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Groong Week in Review – March 8, 2026 Topics * Iran War Update * IRI Poll Review * Political Landscape Guest: Hrant Mikaelian Timestamps 00:00 Intro to show with Hrant Mikaelian 00:28 By Electing Mojtaba Khamenei, what message is Iran sending to the US & Israel? 03:30 Are there grounds forming to reduce military activities and engage more diplomacy? 06:31 What would push Trump to seek an offramp, and what might it look like? 09:41 What does a “victory” look like for Iran? 13:02 What effect will this projecthave on the TRIPP project? 14:54 Has Iran’s Army weakened? 17:15 Nakhichevan…

Philippe Raffi Kalfayan – Europe and America, JD Vance in Armenia, Pashinyan vs. the Armenian Church Groong Week in Review – February 8, 2026 Topics * A European View of America * JD Vance in Armenia * Pashinyan vs. The Armenian Church * Europe and Armenia Guest: * Philippe Raffi Kalfayan Timestamps: 00:00 Intro to show with Philippe Raffi Khalfayan 01:53 Why is Armenia so importan to us? 04:30 Why is the US administration unpopular in Europe? 10:29 Is Trump serious about encroaching on European sovereign territory, and alienating Europe as an ally? 20:09 Is Armenia an equal partner in…

Conversations on Groong – February 5, 2026 Books by Tsygankov: – “Canceling” Russia (2026): Topics: – Defining the “Canceling Russia” phenomenon – The “cancel Russia” lobby – Containment shifts to coercive transformation – Russian Orthodox Church as battleground – Kremlin “towers” and civilizational logic Guest: Andrei Tsygankov Timestamps: 00:00 Intro to show with Prof. Andrei Tsyngankov 01:50 What are the roots of “Cancel Russia” and does the movement maintain such a massive scale? 08:55 How has Cancel Russia affected academia and scholarship? 18:32 What’s the role of US think tanks in Cancel Russia? 23:48 Did the West miss the boat…

Global Affairs in the Age of Trump 2.0 Topics: * Trump 2.0 and the “Donroe Doctrine” * Rules-Based Disorder? * Iran vs. the “Big, Beautiful Armada” * US Cohesion and Midterms * JD Vance in the South Caucasus Guests: * James Carden * Pietro Shakarian Timestamps: 00:00 Intro to show with James W Carden and Dr. Pietro Shakarian 02:03 What is the “Donroe Doctrine”, what part is policy, what part is branding? 05:20 Is the US building a moat around itself in the newly multipolar world? 09:27 How does the Donroe Doctrine affect US relations with China & Russia, and…