Tag: Geopolitics

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Guest:

• Hamid Bahrami

Topics:

• TRIPP Corridor & US Involvement
• US-Israel Strategy & War Risks
• Iran’s Missed Opportunities & Shifts
• Future of Iran–Armenia Relations

Episode 461 | Recorded: August 13, 2025

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Guest:

• Fyodor Lukyanov

Topics:

• Israel hits Iran, talks collapse
• Armenia at risk if Iran weakens
• Russia hardens stance on Ukraine

Episode 447 | Recorded: June 15, 2025

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Ukraine’s War, Poland’s Pivot?
• Status Check on the Economy
• RPA Names PM Candidate
• Armenia’s Demographic Threats
• The Kitchen Sink

Episode 444 | Recorded: June 9, 2025

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Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Genocide Recognition and State Silence
• Iran-Azerbaijan Talks & Geopolitical Shifts
• Bandar Abbas: Explosion, or Warning?

Episode 432 | Recorded: April 29, 2025

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Guest:

• Dr. Warwick Powell

Topics:

• U.S. Tariff Wars
• Target: Iran
• The Global South
• The Belt and Road Initiative

Episode 427 | Recorded: April 6, 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:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

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

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Abkhaz Elections & Regional Implications – The second round of Abkhazia’s presidential elections, the impact of mass protests, and what Badra Gunba’s victory means for the region.
• Armenian Hostages in Baku – Ongoing trials of Armenian POWs and former Artsakh leaders, reports of torture, and international calls for independent medical evaluations.
• Protests in Yerevan Over POWs – Civil society and opposition-led demonstrations demanding stronger government action and international intervention.

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Guest:

• James W. Carden
• Pietro Shakarian

Topics:

• US Foreign Policy Under Trump
• Transactional Foreign Policy
• Trump’s Cabinet & Policy Shifts
• US-Armenia Relations

Episode 420 | Recorded: February 27, 2025