Unpacking Armenian Studies

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After War - Before Peace: View From Turkey May 12, 2021

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Was the war in Karabakh Turkey's re-entry into the Caucasus? Are Russia and Turkey on a collision course? How are Azerbaijani investments in Turkey driving the relationship between the two countries? Institute director Salpi Ghazarian and Focus on Karabakh editor Emil Sanamyan speak with Armenian member of the Turkish Parliament Garo Paylan and renowned Turkish economist Dr. Cengiz Aktar about the views from Turkey following the latest war between Armenia and Azerbaijan where Turkish involvement played a decisive role.

Visit the Institute's Youtube page to watch the conversation on video or listen to it in Armenian.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

After War - Before Peace: What Do the Leaders Want? May 10, 2021

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What are the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan saying? What aren't they saying? And how does this impede forward movement? In fact, how does this harm peace? Institute director Salpi Ghazarian and Focus on Karabakh editor Emil Sanamyan speak with Dr. Vicken Cheterian to answer those questions. The focus of the discussion is on what's missing in the official public conversation between leaders of each side, and between leaders and their own constituents. Dr. Vicken Cheterian is a journalist, author and political scientist who teaches at Webster University in Geneva.

Visit the Institute's Youtube page to watch the conversation on video or listen to it in Armenian.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

After War - Before Peace: Path Toward Status for Karabakh May 06, 2021

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Institute director Salpi Ghazarian and Focus on Karabakh editor Emil Sanamyan speak with longtime Caucasus researcher and area expert Dr. Laurence Broers. They discuss the possible pathways toward a lasting status in Karabakh/Artsakh in the aftermath of the recent 45-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which ended with a trilateral document, brokered by Russia, that includes a 5-year deployment of peacekeepers in the region.

Visit the Institute's Youtube page to watch the conversation on video or listen to it in Armenian.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

After War - Before Peace: View from Russia Apr 13, 2021

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Institute director Salpi Ghazarian and Focus on Karabakh editor Emil Sanamyan speak with Dr. Sergey Markedonov, a political scientist specializing in conflicts, nationalism and nation building in the post-Soviet space and a researcher at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Civilnet's editor-in-chief Karen Harutyunyan also joins in to talk about the attitudes expressed in Russia concerning the conflict in Karabakh/Artsakh and the subsequent deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the region, as well as on the perceptions of those Russian attitudes in Armenia and the long term outlook beyond the five-year peacekeeping agreement.

Visit the Institute's Youtube page to watch the conversation on video or listen to it in Armenian.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

Language Therapy with Dr. K | Western Armenian in Armenia Apr 03, 2021

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If the official language of the Republic of Armenia is Armenian, but the commonly spoken standard is Eastern Armenian, where does that leave Western Armenian speakers? In this episode, Dr. K is joined by Vahakn Keshishian, co-founder of Aghvor Paner, a Western Armenian language website, to discuss the changing perceptions of Western Armenian and how promoting the use of the language is a fruitful way to build communities. For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

After War - Before Peace: Life in Karabakh Today Mar 23, 2021

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Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian and Focus on Karabakh editor Emil Sanamyan speak with Karen Harutyunyan, editor-in-chief of Civilnet, who joined the conversation from Yerevan, along with Anush Ghavalyan from Stepanakert. The discussion raises questions about the post-war situation on the roads connecting Armenia and Karabakh, or Artsakh, and the daily challenges of residents returning to life and a new normal there.

Visit the Institute's Youtube page to watch the conversation on video or listen to it in Armenian.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

After War - Before Peace: Borders & Demarcation Mar 08, 2021

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Discussing the daunting task of defining the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan following the 44-Day War, Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian and Focus on Karabakh editor Emil Sanamyan speak with international law specialist Levon Gevorgyan of the American University of Armenia about the concept of internationally recognized borders. Dr. Gela Merabishvili, expert in political geography, also joins the conversation to discuss the challenges surrounding delimitation and demarcation of state borders, particularly after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

To view the map referenced in the episode, visit the Institute's Youtube page, where you can also watch the conversation on video or listen to it in Armenian.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

After War - Before Peace: Human Rights Law and POWs Mar 04, 2021

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Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian and Focus on Karabakh editor Emil Sanamyan talk about the pressing issue of the fate of Armenian servicemen and civilians currently in captivity in Azerbaijan as a result of the latest war in Karabakh. Experts joining the conversation are professor David Glazier from Loyola Law School and international human right lawyer Siranush Sahakyan, who is currently on the legal team preparing the case on behalf of the Armenian POWs at the European Court of Human Rights.

To watch the live conversation on video, or to listen in Armenian, visit the Institute's Youtube page.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

After War - Before Peace: The Questions Mar 03, 2021

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Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian and analyst/editor of the Institute's Focus on Karabakh platform, Emil Sanamyan, formulate a list of important topics and questions to be discussed in the upcoming episodes of the After War - Before Peace series with area experts, analysts, former and current diplomats. The conversation comes amid the tense situation following the 44-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in and around Nagorno Karabakh/Artsakh, which concluded with an uneasy settlement short of a final peace agreement.

To watch the conversation on video, visit the Institute's Youtube page.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

Unpacking Armenian Studies with Dr. George Bournoutian Feb 12, 2021

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Shifting Borders and Sovereigns — Dr. George Bournoutian, a professor of both Armenian and Iranian studies, recently retired from teaching at Iona College in New York. He speaks to Institute Director Salpi Ghazarian about the dozens of volumes he has researched, published and translated into English, on Armenia, Armenians, the Caucasus, Russia and Iran – and Karabakh.

For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.

For a list of Bournoutian's publications, visit https://bit.ly/3tONUgn.

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