Tag: JD Vance

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Topics:

• Vance visit, protocol and optics
• Tsitsernakaberd tweet, “autocorrect diplomacy”
• TRIPP corridor stake and sovereignty risks
• Nuclear SMR deal, costs and dependency
• Firebird AI project, power and value
• Drones, church silence, Baku charter and prisoners

Episode 517 | Recorded: February 13, 2026

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Guest:

• James W. Carden
• Pietro Shakarian

Topics:

• Trump 2.0 and the “Donroe Doctrine”
• Rules-Based Disorder?
• Iran vs. the “Big, Beautiful Armada”
• US Cohesion and Midterms
• JD Vance in the South Caucasus

Episode 515 | Recorded: February 6, 2026

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• Memorial Day vs. Army Day
• JD Vance to Armenia and Azerbaijan
• Armenian Church Developments
• Strong Armenia - New Political Party

Episode 510 | Recorded: Jnauary 27, 2026

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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:

• 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:

• 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