Armenian News Network - Groong: Week In Review Podcast

Armenian Songs for Children Bedros Afeyan talks with Isabel Bayrakdarian Topics: Journey Back to Armenian Music Musical Harmony Between Armenian Music and Classical Canon Researching, Teaching and Choosing Songs Isabel’s Favorites and Influences Guest: Isabel Bayrakdarian TW/@IBsoprano Hosts: Dr. Bedros Afeyan Song list & timestamps Komitas - Sleep My Child - Lullaby – 00:00 Komitas - Six Chil...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - January 23, 2022 Topics: * 00:00 Introduction * 01:04 President Armen Sarkissian Resigns * 20:46 Russia-NATO Standoff over Ukraine * 47:55 Vahan Kerobyan, Minister of Comedy Guests: * Dr. Pietro Shakarian Hosts: * Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan * Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 114 | Recorded: Sunday, January 25, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-202...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - January 16, 2022 Topics: Major incident on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Line of Contact Turkish-Armenian meeting in Moscow Guests: Edgar Elbakyan TW/@ElbakyanEdgar Hosts: Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Episode 113 | Recorded: Sunday, January 17, 2022 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

ANN/Groong Week in Review - January 9, 2022 Topics: Color Me Kazakhstan Turkish-Armenian Normalization Meeting on January 14 Guests: Benyamin Poghosyan TW/@Benyamin_Poghos Pietro Shakarian Hosts: Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Episode 112 | Recorded: Sunday, January 9, 2022 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Turkish-Armenian Normalization Negotiations A Conversation with Harut Sassounian Harut Sassounian has been the publisher of The California Courier newspaper since 1983. He is also the President of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization which has delivered to Armenia and Artsakh $947 million of humanitarian assistance since 1989. He is currently engaged in forming the Diaspora Armenian...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - December 26, 2021 Topics: * Nikol Pashinyan holds a press conference * Robert Kocharyan holds a press conference * The Yerevan Mayor Saga Guests: * Tevan Poghosyan TW/@ TevanPoghosyan Hosts: * Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan * Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 110 | Recorded: Sunday, December 27, 2021 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20211226.html Subscribe...

Thirty Years After the USSR * Dr. Pietro Shakarian is a Lecturer in history at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan. His research focuses on the history of Eastern Armenia and the Caucasus, especially Soviet Armenia during the era of Nikita Khrushchev’s Thaw. His analyses on Russia and the former Soviet region have appeared in The Nation, The Plain Dealer, the Russian International Affair...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - December 19, 2021 Topics: Turkish-Armenian normalization Brussels Sprouts Armen Grigoryan in Washington DC The Armenian Project - US Tour Analyst Rants Guests: Varuzhan Geghamyan TW/@GVaruzhan Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 108 | Recorded: Sunday, December 20, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groon...

Anar Valiyev and Benyamin Poghosyan discuss stumbling blocks in post-war negotiations Guests: Dr. Anar Valiyev, Associate Professor at Azerbaijani Diplomatic Academy (ADA) University in Baku. Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan, Chairman of Yerevan-based think tank Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies. Topics: Artsakh Status (@4:54) Is the conflict really “solved” (@11:04) Opening of Communicati...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - December 12, 2021 Topics: Zoom for Democracy Domestic Politics Regional Politics Artsakh Independence at 30 Analyst Rants Guests: Benyamin Poghosyan TW/@benyamin_poghos Pietro Shakarian Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 106 | Recorded: Sunday, December 12, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

ANN/Groong Week in Review - December 5, 2021 Topics: * Regional Geopolitics * Turkmenistan / Iran gas swap deal * Opposition Fizzles Out. Again. Guests: * Benyamin Poghosyan TW/@benyamin_poghos Hosts: * Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan * Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 105 | Recorded: Sunday, December 5, 2021 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20211205.html Subscribe and follow us ever...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - November 28, 2021 Topics: Pashinyan Live on Facebook Trilateral in Sochi, Bilateral in Brussels Turkish-Armenian “Normalization” Russian-Turkish “Co-opetition” in Eurasia Guests: Hrant Mikaelian TW/@hrant_m Yeghia Tashjian TW/@yeghig Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 104 | Recorded: Sunday, November 28, 2021 Subscribe and foll...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - November 21, 2021 Topics: Russia-NATO escalation Border escalation Goodbye Moscow, Hello Brussels! Protests in Yerevan Guests: Pietro Shakarian Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 103 | Recorded: Monday, November 22, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

State of the Armenian Economy A Conversation with Vardan Aramyan - November 21, 2021 The war initiated by Azerbaijan in the fall of 2020, amid the pandemic, further complicated an already complex economic situation in Armenia. And as the world economy recovers from Covid-19 related shocks, we wanted to understand Armenia’s own post-war and post-covid-19 economic situation. It is not an easy task t...

Talking with Alison Tahmizian Meuse A veteran journalist who has recently shifted gears and also moved to the homeland. Alison Meuse is a graduate of the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. She is a French and Arabic speaker, and a veteran Middle East journalist, having worked over the past decade as a producer, correspondent and editor for major international p...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - November 7, 2021 Topics: Armenia under wide scale attacks by Azerbaijan Border Politics Azerbaijan Returns to the OSCE MG Municipal elections Over the Past Weekend Guests: Arthur Martirosyan TW/@ArtMart96 Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 101 | Recorded: Monday, November 16, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: lin...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - November 7, 2021 Topics: The War in Artsakh, One Year Later Erika Olson visits the South Caucasus Internal political developments Guests: Benyamin Poghosyan TW/@Benyamin_Poghos Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 99 | Recorded: Monday, November 8, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

The State of Affairs in Lebanon A Conversation with Dr. Ohannes Geukjian and Vera Yacoubian Topics: A year after the Beirut Explosion, what’s the state of investigations? Has Anyone been held Accountable? Who are the Internal and External Players in Lebanon? What’s the State and Future of the Armenian Community in Lebanon? Guests: Dr. Ohannes Geukjian Vera Yacoubian Hosts: Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qub...

Save Armenian Monuments A Conversation with Virginia Davies and Heghnar Watenpaugh Topics: One year after the War in Artsakh, the State of Armenian Monuments in Lands turned over to Azerbaijan What is Save Armenian Monuments? The Significance of Pilgrimage and Holy Sites Armenia and Azerbaijan at the International Court of Justice - Is Intentional Cultural Destruction a form of Racial Discriminati...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - October 31, 2021 Topics: Georgia’s Runoff Elections Turkish Drones in Donbas Iran-Turkey Tensions The G20 Palooza Guests: Pietro Shakarian Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 96 | Recorded: October 31, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Conversations on Groong - Oct 30, 2021 Since the fall of the Soviet Union 30 years ago, Armenia and Azerbaijan never engaged in determining their mutual borders. Now after the 44-day War in Artsakh, Azerbaijan's president Aliyev is demanding the signing of a "Peace Treaty" with Armenia,which includes a full border recognition between them. But based on what borders? Topics: Early Ma...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - October 24, 2021 Topics: Yerevan’s “Positive Messages” Opposition Going Back to Street Rallies? Ruling Party Setbacks in Local Elections Vano Siradeghyan Dies Guests: Tevan Poghosyan TW/@TevanPoghosyan Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 92 | Recorded: October 25, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Armenia’s Diplomacy and Regional Corridors The 44-day War in Artsakh ended with Armenia signing a document of capitulation in November of 2020. The three signatories, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, agreed to implement a number of points to maintain the ceasefire, and work towards a longer lasting peace deal in the region. In the past month, there’s been a flurry of diplomatic activity around Arme...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - October 17, 2021 Topics: A Flurry of Diplomatic Activity Results from Tavush, Shirak and Syunik Vaccination in Armenia Trust in the Authorities about Information from Border Areas Guests: Hrant Mikaelian TW/@hrant_m Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 92 | Recorded: October 18, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: li...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - October 3, 2021 Topics: Saakashvili Back in Georgia Putin, Erdogan, in Sochi OSCE Minsk Group in Artsakh? Tonoyan, Galstyan in Jail Hovik in Stepanakert Guests: Benyamin Poghosyan TW/@benyamin_poghos Pietro Shakarian Hosts: Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Episode 91 | Recorded: October 3, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: li...