Armenian News Network - Groong: Week In Review Podcast

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 on November 9, with the signing of the trilateral ceasefire statement.

A group of more than 10 academics and researchers recently published a lengthy set of questions that are proposed as a basis for a fact-finding commission to investigate the causes and results of the war. The document can be found on the web at armeniacommission.org

Guests
- Dr. Simon Saradzhyan - https://twitter.com/saradzhyan
- Arthur G. Martirosyan - https://twitter.com/ArtMart96
- Tevan Poghosyan - https://twitter.com/TevanPoghosyan


Dr. Simon Saradzhyan is the founding director of the Russia Matters Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and also helps advance the center’s U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism. His research interests include national power, military interventions, arms control, counterterrorism, and the foreign, defense, and security policies of Russia and other post-Soviet states and their relations with great powers. Prior to joining Harvard, Dr. Saradzhyan worked as a researcher, consultant, and journalist in Russia for 15 years, including as an editor of The Moscow Times.

Arthur G. Martirosyan is a Senior Consultant with CM Partners. In 1994, after graduating from Yale University, he joined Conflict Management Group and Harvard Negotiation Project, and has since worked on conflicts in the former Soviet Union, Middle East, the Balkans, Africa and Latin America.

Tevan Poghosyan is president of the International Center for Human Development in Yerevan. Mr. Poghosyan was an MP in the National Assembly between 2012 and 2017 from the Heritage party. From 1997 to 1999 he served as the Nagorno-Karabakh Public Affairs Office Director in Washington, D.C.

Hosts:
- Asbed Bedrossian
- Hovik Manucharyan

Episode 82 | Recorded: July 30, 2021

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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

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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.html

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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

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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

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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 Maghakyan is an independent researcher of cultural destruction and lecturer in International Relations at the University of Colorado Denver.

Guests

• Lori Khatchadourian is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University and co-director of the Caucasus Heritage Watch satellite monitoring project. 
• Christina Maranci is Arthur H. Dadian and Ara T. Oztemel Professor of Armenian art and architectural history and Chair of the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University. 

Episode 77 | Recorded: June 16, 2021 

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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

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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.

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Ինչպե՞ս բացատրել MPG- ի հարցումների անհամապատասխանությունը ընտրությունների արդյունքների հետ
Զրույց Արամ Նավասարդյանի հետ

Հյուր:

Արամ Նավասարդյանը MPG- ի տնօրենն է որը հանդիսանում է Gallup International Association- ի անդամ և հիմնական հետազոտական կազմակերպություններից մեկն եր 2021 թվականի հունիսի խորհրդարանական ընտրությունների նախընտրական քարոզարշավի ընթացում:

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian 

Episode 75 | Recorded: June 21, 2021

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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

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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 published by Iranian and Armenian sites and analytical centers.

Conversation in English and Armenian

Topics:

• Security/Defense
• Economy and Social
• Artsakh
• Diaspora Relations

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian 

Episode 73 | Recorded: June 12, 2021

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