RSC Director Richard Giragosian was invited to the Swedish Embassy in Yerevan on 9 October for an introductory briefing for the recently arrived Swedish Ambassador to Armenia Eva Sundquist and her staff. The meeting was then followed by a meeting with Carl Fredrik Birkoff of the Stockholm-based Folke Bernadotte Academy for a discussion of democracy and governance in Armenia as the country looks forward to a pivotal election next year.