In a live interview with Poland’s TVP World news on 25 August, RSC Director Richard Giragosian joined TVP World’s Maciej Mikos to assess if Armenia’s EU ambitions are a realistic long-term goal or a negotiating tactic aimed at Moscow, how Yerevan is diversifying its security and economic partnerships beyond Russia, and why the outcome of the war in Ukraine may determine whether Armenia’s current window of strategic opportunity remains open.

In a brief analytical commentary, RSC commented on the 25 August arrest of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and the related anti-corruption investigation of the assets, business interests and wealth of the former president and his family.  Kocharyan served two terms as Armenian president, from 1998-2008, and has amassed an extensive and lucrative set of investments and properties in Armenia, as well as having served on the board of directors of the Moscow-based AFK Sistema corporation since 2009.

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RSC Director Richard Giragosian was extensively quoted in a lengthy and insightful piece on the Russian-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) security “alliance” by Tom O'Connor for Newsweek published on 24 August and entitled, “Putin’s NATO-Style Alliance Faces Major Blow.”

In her first publication as a visiting RSC Research Fellow, Ms. Noor Kahwash produced an insightful analysis entitled, “Sectarian Violence and the Persistence of Crisis Governance in Post-Assad Syria.” Published on 31 July, the 10-page report assessed the rise of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in December 2024 and examined the pressing challenges and responsibility for governing a unified Syrian state.

RSC Director Richard Giragosian returned as a guest for Poland’s TVP World News on 3 July, assessing the EU response to the recent Russian imposition of trade restrictions on Armenian exports.