Nuclear Proliferation

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Below are all Groong episodes tagged with Nuclear Proliferation.

Guest(s):

Topics:

  • Recollections from Soviet South Caucasus
  • Why the Soviet Union collapsed
  • How the Cold War ended
  • Reagan and Gorbachev’s diplomacy
  • America’s post-Cold War triumphalism
  • NATO expansion and Russian backlash
  • Great-power rivalry in the Caucasus
  • Armenia’s geopolitical choices today

Episode 580 | Recorded: Aug 27, 2026

#JackMatlock #ColdWar #SovietUnion #Reagan #Gorbachev #NATO #Russia #SouthCaucasus #Armenia

Guest(s):

Topics:

  • Recollections from Soviet South Caucasus
  • Why the Soviet Union collapsed
  • How the Cold War ended
  • Reagan and Gorbachev’s diplomacy
  • America’s post-Cold War triumphalism
  • NATO expansion and Russian backlash
  • Great-power rivalry in the Caucasus
  • Armenia’s geopolitical choices today

Episode 580 | Recorded: Aug 27, 2026

#JackMatlock #ColdWar #SovietUnion #Reagan #Gorbachev #NATO #Russia #SouthCaucasus #Armenia

In this episode of Conversations on Groong, we speak with Ambassador Jack Matlock, the last US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, about whether the West missed a historic opportunity to integrate Russia into Western security architecture after the Cold War. We discuss the internal collapse of the Soviet Union, Reagan-Gorbachev diplomacy, NATO expansion and Russian backlash, and how Cold War-era decisions shape Armenia’s geopolitical choices today, including Matlock’s firsthand observations of Soviet Armenia during glasnost and the Nagorno Karabakh movement.

Guest:

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

Guest:

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