The 17 March issue of the “De Facto” magazine published an analysis of Armenian defense reform by RSC Director Richard Giragosian. The article, entitled “Armenian Military & Security Policy: Regaining a Strategic Balance,” was published in both Armenian and English («Դե Ֆակտո» N93, 2014թ.). The Regional Studies Center (RSC) has a strategic partnership with the Yerevan-based “De Facto” magazine (www.df.am), as part of our broader communications strategy in which the RSC seeks to elevate the level of public discourse and engage in a more balanced debate on issues of critical national importance.

http://www.df.am/news/1895/r-giragosyan_93.html

In an interview with Armenia’s independent GALA TV, RSC Director Richard Giragosian assessed the Ukraine conflict, arguing that the Armenian government should recognize the Ukrainian government in Kiev and strongly criticizing Russian aggression. The 15 March interview, conducted in English, was dubbed into Armenian:

http://galatv.am/hy/news/ayastany-partavor-e-twanachel-iewi-ishxanutyany-ichard-irakosyan/

In an interview with Aram Sargsyan of the daily Armenian newspaper 168 Zham, RSC Director Richard Giragosian assessed the positive course of the Western diplomatic engagement of Iran, pointing out that as the process has “sidelined and demoted Russia,” Armenia will face “an entirely new situation, as Moscow, and no longer Washington, may become the more pressing challenge, and even obstacle, to the future of Armenian-Iranian relations.” The interview, in Armenian, also focused on the Western reaction to the Russian military incursion in Crimea and Moscow’s effort to undermine the new Ukrainian government in Kiev.

http://168.am/2014/03/11/339800.html

As part of a new strategic partnership between the Regional Studies Center (RSC) and the Yerevan-based “De Facto” magazine, a new RSC analysis on Armenia-Turkey was published in the magazine’s 10 March issue («Դե Ֆակտո» N92, 2014թ.). The analysis, entitled “The Armenian-Turkish ‘Normalization’ Process,” was co-authored with Tehmina Arzoumanyan of the “De Facto” staff and was published in both English and Armenian. The new strategic partnership between the RSC and the “De Facto” magazine (www.df.am) reflects a broader communications strategy in which the RSC seeks to elevate the level of public discourse and engage in a more balanced debate on issues of critical national importance.

http://www.df.am/news/1921/richard-giragosyan_92_14.html

The Neue Zurcher Zeitung (NZZ, or “New Journal of Zurich”) Swiss German-language daily newspaper cited RSC Director Richard Giragosian in a report on the conflict in Ukraine. The report, written by Silvia Stöber, assessed how “Local conflicts (in the South Caucasus) shape the views of Ukraine.”

See: Stöber, Silvia, “Lokale Konflikte prägen den Blick auf die Ukraine,“ Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 7 March 2014.

www.nzz.ch/aktuell/international/auslandnachrichten/lokale-konflikte-praegen-den-blick-auf-die-ukraine-1.18257714