On the anniversary of the 44-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabagh, Ankine Antaram, with guest co-host Adrineh Gregorian, are joined by Anna Ohanyan, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Stonehill College, to assess the war and look at the strategic importance of South Caucasus region where Armenia and Azerbaijan are located. Dr. Ohanyan discusses how geopolitical pressures and unresolved conflicts make democratic consolidation difficult for nascent young democracies, such as Armenia and Georgia, to survive.
Anna Ohanyan is the Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Stonehill College, and a two-time Fulbright Scholar in the South Caucasus. She is the editor of Russia Abroad: Driving Regional Fracture in Post-Communist Eurasia and Beyond, and The Neighborhood Effect: The Imperial Roots of Regional Fracture in Post-Communist Eurasia.
