Armenian News Network - Groong: Week In Review Podcast

ANN/Groong Week in Review - September 26, 2021 Topics: The One-year anniversary of The War in Artsakh Can the Opposition Reorganize? Turkish-Armenian Possible Rapprochement Guests: Tevan Poghosyan TW/@TevanPoghosyan Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode 90 | Recorded: September 27, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

ANN/Groong Week in Review - September 19, 2021 Topics: Independence Day Pashinyan’s Turkish overtures Goris-Kapan highway closure Guests: Pietro Shakarian Host: Hovik Manucharyan Episode #89 | Recorded: September 20, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

ANN/Groong Week in Review - September 5, 2021 Topics: Pashinyan & Co. Shun Artsakh Independence Turkey-Armenia Reconciliation Reconstituted? Afghanistan: Taliban 2.0? State of World Affairs State of Political Analysis Guests: Asbed Kotchikian TW/@AsbedK Hosts: Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq Episode #88 | Recorded: September 3, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

ANN/Groong Week in Review - August 29, 2021 Topics: Road to Syunik Blocked and Unblocked 5-Year Plan Approved Parliamentary Dynamics Guests: Beniamin Poghosyan / TW: @Bpoghosyan Hosts: Asbed Bedrossian / TW: @qubriq Episode 87 | Recorded: August 29, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

ANN/Groong Week in Review - August 22, 2021 Topics: The Government’s 5-Year Plan Is Russia Rearming Armenia? Artsakh? Press Freedoms Curtailed in Parliament Topics from the Panelists Professionalism in Politics COVID Complacence Guests: Asbed Kotchikian @Asbed_K Hrant Mikaelian @Hrant_datablog Hosts: Asbed Bedrossian @qubriq Episode 86 | Recorded: August 22, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - August 15, 2021 Topics: Lebanon in Crisis Taliban Takes Over Afghanistan 8th Convocation of the Parliament Developments around Artsakh Guests: Asbed Kotchikian - twitter.com/AsbedK Katia Peltekian - twitter.com/KatiaPeltekian Benyamin Poghosyan - twitter.com/BeniaminPoghosyan Asbed Kotchikian is an Associate Professor of political science and international relations at...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - August 1, 2021 Topics: Continued Instability along Armenia-Azerbaijan Borders National Assembly Commission on the 44-Day War First Session of the 8th Session of the Armenian Parliament Guests: Asbed Kotchikian @Asbed_K Benyamin Poghosyan @BeniaminPoghosyan Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan @HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian @qubriq Episode 84 | Recorded: August 2, 2021 Subscribe and...

Unblocking The South Caucasus, Fact or Fiction? A conversation with Areg Danagoulian and Emil Sanamyan Recording of live Clubhouse conversation As part of the November 9th Agreement, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a number of points, one of which was the unblocking of all transportation routes in the region and opening unfettered access between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan. The specific wording of...

Calls for a Commission to Analyze the Defeat in the 2020 Artsakh War A Conversation with Dr. Simon Saradzhyan, Arthur G. Martirosyan, and Tevan Poghosyan The disastrous outcome of the 2020 War in Artsakh has left Armenians in Armenia and around the world with many unanswered questions. Many long-time held beliefs about the capability of Armenia to defend Artsakh, and Armenia itself, were shattered...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - July 25, 2021 Topics: Escalation in Yeraskh “Peace Treaty” at Gunpoint Emigration out of Armenia Trip Report from Our Guests Guests: Varuzhan Geghamyan Hrant Mikaelian Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan Asbed Bedrossian Episode 81 | Recorded: July 26, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Armenian Foreign policy Between War and Peace A Conversation with Dr. Pietro Shakarian and Yeghia Tashjian Topics: * Sparring Partners: Moscow and Ankara * Yerevan’s Diplomatic Dilemmas * Aliyev’s Appetite and Ambitions Guests * Dr. Pietro Shakarian * Yeghia Tashjian Hosts: * Hovik Manucharyan * Asbed Bedrossian Episode 80 | Recorded: July 22, 2021 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/CoG-20210722...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - July 18, 2021 Topics: Constitutional Court Decisions on Election Results New Pashinyan Appointments More Threats from Azerbaijan Russian Generals in Yerevan Again Guests: SurenSargsyan Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan Asbed Bedrossian Episode 79 | Recorded: July 19, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

ANN/Groong Week in Review - July 11, 2021 Topics:   - Putin / Pashinyan meeting   - Constitutional Court Challenge   - Forging Steel out of Velvet   - Groong Podcast’s Year-in-Review Guests: Asbed Kotchikian Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan Asbed Bedrossian Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210711.html Episode 78 | Recorded: July 11, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groo...

Preserving Armenian Heritage Topics: What is Armenian Art and Architecture? Where does Artsakh’s Heritage fit in the larger Armenian picture? What Armenian Heritage fell under Azerbaijani Control in 2020? What is Caucasus Heritage Watch and What does it do? What can International Organizations do for Artsakh? How do International Instruments fail in Preserving Armenian Heritage?  Host: Simon Magha...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - June 27, 2021 Topics: Armenian Elections Recap Protests in Artsakh Guests: Hrant Mikaelian Emil Sanamyan Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan Asbed Bedrossian Episode 76 | Recorded: June 27, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

How to Explain The MPG Polling Discrepancy With Election Results? A Conversation (in Armenian) with Aram Navasardyan Guest: Aram Navasardyan is Director of MPG, a member of Gallup International Association and one of the main pollsters  in the pre-election campaign for June 2021 parliamentary elections. -- Ինչպե՞ս բացատրել MPG- ի հարցումների անհամապատասխանությունը ընտրությունների արդյունքների հետ...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - June 20, 2021 Topics: Armenia’s Elections Behind The Scenes with Armenia and Azerbaijan Erdogan in Azerbaijan Biden Meets Erdogan, then Putin Guests: Asbed Kotchikian @AsbedK @Emil_Sanamyan Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan @HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian @Qubriq Episode 74 | Recorded: June 20, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Analyzing Party Platforms in June 20 Parliamentary Elections A Conversation with Robert Markarian Guest: Robert Markarian was born in Iran and has university education in physics and law. For 25 years, he has worked as a host, editor, and analyst on Armenian Radio Hour in Iran’s public radio and television. He has cooperated articles covering Armenia and Artsakh in Armenian, Persian, and English p...

Aleksandr Khachaturyan on the 2021 Armenian Elections Guest: Aleksandr Khachaturyan who is a Managing Partner at TK & Partners, in Yerevan. In 2016 he served as an advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Karen Karapetyan, and was CEO of the Center for Strategic Initiatives, advising the government on key economic and public administration reforms and strategies. He serves as...

Hayastan Dashinq, Elections and Postwar Outlook Guest Aspram Krpeyan, is a member of the Hayastan Dashinq led by former president Robert Kocharyan in the upcoming elections in Armenia, and a member of its list of parliamentary party representatives. She holds an MSt in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Oxford and an LLM from the Geneva Academy of the International Humanitarian Law and Huma...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - June 13, 2021 Topics: Meltdown at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Philip Reeker’s Visit to the Region 15 POWs Return Home Latest Election Poll Results Guests: Asbed Kotchikian Tevan Poghosyan Hosts: Hovik Manucharyan Asbed Bedrossian Episode 70 | Recorded: June 13, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

ARF-Dashnaktsutyun: Roadmap and Challenges Guest Giro Manoyan has been a member of the ARF-D Bureau since 2015. Originally from Beirut, Lebanon, he moved to Montreal, Canada in 1976. He has served as the Executive Secretary of the Armenian National Committee of Canada, as well as the Editor in Chief of the Horizon Armenian Weekly. In 1999 he moved to Yerevan and has served as the Executive Directo...

Armenia, Superpowers and The New Cold War A Conversation with: Guest: Dr. Pietro Shakarian , who is a Cleveland-based historian of Russia and the Soviet Union, with a focus on Soviet Armenia and the Caucasus during the era of Nikita Khrushchev’s Thaw. Topics Democracy-building in the Post Soviet Space NATO and expansion Russia in the Caucasus China and the New Silk Road through Iran and Georgia Ho...

Iran: Foreign Relations and Upcoming Elections (in Armenian) A Conversation with Robert Markarian The South Caucasus comprises Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The three regional powers surrounding them are Russia to the north, Turkey to the west, and Iran in the south. Iran has been largely quiet about events on its northern border with Armenia and Azerbaijan, due largely to its marginalization...

ANN/Groong Week in Review - June 6, 2021 Topics: * Kocharyan Closes in on Pashinyan in Election Polls * Pashinyan Visits Europe Guests: * Asbed Kotchikian * Emil Sanamyan Hosts: * Asbed Bedrossian * Hovik Manucharyan Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210606.html Episode 65 | Recorded: May 30, 2021 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong