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Money Matters: Ukraine, Armenia & War Mar 17, 2022

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Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian speaks with Varoujan Avedikian, an attorney and former General Counsel to Armenia's Central Bank, on the economic and monetary challenges and opportunities immediately resulting from the Ukraine war. Energy and food security, imports and exports, banking and insurance services, are all impacted in expected and unexpected ways.

This is Episode 7 of the limited series called Ukraine, Armenia & War.

For more, visit Armenian.usc.edu.

Armenia's Ambassador to Poland on Ukraine, Armenia & War Mar 17, 2022

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Armenia's ambassador to Poland, Samvel Mkrtchian, is on the frontline with incoming refugees, and with an international community intent on finding a solution to the ongoing destruction of a country and a nation. He speaks with Institute Director and his former colleague at Armenia's Foreign Ministry, Salpi Ghazarian, at length about international politics, power relations, and Armenia's limited room to maneuver.

This is Episode 6 of the limited series called Ukraine, Armenia & War.

For more, visit Armenian.usc.edu.

Armenia's Ambassador to Kyiv on Ukraine, Armenia & War Mar 16, 2022

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Armenia's embassy in Ukraine was among the last to leave the capital and move to Lviv, near the western border. Ambassador Vladimir Karapetyan speaks with Institute Director and his former colleague at Armenia's Foreign Ministry, Salpi Ghazarian, about the complexity of Armenia's foreign relations and interactions with the diplomatic community in Ukraine; about what the embassy and staff are doing in the midst of war, including protecting church sculptures, and offering aid to refugees; and about the old and large (near 500,000) Armenian community of Ukraine, and their place within Ukrainian society.

This is Episode 5 of the limited series called Ukraine, Armenia & War.

For more, visit Armenian.usc.edu.

The Ukrainian Diaspora, at War: Ukraine, Armenia & War Mar 12, 2022

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Dr. Dominique Arel of the University of Ottawa is a scholar of the Ukrainian Diaspora, which is active and effective in Canadian, and global pol. In a conversation with Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian, he presents an overview of the four waves of Ukrainian migration to Canada, and how each reinforced the identity and organizational capacity of those who had arrived earlier. The conversation focuses on responses to the war and the ability to mobilize the community's as well as the host country's – Canada's – political resources. It ends with the question that has no answer – how do two neighbors go back to any sort of normality after such massive, unprovoked violence?

This is Episode 4 of the limited series called Ukraine, Armenia, and War.

For more, visit Armenian.usc.edu.

Georgia, After Ukraine: Ukraine, Armenia & War Mar 11, 2022

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Armenia and Georgia, both caught in the very narrow space between the policies and actions of Russia and those of the West, are responding in very different ways to the Ukraine war. Olesya Vartanyan, based in Tbilisi, Georgia, is International Crisis Group's Senior Analyst for the South Caucasus region and the guest for Episode 3 of this limited series called Ukraine, Armenia & War. The conversation, with Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian, is about a fractured region.

For more, visit Armenian.usc.edu.

What is Seen in Armenia: Ukraine, Armenia & War Mar 10, 2022

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How do Armenians in Armenia and Karabakh / Artsakh view similarities and differences in the 2020 war with Azerbaijan, and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia. What are the information flows? What do the first wave of immigrants from Russia and Ukraine want? How has Karabakh's security been impacted? CivilNet's Editor-in-Chief Karen Harutyunyan is the guest in Episode 1 of a limited series called Ukraine, Armenia & War, on the Russian invasion of Ukraine as seen from Armenia and the Caucasus.

For more, visit Armenian.usc.edu.

Questions of Sovereignty: Ukraine, Armenia & War Mar 10, 2022

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Professor Ronald Suny, a leading scholar of Soviet, post-Soviet and Russian history, the Caucasus, nationalism and ethnic conflict, speaks about sovereignty and "organized hypocrisy" – for Ukraine, Armenia, Karabakh, Iraq, Kosovo or the Donbas region. Is there inviolability of borders? What is the value of 'recognition'?

This is Episode 2 of the limited series Ukraine, Armenia & War on the Russian invasion of Ukraine as seen from Armenia and the Caucasus.

For more, visit Armenian.usc.edu.

Language Therapy with Dr. K | Systems of Language Jan 05, 2022

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How can the cultural influences and language dynamics of an immigrant household make its way to heavy metal and some of the most transformational music of its time? Going from an Armenian private school to sold out arenas around the world, Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down talks to Dr. K about how growing up speaking both standards of Armenian sparked a mindset of adaptability and perseverance throughout his life and career.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

Language Therapy with Dr. K | Language(s) in Therapy Nov 17, 2021

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How can a psychologist use language as a tool for healing, and as a method of traveling to times and locations often buried and distant in the past? If both therapist and patient are bilingual, how are language dynamics negotiated and experienced during therapy? In this episode, Dr. K sits down with clinical psychologist Mariam Vanounts to discuss the role of language(s) and non-verbal communication in various forms of therapy.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

Language Therapy with Dr. K | CHEERIOS Oct 04, 2021

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While Cheerios are commonly known as a popular breakfast food, the term has taken on a life of its own in the Armenian American context, referring to a specific way a person speaks or behaves. In this episode, Dr. K talks to a number of young Armenian Americans and immigrants from Armenia to uncover this phenomenon and determine who exactly is a Cheerios and how that label is used.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

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