Conversations on Groong - March 3, 2025

Topics:
  - US Foreign Policy Under Trump
  - Transactional Foreign Policy
  - Trump’s Cabinet & Policy Shifts
  - US-Armenia Relations

Guest:
  - James W. Carden
  - Pietro Shakarian

Hosts:
  - Hovik Manucharyan
  - Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 420 | Recorded: February 27, 2025

https://podcasts.groong.org/420

Video: https://youtu.be/Ntl9bnNrqdU

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Jean-Daniel Ruch - Geopolitics, Justice and the Future World Order

Conversations on Groong - March 1, 2025

Topics:

• Jean-Daniel Ruch’s Career & Background – His diplomatic career, key postings, and motivation for writing Crimes, Hate, and Tremors.
• The Role of Diplomacy in Conflict Resolution – Insights from his experiences in international negotiations and conflict mediation.
• Western Democracy Promotion & Geopolitical Power Plays – The effectiveness and failures of externally imposed governance models.
• The War in Ukraine & Failed Peace Efforts – Analysis of missed diplomatic opportunities, the Istanbul negotiations, and Western involvement in prolonging the war.
• US & European Geopolitical Strategies – The role of the US and EU in shaping global conflicts and their impact on smaller nations.
• The International Criminal Court & Selective Justice – How international legal institutions operate under geopolitical influence.
• The Artsakh Conflict & Armenian Displacement – The ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, Turkey’s role, and the failure of international organizations to prevent it.

Guest: Jean-Daniel Ruch

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 419 | Recorded: February 27, 2025

Video: https://youtu.be/o3T1Pp2UhJ8


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Ukraine Negotiations in Riyadh, Edgar Ghazaryan Harrassed by Gov, Robert Kocharyan Press Conference, Yerevan Bus Fares

Groong Week in Review - February 23, 2025

Topics

• Ukraine Negotiations in Riyadh
• Edgar Ghazaryan Harassed by the Government
• Robert Kocharyan Press Conference
• Yerevan Bus Fares

Guest

• Arthur G Martirosyan

Hosts

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 418 | Recorded: February 24, 2025

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MPG Poll, and a Review of the Armenian Economy in 2024

Conversations on Groong - February 22, 2025

Topics

• MPG Poll Results
• Review of 2024 Economy

Guest

• Hrant Mikaelian

Hosts

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 417 | Recorded: February 12, 2025

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Groong Week in Review - February 16, 2025

Topics:

• World Politics – US-Russia relations, NATO tensions, and European reactions.
• Middle East Developments – Trump’s Gaza proposal.
• Plan, or No Plan? – Pashinyan’s acknowledgment of the 2019 OSCE MG peace plan.
• Corridor Talk – Armenia-Azerbaijan transit negotiations and their implications.
• Domestic Politics – Robert Kocharyan’s press conference and its potential political impact.

Guest: Dziunik Aghajanian

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 416 | Recorded: February 17, 2025

Video: https://youtu.be/j4NYboS2Tck

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Glenn Diesen’s Book: The Think Tank Racket: Managing the Information War with Russia

Conversations on Groong - February 17, 2025

Topics

• Think Tanks: Defining the Problem
• Media Manipulation, NGOs, and Colored Coups
• Reforming the Think Tank Industry

Guest

• Glenn Diesen

Hosts

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 415 | Recorded: February 6, 2025

Video: https://youtu.be/CAd1N-UAegE

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Russia, the US, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgian, and the New Global Order

Conversations on Groong - February 16, 2025

Topics

• A New Détente?
• The Trump-Putin Call
• Russia’s Strategic Choices
• Russo-Armenian Relations
• Russo-Azerbaijani Relations
• Georgia’s Pragmatism

Guest

• Fyodor Lukyanov (Фёдор Алекса́ндрович Лукья́нов)

Hosts

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 414 | Recorded: Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2025

Video: https://youtu.be/55f4iBCIAGY

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Groong Week in Review - February 9, 2025

Topics

• Pashinyan in DC
• Trump Sanctions the ICC
• Azerbaijani Diplomacy in Action
• Workers Strike at Mining Co.

Guest

• Anna Karapetyan

Hosts

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 413 | Recorded: January 11, 2025

Video: https://youtu.be/CZEW8s2uups

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The Estrangement of Georgia and the West

Conversations on Groong - February 10, 2025

Topics

• Effects of the Cutoff of USAID
• Georgia and the EU
• Georgian and the South Caucasus

Guest

• Archil Sikharulidze

Hosts

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 412 | Recorded: February 9, 2025

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Glenn Diesen & Arman Grigoryan - The Incoming Multipolar World | Ep 411, Feb 9, 2025

Conversations on Groong - February 9, 2025

Topics

• The Ongoing conflicts: Gaza, Syria, Ukraine
• Shifting Global Power and Alliances
• Small Countries in a Multipolar World

Guest

• Glenn Diesen
• Arman Grigoryan

Hosts

• Hovik Manucharyan
• Asbed Bedrossian

Episode 411 | Recorded: February 6, 2025

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