A US-owned corridor through Russia and Iran’s backyard, Armenia and Azerbaijan | FRONTLINES

On this episode of Frontlines with Robert Sherman, Robert speaks with Narek Mkrtchyan, Armenia’s Ambassador to the United States, one year after President Trump brokered a peace declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The ambassador reflects on three decades of conflict giving way to contemporary peace, improved trade, investments in tech (including a multibillion-dollar Nvidia project), and a path toward a final treaty. At the center of the conversation is TRIPP, the U.S. developed transit route through Armenian territory that could reroute trade around Russia and Iran, giving the U.S. a lasting foothold in one of the world’s most strategically located regions. Sherman presses on questions pertaining too: Armenia’s balancing act between Moscow and Washington, the U.S. government’s major stake in the South Caucasus, and the hard work of rebuilding trust between two societies interested in learning to work together.