitics Around the South Caucasus

Episode 372 | Recorded: October 2, 2024

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Guest:

• Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Identity and Integration in the South Caucasus
• On the Nature and Thinking of the Armenian Constitution
• Relations with Russia Through Time
• The Geopolitics Around the South Caucasus

Episode 372 | Recorded: October 2, 2024

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Guest:

• Mr. Giro Manoyan

Topics:

• Role of the Opposition
• Relations with the Tavush Movement
• Relations with the Diaspora

Episode 364 | Recorded: September 13, 2024

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Guest:

• Mr. Giro Manoyan

Topics:

• Role of the Opposition
• Relations with the Tavush Movement
• Relations with the Diaspora

Episode 364 | Recorded: September 13, 2024

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Guest:

• Aram Suren Hamparian, Exec. Dir. ANCA, DC

Topics:

• Armenia, Artsakh and the 2024 US Elections
• On the Major Presidential Candidates
• On the Vice President Candidates
• On the National Security Apparatus
• Arab-American “Uncommitted” Movement
• And the Armenian Vote goes to…

Episode 360 | Recorded: September 4, 2024

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Guest:

• Aram Suren Hamparian, Exec. Dir. ANCA, DC

Topics:

• Armenia, Artsakh and the 2024 US Elections
• On the Major Presidential Candidates
• On the Vice President Candidates
• On the National Security Apparatus
• Arab-American “Uncommitted” Movement
• And the Armenian Vote goes to…

Episode 360 | Recorded: September 4, 2024

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Guest:

• Dr. Pietro Shakarian

Topics:

• Russian-Iranian Relations
• Russian-Armenian Relations
• Ukraine’s Kursk Gambit
• Pavel Durov Arrested in France
• Observations from Armenia and Russia

Episode 357 | Recorded: August 28, 2024

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Guest:

• Dr. Pietro Shakarian

Topics:

• Russian-Iranian Relations
• Russian-Armenian Relations
• Ukraine’s Kursk Gambit
• Pavel Durov Arrested in France
• Observations from Armenia and Russia

Episode 357 | Recorded: August 28, 2024

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Guest:

• Amb. Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Srbazan Movement: Pause & Regroup?
• EU Parliamentary Shift to the Right
  • Armenia and EU Membership
• Renewed Azerbaijani Threats of War
  • Armenia Reports CAESAR Artillery Acquisition
• Did Pashinyan Get Marching Orders from Erdogan?

Episode 339 | Recorded: June 23, 2024

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Guest:

• Amb. Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Srbazan Movement: Pause & Regroup?
• EU Parliamentary Shift to the Right
  • Armenia and EU Membership
• Renewed Azerbaijani Threats of War
  • Armenia Reports CAESAR Artillery Acquisition
• Did Pashinyan Get Marching Orders from Erdogan?

Episode 339 | Recorded: June 23, 2024

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Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Police Brutality, Violence & Repressions
• Armenia Azerbaijan Talks
• Armenia Russia Relations

Episode 337 | Recorded: June 17, 2024

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Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Police Brutality, Violence & Repressions
• Armenia Azerbaijan Talks
• Armenia Russia Relations

Episode 337 | Recorded: June 17, 2024

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Guests:

• Benyamin Poghosyan
• Rananjay Anand

Topics:

• Impressions: Raisina 2024 Dialogue
• Indian Community
• Trade Opportunities
• Defense & Security

Episode 327 | Recorded: April 26, 2024

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Guests:

• Benyamin Poghosyan
• Rananjay Anand

Topics:

• Impressions: Raisina 2024 Dialogue
• Indian Community
• Trade Opportunities
• Defense & Security

Episode 327 | Recorded: April 26, 2024

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Topics:

• Mission Details
  • Mission & Goals
  • Operational Details
  • Communication
  • Immunity
• Perceptions from Neighboring Countries
• Incidents
  • August 15 ,2023
  • Nerkin Hand

Guest:

• Dr. Markus Ritter

Episode 322 | Recorded: March 26, 2024

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Topics:

• Mission Details
  • Mission & Goals
  • Operational Details
  • Communication
  • Immunity
• Perceptions from Neighboring Countries
• Incidents
  • August 15 ,2023
  • Nerkin Hand

Guest:

• Dr. Markus Ritter

Episode 322 | Recorded: March 26, 2024

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Topics:

• Economic Diversification
• Systemic Corruption
• Bank Secrecy Scrapped

Guest:

• Tatul Manaseryan

Episode 319 | Recorded: March 16, 2024

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Topics:

• Economic Diversification
• Systemic Corruption
• Bank Secrecy Scrapped

Guest:

• Tatul Manaseryan

Episode 319 | Recorded: March 16, 2024

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Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Reactions to Interview with Canadian Ambassador
• More Concessions Signaled by Pashinyan
• EU Parliament Resolution on Armenia
• Fish Rots from the Head

Episode 318 | Recorded: March 18, 2024

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Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Reactions to Interview with Canadian Ambassador
• More Concessions Signaled by Pashinyan
• EU Parliament Resolution on Armenia
• Fish Rots from the Head

Episode 318 | Recorded: March 18, 2024

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Remembering Sumgait Pogroms
• Russian-Armenian Experts Dialog
• Exit from CSTO?
• Armenian-Azerbaijani Negotiations
• Edmon Marukyan Resigns

Episode 312 | Recorded: Mar 3, 2024

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Remembering Sumgait Pogroms
• Russian-Armenian Experts Dialog
• Exit from CSTO?
• Armenian-Azerbaijani Negotiations
• Edmon Marukyan Resigns

Episode 312 | Recorded: Mar 3, 2024

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Guest:

• Sergei Melkonian

Topics:

• “No Peace” Treaty Negotiations
  • Turkish-Azeri goal: Demilitarized Armenia (aka Batumi Treaty 2.0)
  • Humiliating Swap of Azeri Criminals for Armenian Hostages
• Aliyev Calls for Snap Elections
• Russia-Armenian Relations
• Russia-Ukraine War

Episode 297 | Recorded: December 10, 2023

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Guest:

• Sergei Melkonian

Topics:

• “No Peace” Treaty Negotiations
  • Turkish-Azeri goal: Demilitarized Armenia (aka Batumi Treaty 2.0)
  • Humiliating Swap of Azeri Criminals for Armenian Hostages
• Aliyev Calls for Snap Elections
• Russia-Armenian Relations
• Russia-Ukraine War

Episode 297 | Recorded: December 10, 2023

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Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Armenian-Azerbaijani Negotiations
• Armenian Diplomacy in the West
• Relations with Russia

Episode 296 | Recorded: December 3, 2023

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Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Armenian-Azerbaijani Negotiations
• Armenian Diplomacy in the West
• Relations with Russia

Episode 296 | Recorded: December 3, 2023

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Guest:

• Aram Orbelyan

Topics:

• What are the different status options?
• Armenian Passport and Citizenship
• What is Authority Code 070, how is it being treated?
• What Hurdles are Artsakhtsis facing in Armenia and Why?
• What is the Armenian Government’s Posture on all this?
• Aliyev’s Deadline and What Armenian Should do about it
• Does the Rome Statute Help?

Episode 294 | Recorded: November 13, 2023

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Guest:

• Aram Orbelyan

Topics:

• What are the different status options?
• Armenian Passport and Citizenship
• What is Authority Code 070, how is it being treated?
• What Hurdles are Artsakhtsis facing in Armenia and Why?
• What is the Armenian Government’s Posture on all this?
• Aliyev’s Deadline and What Armenian Should do about it
• Does the Rome Statute Help?

Episode 294 | Recorded: November 13, 2023

Setrag Balian & Hagop Djernazian - Jerusalem Patriarchate and Armenian Quarters under Threat by Israeli Investors and Armed Settlers

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Guest:

• Setrag Balian
• Hagop Djernazian

Topics:

• Violent Events following Patriarch’s Letter of Cancellation of Lease Agreement on November 1
• Further Issues on November 9
• Are the Lease Agreement and its Cancellation Legal?
• What do Israeli Settlers have to do with the Lease Deal?
• What Next?

Episode 292 | Recorded on Wednesday, November 9 2023

Setrag Balian & Hagop Djernazian - Jerusalem Patriarchate and Armenian Quarters under Threat by Israeli Investors and Armed Settlers

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Guest:

• Setrag Balian
• Hagop Djernazian

Topics:

• Violent Events following Patriarch’s Letter of Cancellation of Lease Agreement on November 1
• Further Issues on November 9
• Are the Lease Agreement and its Cancellation Legal?
• What do Israeli Settlers have to do with the Lease Deal?
• What Next?

Episode 292 | Recorded on Wednesday, November 9 2023

Topics:

• Armenia’s Diplomacy at the UN
• Artsakh Elections / Blockade
• Yerevan Elections

Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Armenia’s Diplomacy at the UN
• Artsakh Elections / Blockade
• Yerevan Elections

Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Dziunik Aghajanian - on Armenian Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, the Pashinyan Agenda, and Mother Armenia

Guest:

• Amb. Dziunik Aghajanian

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

Dziunik Aghajanian - on Armenian Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, the Pashinyan Agenda, and Mother Armenia

Guest:

• Amb. Dziunik Aghajanian

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

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 253, May 11, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Mayil 11, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• May 11 Azeri attacks on Sotk, Armenia
• Azerbaijan blocking ICRC convoys
• Sarsang reservoir depleting
• Rumors of a second pseudo-eco activist effort
• Lentsov in Baku - what results?
• Artsakh Ombuds & FM activities
• Matthew Bryza bemoans Armenian Opp & diaspora
  • US Senate FR committee calls for sanctions
• May 9 in Artsakh
  • Armenians, Artsakh and the victory in WW2

Episode 253 | Recorded: May 11, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 253, May 11, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Mayil 11, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• May 11 Azeri attacks on Sotk, Armenia
• Azerbaijan blocking ICRC convoys
• Sarsang reservoir depleting
• Rumors of a second pseudo-eco activist effort
• Lentsov in Baku - what results?
• Artsakh Ombuds & FM activities
• Matthew Bryza bemoans Armenian Opp & diaspora
  • US Senate FR committee calls for sanctions
• May 9 in Artsakh
  • Armenians, Artsakh and the victory in WW2

Episode 253 | Recorded: May 11, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 215, Jan 22, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Jan 22, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Gas Cutoff AGAIN
• Azerbaijan’s Psychological and Political Games
• Effect on the Electricity Grid
• Pattern of Increasing Blackouts
• Impressions from Askeran Region
• Urban vs Rural Aspects of the Blockade
• Risk of Normalizing the Pain of Artsakh
• MP Metaxe Hakobyan’s concerns

Episode 215 | Recorded: January 22, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 215, Jan 22, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Jan 22, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Gas Cutoff AGAIN
• Azerbaijan’s Psychological and Political Games
• Effect on the Electricity Grid
• Pattern of Increasing Blackouts
• Impressions from Askeran Region
• Urban vs Rural Aspects of the Blockade
• Risk of Normalizing the Pain of Artsakh
• MP Metaxe Hakobyan’s concerns

Episode 215 | Recorded: January 22, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 212, Jan 20, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Jan 20, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Gas Partially Restored
• Listener Questions
  1. Do the people of Artsakh feel abandoned by the ROA
  2. Is High Commissioner of Diaspora Office in Artsakh
• International Coverage of Artsakh Blockade
• Lack of Foreign Journalists in Artsakh Currently
• Send us your Listener Questions

Episode 212 | Recorded: January 20, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 212, Jan 20, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Jan 20, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Gas Partially Restored
• Listener Questions
  1. Do the people of Artsakh feel abandoned by the ROA
  2. Is High Commissioner of Diaspora Office in Artsakh
• International Coverage of Artsakh Blockade
• Lack of Foreign Journalists in Artsakh Currently
• Send us your Listener Questions

Episode 212 | Recorded: January 20, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Hovik’s Reflections from the Artsakh Blockade Interviews
• Is Russia Pressuring Armenia to join a “Union State”?
• Government Bill to Control the Internet During Martial Law
• Highlights and Lowlights from Armenian News in 2022
• Predictions for 2023

Episode 197 | Recorded: January 3, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Hovik’s Reflections from the Artsakh Blockade Interviews
• Is Russia Pressuring Armenia to join a “Union State”?
• Government Bill to Control the Internet During Martial Law
• Highlights and Lowlights from Armenian News in 2022
• Predictions for 2023

Episode 197 | Recorded: January 3, 2023