Caspian Podcast

By: Mark Elliott
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  • Episode 25 | Azerbaijan’s Elin Suleymanov has been ambassador in the UK, the US and Comedy Central

    Episode 25 | Azerbaijan’s Elin Suleymanov has been ambassador in the UK, the US and Comedy Central
    Feb 11 2022
    If you thought diplomats had to leave their personalities behind to do their jobs, think again. Elin Suleymanov is Azerbaijan’s current ambassador in the UK. Before that he spent a decade as Baku’s main man in Washington, becoming probably the only ambassador to have appeared on Comedy Central. There’s plenty of humour in this very human yet incisive podcast conversation, but much to think about as Mark asks Elin about “caviar diplomacy,” Armenian detainees and hopes for longer term peace in the Caucasus.
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    34 mins
  • Episode 24 | Yerevan Based Analyst Richard Giragosian Shares Some Optimism About Regional Peace

    Episode 24 | Yerevan Based Analyst Richard Giragosian Shares Some Optimism About Regional Peace
    Jan 27 2022
    Armenian-American analyst Richard Giragosian is the founder of the Regional Studies Center - an independent geopolitical think tank based in Yerevan. He’s a frequent contributor to global news networks, newspapers and periodicals. Before moving to Armenia a decade and a half ago he had been a staffer in the US congress and a lecturer to the US Special Forces. In this eloquent podcast, Richard suggests that, in the Caucasus, there is a clear window of opportunity for reframing decades of conflict. He gives insights as to how Azerbaijan might better understand Armenian viewpoints and how Armenia itself could benefit from greater diversity.
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    31 mins
  • Episode 23 | Arnold Alahverdian, Co-founder of Bright Garden Voices

    Episode 23 | Arnold Alahverdian, Co-founder of Bright Garden Voices
    Jan 19 2022
    Though Armenians and Azerbaijanis were often friends and neighbours during the Soviet period, since independence – and the two Karabakh wars – contact between the two peoples has been sadly lacking. And that has made it easy for each side to dehumanize and demonize the other. Whether online or in person, contact and discussion between everyday Azerbaijanis and Armenians could help to slowly reverse this process and bring about the conditions needed for lasting peace. That’s the philosophy behind Bright Garden Voices, whose co-founder, Arnold Alahverdian, joins Mark on this edition of the Caspian Podcast.
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    26 mins

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