Radio War Nerd EP #250 [UNLOCKED] — Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, with Lika Zakaryan
Guest: Lika Zakaryan, journalist
Recorded: October 11, 2020
Journalist Lika Zakaryan speaks to us from under Azerbajaini bombardment in her hometown Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh (also known as "Artsakh"). Lika describes war—and life under existential threat—from a very close-up and personal perspective.
(For more history on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, check out RWN EP #29.)
We made this episode free unlocked so that anyone can listen to and share it.
*Maps
*Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), Armenia, Azerbaijan & neighbors
*Area of most recent fighting
*Caspian Sea oil pipelines, financed by BP and other western oil majors
*Proximity to recent Russian Caucasus warzones— Chechnya, Dagestan, South Ossetia
Follow Lika Zakaryan on Twitter. Read her work at Civil Net.
Total time: 1:44:22
Comments (11)
Re-listening to this as I catch up with the show, hope you guys can talk to Lika again around maybe the one year anniversary of this episode
This was in October. So RWN should follow up on the end of this terrible war. Right now Azerbaijan is taking the gold mine in Armenia ffs
Interesting interview on Civilnet about the war with the great sociologist Georgi Derluguian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfj8_HFAyZE&feature=emb_logo
This interview was really great, and she was very impressive. John and Mark's hardware nerding seemed sort of weird and interruptive- they almost never do that.
This isn’t journalism. She’s very brave. War sucks. This is not a war nerd worthy interview.
It wasn't the most in-depth interview ever but I liked hearing from an educated person on the ground. If nothing else it's a good perspective
Aww man: What’s with all the hate?
Loved this one! This is the excellent, relevant content that I sub for and that makes us all the best informed on geopolitical happenings.
Well done on putting this interview together so quickly.
Amazing interview! The guest expresses herself so well throughout.
Major props for the excellent maps!!! I love geography and being able to read the maps posted within episodes