RSC Director Richard Giragosian was the guest on an episode of the Contours podcast, speaking with podcast host Eugene Chausovsky.  Aired on 29 August, the podcast is the latest in a regular series of programs of the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy.  This segment, running for 30 minutes, focused on several trends and developments, including an assessment of the implications of a potential peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the changing roles of foreign powers in the region, and what the future holds for connectivity throughout Eurasia.

https://newlinesinstitute.org/strategic-competition/the-shifting-geopolitics-of-the-south-caucasus/

In a report by Balzhan Samigullina for Kazakhstan’s Silk Way TV news, RSC Director Richard Giragosian provided analytical commentary assessing Azerbaijan’s strategic ambitions in Central Asia.  The segment, entitled “Move to Central Asia: Azerbaijan's expanding geopolitical footprint,” aired on 17 August.

14-16 August 2024

In the latest in our regular series of monthly analytical briefings, the Regional Studies Center (RSC) convened a briefing on 14 August to assess recent developments in Armenia and the wider South Caucasus region.  The briefing offered an assessment of recent developments in Armenia and the South Caucasus region, with a specific focus on the state of current Armenian-Azerbaijani diplomatic negotiations, the outlook for Armenia-Turkey “normalization,” and a wider focus on the policy of “diversification” of Armenian Foreign policy.  The briefing by RSC Director Richard Giragosian also reviewed recent developments in domestic politics in the country, including the recent end of opposition protests and the fallacy of Azerbaijan’s demand to amend the Armenian constitution.

In a report in the German media, Silvia Stöber cited RSC Director Richard Giragosian in her 15 August article, “Armenien sucht neue Partner. Russlands Nachbarn wenden sich ab” (“Armenia is looking for new partners. Russia's neighbors are turning away”) for the German public broadcaster ARD’s Tagesschau TV news program.

10-12 July 2024

As part of our regular series of monthly briefings, the Regional Studies Center (RSC) convened a briefing on 10 July to assess recent developments in Armenia and the wider South Caucasus region.  The Austrian, Canadian, Swedish and Swiss ambassadors attended, along with diplomatic staff from the Embassies of Germany, Poland, Romania, the European Union Delegation to Armenia, officials from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Council of Europe, and several prominent local Armenian experts and analysts.