At the invitation of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered an address on 27 March to the Brussels meeting of the EESC. Giragosian’s analytical comments were delivered to the panel entitled, “Change of political orientation of Armenia: role of civil society in bringing the country closer to the EU in the current geopolitical and regional context.” His address followed the presentation of the Eastern Partnership EaP Index 2023 by Alexandra Sabou, Advocacy and EaP Index Manager, Secretariat of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.

The RSC convened a briefing on 6 March to report on a recent study visit to Turkey on 25 February-3 March.  This special briefing assessed the outlook for Armenia-Turkey “normalization.”  The participants in the RSC Study Visit to Turkey, which included events, meetings and activities in both Istanbul and Ankara, included three staff from Radio Azatutyun: Nane Sahakyan, Tatevik Lazaryan and Ani Sardaryan), and two RSC staff: Zara Sahakyan and Laetitia de Montgolfier.

In the latest in a series of monthly briefings, our think tank, the Regional Studies Center (RSC), convened a session on 22 February to assess recent developments in Armenia and the wider South Caucasus region, with a specific focus on the state of diplomacy between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the outlook for Armenia-Turkey “normalization.”

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a full committee hearing on 14 September 2023.

Entitled “Assessing the Crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh,” with official testimony from one witness:

RSC “MASTER CLASS”
WEEKLY CERTIFICATE-BASED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM
Every Wednesday
19:00-21:00
Holiday Inn Express Hotel
97/2 Buzand Street

On Wednesday, 6 September, our think tank, the Regional Studies Center (RSC), launched our new weekly professional training program, held every Wednesday evening from 19:00-21:00 at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Yerevan.