Insurgency in the North Caucasus and Azerbaijanis grow weary of conflict
Mark Youngman, the executive director of Threatologist and a senior lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, sheds light on the latest insurgent attacks in Ingushetia and Chechnya. Read more: Thre...
12 Apr 202326min
Senior Georgian judges sanctioned by US and Russia's ban on Armenian dairy products
Mariam Nikuradze talks about the US sanctions against four senior Georgian judges for 'undermining the rule of law' in the country. She breaks down the judges' ties to an alleged 'clan' in Georgia's j...
6 Apr 202314min
Exclusionary nationalism in Azerbaijan and getting away with sexual harassment in Georgia
Bahruz Samadov, a researcher at Charles University in Prague, talks about nationalism in Azerbaijan and the reactions to his opinion piece about the Azerbaijani regime's exclusionary and militant nati...
30 Mar 202324min
A looming conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and newborn trafficking in Georgia
Tigran Grigoryan, a political analyst and the head of the Regional Centre for Democracy and Security, phones in to talk about the growing tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan as fears grow of a new...
22 Mar 202320min
Gen Z shaking up Georgian politics and the greenwashing of the Lachin blockade
Nodar Rukhadze, the co-founder of the liberal activist Shame movement, discusses the participation of millennials and Gen Z in the foreign agent protests of 7–8 March in Tbilisi, and the future politi...
15 Mar 202323min
Inside Georgia's foreign agent law protests
Robin Fabbro and Mariam Nikuradze break down the 7–8 March protests against the Georgian foreign agent law, from the moments leading up to the massive demonstrations to Georgian Dream's announcement t...
10 Mar 202333min
Boycotting the foreign agent law and sex as a weapon in Azerbaijan
Chai Khana's Executive Director, Lika Antadze, talks about her outlet's decision to boycott the foreign agent bill in Georgia, and what the bill could mean for independent media and civil society orga...
2 Mar 202314min
A year into the war in Ukraine — how Russia's invasion impacted the Caucasus
OC Media's staff get together to discuss the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the South Caucasus. Mariam Nikuradze talks about how the war became a catalyst for the growing rift between Georg...
24 Feb 202319min
