Arman Grigoryan - Armenia's Misguided Pivot to the West, Turkish Involvement in Second Karabakh War, Corridors | Ep 349 - August 1, 2024

Chapters

1. 00:00 Intro to show with Dr. Arman Grigoryan of Lehigh University
2. 00:26 Introducing Prof. Arman Grigoryan
3. 03:21 How can one explain the disastrous path Pashinyan put Armenia on?
4. 11:34 Two hypotheses of why the Armenian side acted so irrationally.
5. 11:57 The intellectual and political ecology of the Armenian government
6. 17:38 Pashinyan: a disciple of Levon Ter-Petrosyan? Was he Revolutionary, or Evolutionary?
7. 18:03 And also: were the March 1, 2008 protests a precursor to 2018?
8. 27:38 The role of strategic myths
9. 28:01 Was compromise with Azerbaijan ever a realistic possibility?
10. 30:38 Pledge break: GIVE to Groong, become a sustaining member
11. 32:45 The main objections to a compromise in 1998
12. 33:48 On peacekeeping missions
13. 42:44 Why did Pashinyan drag his feet on implementing Point 9 of the Nov. 9 Statement?
14. 49:09 Is Pashinyan more worried about who he will relinquish sovereignty to?
15. 50:39 Pivot to the West: did Pashinyan's team flip in 2020, or was the idea baking since 2018 already?
16. 58:07 What are the West's plans for Armenia, and how are they using Armenia?
17. 1:05:49 Was the Turkish involvement in the 44-Day War a decisive factor?
18. 1:12:32 The fallacy that the outcome of the war was unpredictable, because Turkish involvement was not foreseeable
19. 1:14:51 About Dr. Arman Grigoryan
20. 1:15:22 Final reminder: GIVE to Groong, become a supporter