Following a staff visit to Turkey, the Regional Studies Center (RSC) convened its latest monthly analytical briefing on 1 March, with a focus on recent developments related to Armenia-Turkey “normalization” and “earthquake diplomacy.” The briefing also offered an assessment of the Azerbaijani-imposed siege of Nagorno Karabakh, the state of diplomacy between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and broader issues of Armenian-Russian relations and Western (EU and US) engagement in the region. RSC staff, including RSC Research Fellow Emily Babakanian Frazier and Project Manager Zara Sahakyan, coordinated the briefing by RSC Director Richard Giragosian. Project partners from CivilNet and the Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) working with the RSC on Armenia-Turkey normalization were also present.
Participants included diplomatic representatives from the Czech, German, Lithuanian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish and UK Embassies, officials from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and Armenian civil society organizations. Two separate online sessions of the briefings were also held, with participants including diplomats from the EU Commission and EU External Action Service (EEAS), the Australian Embassy in Moscow, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin and the United Nations, as well as others from Tbilisi, Berlin, Brussels, London and Washington.
As an independent “think tank” in Armenia, the RSC offers a monthly series of interactive briefings for the diplomatic community and international organizations, providing objective analysis of political, economic and security developments in Armenia and the broader South Caucasus region.
