A foreign agent law in Georgia and how Azerbaijan's youth view neighbouring countries
Mariam Nikuradze discusses the foreign agent bill that is about to be submitted to parliament by the People's Power — a group of MPs who formally left the ruling Georgian Dream party to 'speak openly'...
16 Feb 202325min
Earthquake diplomacy and a new 'code of conduct' for journalists in Georgia's parliament
Ani Avetisyan discusses how the South Caucasus responded to the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. She breaks down how Armenia's offer of assistance to Turkey could reflect on the norma...
8 Feb 202312min
The UNM's political stunt and mounting tensions between Baku and Tehran
Mariam Nikuradze talks about Levan Khabeishvili's election as the United National Movement's chair and recent statements about pulling the party out of the parliament in exchange for Mikheil Saakashvi...
1 Feb 202312min
Sports and 'the Path of Akhmat' and the political activists imprisoned in Azerbaijan
Loujaine Laamal, an MA student in geopolitics at the French Institute of Geopolitics, discusses Ramzan Kadyrov's politicisation of sports in Chechnya, and his attempts to construct a national identity...
26 Jan 202316min
A power struggle in Stepanakert and Alt Info's busy week
More than a month into the closure of the Lachin corridor, Tigran Grigoryan, a political analyst and the head of the Regional Centre for Democracy and Security, phones in to discuss rumours surroundin...
18 Jan 202320min
How did the Caucasus fare in 2022?
Former senior editor Peter Liakhov joins Robin Fabbro and Mariam Nikuradze to discuss the OC Media team's predictions for the past year and how they had panned out. The three share their own hot takes...
11 Jan 202334min
Saakashvili's deteriorating health and Nagorno-Karabakh cut off
Tata Shoshiashvili discusses the recently released security footage of imprisoned former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in his hospital room. Georgian authorities released the footage citing '...
21 Dec 202211min
Lachin corridor closure and Georgia–Ukraine tensions
Arman Grigoryan, an associate professor of International Relations at Lehigh University, discusses the closure of the Lachin corridor and its implications for Nagorno-Karabakh. Read more: Lachin cor...
14 Dec 202225min
