United Nations

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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:

• 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:

• Dr. Andrei Tsygankov

Topics:

• Defining the “Canceling Russia” phenomenon
• The “cancel Russia” lobby
• Containment shifts to coercive transformation
• Russian Orthodox Church as battleground
• Kremlin “towers” and civilizational logic

Episode 514 | Recorded: February 4, 2026

#CancelingRussia #RussianForeignPolicy #UkraineWar #StateCivilization #TowersOfTheKremlin #RussianOrthodoxChurch

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Guest:

• Dr. Andrei Tsygankov

Topics:

• Defining the “Canceling Russia” phenomenon
• The “cancel Russia” lobby
• Containment shifts to coercive transformation
• Russian Orthodox Church as battleground
• Kremlin “towers” and civilizational logic

Episode 514 | Recorded: February 4, 2026

#CancelingRussia #RussianForeignPolicy #UkraineWar #StateCivilization #TowersOfTheKremlin #RussianOrthodoxChurch

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Guest:

• Dr. Joel Veldkamp

Topics:

• CSI Visits Jailed Cleric
• IRF Summit
• PACE MP Speaks Up

Episode 513 | Recorded: February 3, 2026

#ArmenianChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ClergyArrests #IRFSummit2026 #ChristianSolidarityInternational

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Guest:

• Dr. Joel Veldkamp

Topics:

• CSI Visits Jailed Cleric
• IRF Summit
• PACE MP Speaks Up

Episode 513 | Recorded: February 3, 2026

#ArmenianChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ClergyArrests #IRFSummit2026 #ChristianSolidarityInternational

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Guest:

• Mr. Eldar Mamedov

Topics:

• US and Venezuela
• Potential for New War on Iran
• Is Azerbaijan a “Middle Power”?
• Europe’s Confused Geopolitical Identity
• Armenia’s Confused Geopolitics

Episode 492 | Recorded: November 29, 2025

#IranCrisis #AzerbaijanPolitics #EuropeanGeopolitics #ArmeniaSecurity #SouthCaucasus #GlobalPowerPolitics

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Guest:

• Mr. Eldar Mamedov

Topics:

• US and Venezuela
• Potential for New War on Iran
• Is Azerbaijan a “Middle Power”?
• Europe’s Confused Geopolitical Identity
• Armenia’s Confused Geopolitics

Episode 492 | Recorded: November 29, 2025

#IranCrisis #AzerbaijanPolitics #EuropeanGeopolitics #ArmeniaSecurity #SouthCaucasus #GlobalPowerPolitics

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Guest:

• Joel Veldkamp

Topics:

• Clergy Arrests in Armenia
• Church Under Pressure
• Prayer Breakfast Controversy
• Western Silence on Repression
• CSI’s Findings in Yerevan

Episode 490 | Recorded: November 25, 2025

#ArmenianChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ClergyArrests #ChristianSolidarityInternational #HumanRightsInArmenia

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Guest:

• Joel Veldkamp

Topics:

• Clergy Arrests in Armenia
• Church Under Pressure
• Prayer Breakfast Controversy
• Western Silence on Repression
• CSI’s Findings in Yerevan

Episode 490 | Recorded: November 25, 2025

#ArmenianChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ClergyArrests #ChristianSolidarityInternational #HumanRightsInArmenia

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Guest:

• Dr. Archil Sikharulidze

Topics:

• Municipal Elections & Tbilisi Politics
• Foreign Agent Law, One Year Later
• Georgian Perspectives on TRIPP

Episode 475 | Recorded: September 28, 2025

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Guest:

• Dr. Archil Sikharulidze

Topics:

• Municipal Elections & Tbilisi Politics
• Foreign Agent Law, One Year Later
• Georgian Perspectives on TRIPP

Episode 475 | Recorded: September 28, 2025

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Guest:

• Dr. Archil Sikharulidze

Topics:

• EU Strategy in the South Caucasus
• Attacks on the National Church
• 2025 Local Election Politics

Episode 454 | Recorded: July 22, 2025

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Guest:

• Dr. Archil Sikharulidze

Topics:

• EU Strategy in the South Caucasus
• Attacks on the National Church
• 2025 Local Election Politics

Episode 454 | Recorded: July 22, 2025

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Guest:

• Dr. Pietro Shakarian

Topics:

• May 9, Victory Day and Parade
• Pashinyan, Aliyev Posture at Victory Day
• Artsrun Hovhannisyan’s Historical Revision
• Armenia and Artsakh Contributions to WW2

Episode 436 | Recorded: May 15, 2025

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Guest:

• Dr. Pietro Shakarian

Topics:

• May 9, Victory Day and Parade
• Pashinyan, Aliyev Posture at Victory Day
• Artsrun Hovhannisyan’s Historical Revision
• Armenia and Artsakh Contributions to WW2

Episode 436 | Recorded: May 15, 2025

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Guest:

• Prof. Ivan Katchanovski , University of Ottawa

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Topics:

• The War in Ukraine
• Trump’s “Eastern Approaches”
• The Maidan Massacre and Its Legacy
• Maidanization of Georgia?
• Armenia in the Shadow of Ukraine

Episode 393 | Recorded: December 7, 2024

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Guest:

• Prof. Ivan Katchanovski , University of Ottawa

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Topics:

• The War in Ukraine
• Trump’s “Eastern Approaches”
• The Maidan Massacre and Its Legacy
• Maidanization of Georgia?
• Armenia in the Shadow of Ukraine

Episode 393 | Recorded: December 7, 2024

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Guest:

• Jeffrey Sachs

Topics:

• Escalation in Syria
• COP29 Summit
• Can NATO save Armenia?

Episode 391 | Recorded: December 4, 2024

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Guest:

• Jeffrey Sachs

Topics:

• Escalation in Syria
• COP29 Summit
• Can NATO save Armenia?

Episode 391 | Recorded: December 4, 2024

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Tavush Protests Gain Momentum
• Pashinyan Pressing Ahead with Land Concessions
• Poll Results on Tavush Protests

Episode 371 | Recorded: September 30, 2024

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Tavush Protests Gain Momentum
• Pashinyan Pressing Ahead with Land Concessions
• Poll Results on Tavush Protests

Episode 371 | Recorded: September 30, 2024

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Guest:

• Glenn Diesen

Topics:

• Norwegian & NATO Support for Ukraine
• “The Ukraine War & the Eurasian World Order”
• Small States and Multipolarity
• Armenia’s Position in a Multipolar World

Episode 359 | Recorded: August 30, 2024

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Guest:

• Glenn Diesen

Topics:

• Norwegian & NATO Support for Ukraine
• “The Ukraine War & the Eurasian World Order”
• Small States and Multipolarity
• Armenia’s Position in a Multipolar World

Episode 359 | Recorded: August 30, 2024

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Guest:

• Dr. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey

Topics:

• Background on the Lemkin Institute
• Genocide in Artsakh
• Armenian Government’s Genocide Denial
• Gaza and other Genocides

Episode 341 | Recorded: June 25, 2024

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Guest:

• Dr. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey

Topics:

• Background on the Lemkin Institute
• Genocide in Artsakh
• Armenian Government’s Genocide Denial
• Gaza and other Genocides

Episode 341 | Recorded: June 25, 2024

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Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Armenia Azerbaijan Talks
• Iran Amidst Conflicts
• Political Prisoners

Episode 324 | Recorded: April 16, 2024

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Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Armenia Azerbaijan Talks
• Iran Amidst Conflicts
• Political Prisoners

Episode 324 | Recorded: April 16, 2024

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Guest:

• Canadian Ambassador Andrew Turner

Topics:

• Establishment of Canadian Embassy in Armenia
• EU Monitoring Mission in Armenia (EUMA)
• Political Prisoners
• Canadian Military Supplies to Turkey

Episode 316 | Recorded: March 15, 2024

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Guest:

• Canadian Ambassador Andrew Turner

Topics:

• Establishment of Canadian Embassy in Armenia
• EU Monitoring Mission in Armenia (EUMA)
• Political Prisoners
• Canadian Military Supplies to Turkey

Episode 316 | Recorded: March 15, 2024

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Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Armenia’s Security in Danger
• Munich Security Conference
• Relations with Regional Allies

Episode 310 | Recorded: February 18, 2024

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Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Armenia’s Security in Danger
• Munich Security Conference
• Relations with Regional Allies

Episode 310 | Recorded: February 18, 2024

Guest:

• Dr. Ehsan Movahedian

Topics:

• Iran in an Evolving World Order
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Armenian-Iranian Relations
• Azerbaijani-Iranian Relations
• Vision for a Better Future

Episode 287 | Recorded: October 20, 2023

Guest:

• Dr. Ehsan Movahedian

Topics:

• Iran in an Evolving World Order
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Armenian-Iranian Relations
• Azerbaijani-Iranian Relations
• Vision for a Better Future

Episode 287 | Recorded: October 20, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• At the Brink of a New War?
• Relations with Russia
• Platform Shuffle: Brussels vs. Moscow
• Update on Yerevan Mayor

Episode 286 | Recorded: October 17, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• At the Brink of a New War?
• Relations with Russia
• Platform Shuffle: Brussels vs. Moscow
• Update on Yerevan Mayor

Episode 286 | Recorded: October 17, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Azerbaijan Attacks Artsakh
• Genocide in Progress

Episode 280 | Recorded: Sep 25, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Azerbaijan Attacks Artsakh
• Genocide in Progress

Episode 280 | Recorded: Sep 25, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• UNSC Meeting on Artsakh
• Artsakh Internal Developments
• Yerevan Elections

Episode 275 | Recorded: August 22, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• UNSC Meeting on Artsakh
• Artsakh Internal Developments
• Yerevan Elections

Episode 275 | Recorded: August 22, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 274, August 19, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - August 19, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Latest Developments around Artsakh
  • Kidnapping of People at Checkpoints
  • Cases of Starvation, Miscarriages
• UNSC Discussion of Artsakh 
  • Lack of a Resolution and Follow-Through
  • Armenia’s Diplomatic Failures
• New Artsakh parliament speaker David Ishkhanyan
• Internet Stoppage, Food, Gas, Electricity Shortages
• Continuing Azeri Aggression, troop movements and Buildup

Episode 274 | Recorded: August 19, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 274, August 19, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - August 19, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Latest Developments around Artsakh
  • Kidnapping of People at Checkpoints
  • Cases of Starvation, Miscarriages
• UNSC Discussion of Artsakh 
  • Lack of a Resolution and Follow-Through
  • Armenia’s Diplomatic Failures
• New Artsakh parliament speaker David Ishkhanyan
• Internet Stoppage, Food, Gas, Electricity Shortages
• Continuing Azeri Aggression, troop movements and Buildup

Episode 274 | Recorded: August 19, 2023

Guest:

• Anna Abrahamian

Topics:

• The Wagner Group
• Special Ops in Russia
• Over at The Ministry of Defense
• A White Russian
• On The Western Front
• Are We Done Yet?
• Parallels with 2016 in Armenia?
• PMCs in Armenia?

Episode 265 | Recorded: June 30, 2023

Guest:

• Anna Abrahamian

Topics:

• The Wagner Group
• Special Ops in Russia
• Over at The Ministry of Defense
• A White Russian
• On The Western Front
• Are We Done Yet?
• Parallels with 2016 in Armenia?
• PMCs in Armenia?

Episode 265 | Recorded: June 30, 2023

Conversations on Groong - Jan 18, 2023

Guest:

• Rananjay Anand

Topics:

• Indo-Armenian Friendship NGO
• The Indian Community in Armenia
• Where India sees itself on the world stage
• Drivers for Indian-Armenian Relations
• How to improve economic and trade relations
• The Hope & Promise of Indian Armenian Friendship

Episode 209 | Recorded: January 18, 2023

Conversations on Groong - Jan 18, 2023

Guest:

• Rananjay Anand

Topics:

• Indo-Armenian Friendship NGO
• The Indian Community in Armenia
• Where India sees itself on the world stage
• Drivers for Indian-Armenian Relations
• How to improve economic and trade relations
• The Hope & Promise of Indian Armenian Friendship

Episode 209 | Recorded: January 18, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian , a political scientist and multidisciplinary researcher in social sciences based in Yerevan. He is also a senior researcher at the Caucasus Institute.

Topics:

• Artsakh Update and Politics in Stepanakert
• Pashinyan’s “Press Conference”
• Ministry of Interior Affairs Appointments
• Economic Review and Outlook in 2023
• Personal Comments
  • Hrant - MPG polls results on Armenian Attitudes towards Russia
  • Hovik - Stop the destructive internal politics

Episode 206 | Recorded: January 15, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian , a political scientist and multidisciplinary researcher in social sciences based in Yerevan. He is also a senior researcher at the Caucasus Institute.

Topics:

• Artsakh Update and Politics in Stepanakert
• Pashinyan’s “Press Conference”
• Ministry of Interior Affairs Appointments
• Economic Review and Outlook in 2023
• Personal Comments
  • Hrant - MPG polls results on Armenian Attitudes towards Russia
  • Hovik - Stop the destructive internal politics

Episode 206 | Recorded: January 15, 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

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

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

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:

• 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

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

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

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