State Sovereignty Day, TRIPP Trap, Reactions, Kitchen Sink
Groong Week in Review – August 24, 2025
Topics
* August 23: Armenia’s declaration of State Sovereignty
* The TRIPP Trap
* Iran – Pezeshkian’s Visit
* Russia – Overchuk’s visit
* The Kitchen Sink
Guest
* Tevan Poghosyan
Hosts
* Hovik Manucharyan
* Asbed Bedrossian
00:00 Intro to show with Tevan Poghosyan
00:26 How do Armenians feel about Pashinyan’s address on State Sovereignty day?
07:53 Why is Pashinyan keeping the content of the US-Armenian agreements a secret?
14:21 What security can Armenian expect from the US as a stakeholder in TRIPP?
17:49 Is Aliyev’s talk of “peace” sincere or even possible?
21:24 What are next stages in the Trump Route’s evolution, and factors that might influence it?
25:15 Did Pezeshkian leave Armenia with more questions than answers about its concerns?
30:48 Does Iran have the bandwidth to defend its red lines regarding the Iran-Armenia border?
35:59 Why did Pezeshkian & Lukashenko declare intent for greater use of the Iran-Armenia border?
38:51 Are Russia and Iran as committed to their interests in the South Caucasus as Turkey and Azerbaijan are?
45:27 Personal thoughts from the participants
45:41 Hovik: Gaza Genocide, David Papazian, and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation scam
49:20 Tevan: September 2 is Artsakh Independence Day. Keep it in your hearts, celebrate it, and we will return one day.
53:05 Asbed: the words of our poets on Armenian unity are strategic advice, not feel-good pablum
55:55 The Kitchen Sink
56:05 Narek Karapetyan videos highlight how Pashinyan’s populist shenanigans are running Armenia’s economy into the ground
01:01:39 Jirair Libaridian’s article misses the mark
01:07:26 Russia marking pro-Azeri influencers as foreign agents
01:08:46 Pashinyan allocates $3.25M to fight international arbitration favoring Samvel Karapetyan
01:09:39 Pashinyan plans to slash defense spending
01:10:33 Arsen Torosyan continues to fail upwards
01:13:20 About Tevan Poghosyan
Episode 464 | Recorded: August 25, 2025
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Nice to meet you from Scotland
Until you realize that you obviously should have tried to make a deal before Azerbaijan spent all those billions on weapons systems, you will never accept what the world is right now.
Aemenia is on a bad TRIPP unfortunately.