Regional Studies Center (RSC)
Organizational Description
Since our founding as an independent think tank in 2012, the Regional Studies Center (RSC) has been conducting a wide range of strategic analysis and objective research, and implementing a number of educational and policy-related projects. As a leading think tank based in Armenia, the RSC conducts research and analysis and develops policy initiatives aimed at bolstering political and economic reform and conflict resolution in the broader South Caucasus region.
Moreover, as an independent think tank, the RSC is actively engaged in the public policy process and, over the longer term, seeks to serve as a catalyst for democratic reform and sustainable economic development through the empowerment of civil society and by contributing to the formulation of public policy through innovative and objective research, analysis and policy recommendations. Our research and project activities consist of five main program areas:
- Regional analyses and assessments of political, economic and security issues in the South Caucasus, but also including Iran, Russia and Turkey;
- National security and defense reform;
- Democratization and good governance;
- Economics and sustainable development;
- Educating and empowering youth as an “agent of change.”
Regional Studies Center (RSC)
60 Aram Street, #53, 3rd floor
0010 Yerevan, Armenia
Tel: (+374) 11 70 99 69
RSC ATTENDS SOUTH CAUCASUS SECURITY FORUM 2017 IN TBILISI
As the official partner from Armenia, our “think tank,” the Regional Studies Center (RSC), was pleased participate in the 4th South Caucasus Security Forum 2017 in Tbilisi from 19-20 April. This year’s two-day conference, entitled “On the Frontline of Changing Global Dynamics,” is organized by the Strategic Policy Institute STRATPOL of Slovakia and the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS, the Rondeli Foundation). Other partners included the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” in Kyiv, the International Visegrad Fund (IVF), and the Open Ukraine Foundation.
RSC IN NEW “EASTERN PARTNERSHIP” COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
The Regional Studies Center (RSC) is pleased to serve as the Armenia partner in a new, one-year collaborative project entitled, “EaP Think Bridge,” which serves as a platform to uniting expert communities in the countries of the Eastern Partnership region to “fill the gap” in distributing analytical products for stakeholders, including a new bilingual English- and Russian-language monthly publication of analysis and commentary from each of the six Eastern Partnership countries.
ASSESSING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
In a recent Russian-language article, RSC Director Richard Giragosian assessed the Trump Administration’s approach to U.S.-Russian relations and the impact on the South Caucasus, published by the Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft (IPG).
www.ipg-journal.io/regiony/evropa/statja/show/trevozhnoe-nevmeshatelstvo-225/
RSC TWO-PART ARMENIAN MEDIA INTERVIEW
In a two-part interview with Aram Sargsyan of the 1in.am electronic news agency, RSC Director Richard Giragosian assessed the risk of renewed hostilities over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian: www.1in.am/2090067.html
Russian version: http://ru.1in.am/1181440.html
The second part of the interview with the 1in.am electronic news agency focused on domestic political developments in Armenia prior to the April parliamentary elections.
Armenian: www.1in.am/2093268.html
NEW SESSION OF “RSC EXPERT SCHOOL” 7 March-9 May 2017
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Are you interested in a challenge? Does learning and developing new skills interest you? Then join us for an interesting and innovative new opportunity as we prepare for a new session of our weekly certificate-based professional training course for students and young professionals.
Known as the “RSC Expert School,” the program seeks to provide a unique educational opportunity in Armenia by offering a series of modern, innovative and interactive workshops, exercises and lectures.
The next session opens on Tuesday, 7 March, and will culminate in a certificate award ceremony for completion of the course, scheduled for 9 May 2017. The weekly sessions are held on every Tuesday evening, from 19:00-21:00 and will be held in the RSC office, located at 60 Aram Street.
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