Tag: Benyamin Poghosyan

Last updated: May 29, 2026

Benyamin Poghosyan is one of Armenia’s most prominent political analysts and the founder and chairman of the Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies (CPESS) in Yerevan. See his guest page for full biography and episode list.

He has been one of Groong’s most frequent guests, appearing in more than 30 episodes over the past two years alone, offering consistent analysis of Armenian domestic politics, the peace process with Azerbaijan, and Armenia’s foreign policy choices. His commentary covers the implications of the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict and the 2023 ethnic cleansing, Armenia’s relationship with Russia and the CSTO, the pivot toward the European Union and the United States, TRIPP and the Zangezur corridor debate, the church-state confrontation, and the dynamics of the 2026 parliamentary elections.

Guest:

Topics:

  • Armenia-Azerbaijan “Treaty”: Concessions, secrecy, opposition backlash.
  • Preconditions for Peace: OSCE Minsk dissolution, constitutional changes.
  • Ukraine War Talks: Jeddah negotiations, UAV attacks, Trump-Putin call.
  • Witkoff’s Baku Stop: Mysterious visit raising geopolitical questions.

Episode 423 | Recorded: March 17, 2025

Guest:

Topics:

  • Armenia-Azerbaijan “Treaty”: Concessions, secrecy, opposition backlash.
  • Preconditions for Peace: OSCE Minsk dissolution, constitutional changes.
  • Ukraine War Talks: Jeddah negotiations, UAV attacks, Trump-Putin call.
  • Witkoff’s Baku Stop: Mysterious visit raising geopolitical questions.

Episode 423 | Recorded: March 17, 2025

Guest:

Topics:

  • MPG Poll: Pashinyan’s Rating Tanks
  • Russia Azerbaijan Relations Deteriorating
  • Armenia’s Strategic Geopolitical Balancing
  • Azerbaijan and the “Zangezur Corridor”

Episode 410 | Recorded: February 3, 2025

Guest:

Topics:

  • MPG Poll: Pashinyan’s Rating Tanks
  • Russia Azerbaijan Relations Deteriorating
  • Armenia’s Strategic Geopolitical Balancing
  • Azerbaijan and the “Zangezur Corridor”

Episode 410 | Recorded: February 3, 2025

Guest:

Topics:

  • Pashinyan’s Lies on Decades of Negotiations
  • 17 Points to an Agreement
  • 2024 Review and 2025 Outlook

Episode 403 | Recorded: December 31, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

  • Pashinyan’s Lies on Decades of Negotiations
  • 17 Points to an Agreement
  • 2024 Review and 2025 Outlook

Episode 403 | Recorded: December 31, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

  • COP29 Post-Mortem
  • Azerbaijan Slams Polish President in Armenia
  • Developments in the Middle East
  • Post-election Developments in Georgia
  • Russian Intel Warnings to Armenia

Episode 390 | Recorded: December 2, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

  • COP29 Post-Mortem
  • Azerbaijan Slams Polish President in Armenia
  • Developments in the Middle East
  • Post-election Developments in Georgia
  • Russian Intel Warnings to Armenia

Episode 390 | Recorded: December 2, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

  • China, and the New World Order
  • BRICS Summit and Multipolarity
    • Armenia at BRICS
  • Georgian Elections in 2024

Episode 382 | Recorded: October 29, 2024