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:

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

Episode 382 | Recorded: October 29, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

  • Armenian Azerbaijani Talks
  • Escalation in the Middle East
  • Constitutional Court Punts
  • Upcoming BRICS Summit

Episode 373 | Recorded: Octoberr 7, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

  • Armenian Azerbaijani Talks
  • Escalation in the Middle East
  • Constitutional Court Punts
  • Upcoming BRICS Summit

Episode 373 | Recorded: Octoberr 7, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

  • Armenia Azerbaijan Talks
  • Declarations of Independence
    • Declaration of State Sovereignty of Armenia (1990)
    • Artsakh Independence Day - September 2 (1991)
  • Pashinyan Press Conference
    • Negotiations Formats
    • Artsakh Rights & Security as Pashinyan’s “National Security” Problem
    • Armenian and Azerbaijani Constitutions
    • Liberating Occupied Armenian Territories
  • Putin in Baku
    • Azerbaijan’s Application to BRICS

Episode 358 | Recorded: September 2, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

  • Armenia Azerbaijan Talks
  • Declarations of Independence
    • Declaration of State Sovereignty of Armenia (1990)
    • Artsakh Independence Day - September 2 (1991)
  • Pashinyan Press Conference
    • Negotiations Formats
    • Artsakh Rights & Security as Pashinyan’s “National Security” Problem
    • Armenian and Azerbaijani Constitutions
    • Liberating Occupied Armenian Territories
  • Putin in Baku
    • Azerbaijan’s Application to BRICS

Episode 358 | Recorded: September 2, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

  • New Leadership Coming to Many Countries
  • Aliyev Continues to Thumb the Nose of The West
  • Permanent US Defense Attaché to Armenia
  • Mid-year Review of our 2024 Predictions

Episode 347 | Recorded: July 22, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

  • New Leadership Coming to Many Countries
  • Aliyev Continues to Thumb the Nose of The West
  • Permanent US Defense Attaché to Armenia
  • Mid-year Review of our 2024 Predictions

Episode 347 | Recorded: July 22, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

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

Episode 337 | Recorded: June 17, 2024

Guest:

Topics:

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

Episode 337 | Recorded: June 17, 2024