Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Demarcations

In recent weeks the issue of figuring out the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been getting a lot of attention as well as creating a lot of confusion. In today’s podcast we will try to understand the processes that international borders are drawn by looking at border issues in the former USSR and then narrowing in on the current Armenia-Azerbaijan border demarcation.

To talk about these issues, we are joined by:

George Tabakian, who is a Lebanese-Armenian who repatriated to Armenia in 2011. He is the Co-founder of Repat Armenia Foundation and Sahman NGO and Executive director of Arar Foundation which works mainly on projects with MOD of Armenia; and

Asbed Kotchikian, who is a senior lecturer of political science and international relations at Bentley University in Massachusetts.

TOPICS:
- How are international borders among and between countries determined?
- What were borders like within the USSR during and after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
- Where is the Armenia-Azerbaijan border today? How is that border being determined?

Hosts:
- Asbed Bedrossian
- Hovik Manucharyan

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/CoG-20201222.html

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