Tag: Turkey

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
  • Developments in Artsakh
  • No “Peace” without “Rights and Security”?
  • Armenia Downgrades CSTO Relations
• Georgian Law on Foreign Agents
• Reflections on MPG Poll “AmotiSar” Results

Episode 234 | Recorded: March 12, 2023

Guest:

• Yeghia Tashjian

Topics:

• Turkish Politics after the Earthquake
• Artsakh Blockade and Developments
• Armenian Diplomatic Developments
• Egyptian President’s Visit to Armenia

Episode 234 | Recorded: March 5, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• 35th Anniversary of the Sumgait Pogroms
• Turkey after the Earthquake
• One Year Anniversary of the War in Ukraine
• Azerbaijan-Armenian Negotiations Continue
• Personal topics

Episode 232 | Recorded: February 28, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
• Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
  • FM Lavrov’s Interview to Russian Media
  • EU vs CSTO Missions
  • Shifting Public Perceptions
• Political Shuffles in Yerevan

Episode 224 | Recorded: February 12, 2023

Guests:

• Aram Orbelyan, international law specialist, who is an attorney and managing partner at Concern Dialog law firm, and PhD in Public international law. Mr. Orbelyan lectures at the Academy of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia, and lectured public international law at French University of Armenia. Mr. Orbelyan was Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia between 2011 and 2014.

“The Armenian government, under its legislation, is obliged to protect the independence of Artsakh” - Aram Orbelyan

Topic:

As of earlier this week, Artsakh has introduced coupons to ration food. Other

Guest:

• Hovhannes Ishkhanyan, writer, documentary filmmaker, publicist, co-founder of Eye for an Eye (Akn Und Akan), a community of documentarians. Hovhannes has a Master’s in journalism from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.

Using art to prevent catastrophes instead of reacting to them

Ishkhanyan’s documentary “Sleep art”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzqzPpVsK-g

Topic:

More than 120,000 people remain trapped in the Republic of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh) due to Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin (Berdzor) corridor, as this crisis enters its 25th day.

Guest:

• Karen Vrtanesyan, expert on military and warfare strategies with a focus on Armenia and its neighboring region. Co-founder of the website razm.info.

“This is not a humanitarian crisis. This is a political crisis, a crisis of statehood. -Karen Vrtanesyan”

Topic:

This interview is a continuation of the collaboration between Groong and 168 Hours aiming to bring you more English-language coverage on the developments of this very serious humanitarian crisis in progress.

Links:

• 168 Hours: https://168.am
• Groong: https://podcasts.groong.org

Episode 196 | Recorded: December 30, 2022

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan, Chairman of the Yerevan based think tank Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies.

“Aliyev’s strategy is ’no Armenians, no problems’. What is our strategy?” -Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

More than 120,000 people remain trapped in the Republic of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh) due to Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin corridor, as this crisis enters its 16th day.

This interview is a continuation of the collaboration between Groong and 168 Hours aiming to bring you more English-language coverage on the developments of this very

Guest:

• Yeghia Tashjian

Topic:

• The Artsakh Blockade
  • The Role of the Armenian Government
  • Relations with Russia
  • Latest Draft of “Peace” Proposal
  • Weekend Protests in Artsakh

Episode 194 | Recorded: December 26, 2022