April 28, 2025

Scholars’ Circle – Armenia – Azerbaijan treaty update ; Labors view on tariff – April 20, 2025

58 minutes

Recent peace treaty communication coming from Armenia and Azerbaijan explained.

Robert English is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Russia and the Idea of the West: Gorbachev, Intellectuals and the End of the Cold War and The Other Side: How Soviets and Americans Perceive Each Other.

Talin Hitik is an international human rights advocate focused on seeking accountability for war crimes and human rights violations. She also has worked as a legal officer at the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Permanent Court of Arbitration and has served at the Ministry of Justice of Armenia, managing the European Court of Human Rights litigation department. She was a professor of international human rights and humanitarian law at American University of Armenia and Yerevan State University and most recently, was an Academic Affiliate at the University of Michigan Law School.

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Wendy Hansen is professor of Political Science at University of New Mexico. Her research interest are in international relations, economics, public policy and labor. She is author of New Evidence for the Theory of Groups: Trade Association Lobbying in Washington D.C. and Campaign Finance in US Politics: An Era Without Limits.

This program is produced by Doug Becker, Ankine Aghassian, Maria Armoudian and Sudd Dongre.

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