{"podcast":{"title":"The Caucasus Digest","slug":"the-caucasus-digest-5573317","podcast_index_feed_id":5573317,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/422300/rss","website_url":"https://oc-media.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/f/c/0/8fc0e7038681ac93d959afa2a1bf1c87/The_Caucasus_Digest_2.png","author":"OC Media","episode_count":107,"summary":"Your weekly view into the Caucasus region with the OC Media team. Every week, we break down some of the biggest topics in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and the Russian North Caucasus.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T06:17:03.069059+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-caucasus-digest-5573317"},"episode":{"title":"Brics and the South Caucasus","slug":"brics-and-the-south-caucasus","published_at":"2024-09-13T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-caucasus-digest-5573317/brics-and-the-south-caucasus","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-caucasus-digest-5573317","url":"https://f59a01ea-d423-4704-9c1a-30fa207da38f.libsyn.com/brics-and-the-south-caucasus","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/f59a01ea-d423-4704-9c1a-30fa207da38f/CD_92_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=3509927","summary":"BRICS, an intergovernmental organisation named after its core members, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, appears to be making inroads in the South Caucasus, with Azerbaijan applying for its membership, and Armenia accepting an invitation to participate in a BRICS summit in Russia, despite its deteriorating relations with Moscow. This week, we speak to Azerbaijani independent researcher Shujaat Ahmadzada about Azerbaijan's prospects for joining the organisation, and to Narek Sukiasyan, an Adjunct Lecturer at the American University of Armenia and a Researcher at the Center for Culture and Civilization Studies, about Armenia's efforts to diversify its foreign policy. Read more: Azerbaijan applies for BRICS membership Armenia to participate in BRICS and CIS summits Support independent journalism in the Caucasus and become an OC Media Member: Join today . …or donate to the collective Georgian media security fund .","meta_description":"BRICS, an intergovernmental organisation named after its core members, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, appears to be making inroads in the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2088,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-caucasus-digest-5573317/episodes/brics-and-the-south-caucasus/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-caucasus-digest-5573317/brics-and-the-south-caucasus.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}