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RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered an analysis of Azerbaijani diplomacy, including the recent “crackdown” on Azerbaijani civil society in an interview with Gala TV.

На фоне последних процессов Евросоюз нуждается в нахождении альтернативных средств для вовлечения и предоставления определенных возможностей Армении, но уже на основе более реалистичного признания ограничений и обязательств страны как партнера. Об этом в беседе с корреспондентом Новости Армении – NEWS.am заявил директор Центра региональных исследований, аналитик Ричард Киракосян.

http://news.am/rus/news/207887.html

«Потеря» Украины добавляет непреодолимое препятствие к жизнеспособности Евразийского союза, а также ставит под серьезный вопрос привлекательность Таможенного союза. Об этом в беседе с корреспондентом Новости Армении – NEWS.am заявил директор Центра региональных исследований, аналитик Ричард Киракосян, коснувшись наличия определенных вопросов между странами-участницами ТС на пути создания Евразийского экономического союза.

http://news.am/rus/news/207894.html

In an exclusive analysis for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Azerbaijani Service (Radio Azadlyg), RSC Director Richard Giragosian assessed the implications for Armenian foreign policy from the next Armenian government. 

Entitled, “The Next Armenian Government: The Outlook for Nagorno Karabakh,” Giragosian noted that “as the new (Armenian) government is widely expected to focus more on domestic economic issues than on foreign policy options, and as the ministers of defense and foreign affairs are most likely to return to their previous posts, there is little indication of any real or sudden shift in policy,” adding that “for the more fundamental elements of Armenian foreign policy, the twin pillars of Nagorno Karabakh and Turkey remain largely unchanged.”

He further noted, however, that while “there are few signs of any real change,” as “Armenia’s strategic partnership with Russia remains unchallenged, the real danger for Armenia now is from a deepening of dependence on Russia.  And this danger is only exacerbated by Armenia’s vulnerability from being hostage to Russian policies elsewhere, such as its aggression against Ukraine, for the most prominent example.  In this way, Armenia is in danger of becoming a “captive nation” isolated on the “wrong side of history” and imprisoned behind what seem to be Russian President Putin’s desire to reconstruct a new “iron curtain.” 

www.azadliq.org/content/article/25333943.html

In the fourth in a series of RSC commentaries regularly published on the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Armenian Service website blog, RSC Director Richard Giragosian presented a unique analysis of Armenian politics entitled, “Armenia’s Game of Thrones.”

English-language: www.armenialiberty.org/content/blog/25333731.html

Armenian-language version: www.azatutyun.am/content/blog/25335116.html