Joining a small group of three other representatives from Armenian civil society, RSC Director Richard Giragosian met Deren Derya, the Head of Division of the EU External Action Service, responsible for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia and Moldova, and her team on 13 October, during their visit to Yerevan.

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.

The Regional Studies Center (RSC) convened the latest in the monthly series of analytical briefings on 26 September, focusing on recent developments in Armenia and the wider South Caucasus region.

Armenia hosted the 108th Rose-Roth Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) from 22-23 September, in cooperation with the National Assembly of Armenia and formally entitled “Armenia and the South Caucasus in a Shifting World: Strengthening Democracy and Regional Security.

As the latest in our think tank’s collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), RSC Director Richard Giragosian served as a senior trainer for KAS Georgia’s Academy of Political Education in a three-day training and role play simulation exercise held in Yerevan from 25-27 August.