Returning to the NATO Defense College on 21 November, RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered an analytical presentation on developments in Armenia and the wider South Caucasus for the officers and participants in Senior Course 145.

As an independent think tank in Armenia, and as a past GMF Black Sea Trust (BST) grant recipient, the Regional Studies Center (RSC) was invited to participate in the BST Advisory Board meeting in Yerevan.  Convened from 18-21 November 2024, this meeting focused on the regional consequences of conflicts in the Black Sea region and assessed key challenges for civic actors in the countries of the wider region. 

The Regional Studies Center (RSC) held a monthly analytical briefings on 14 November to review recent developments in Armenia and to assess the implications of the U.S. elections on Armenia and the South Caucasus region.  RSC Director Richard Giragosian presented a detailed analysis of ongoing diplomatic negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan over a bilateral peace treaty, the outlook for Armenia-Turkey “normalization,” and a look at the Armenian foreign policy strategy of “diversification.”  The second part of the briefing offered an assessment of the U.S. election and a discussion of the implications of a new Trump Administration on the region. 

At the invitation of the International Human Rights Legal Center, RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered a lecture entitled, “Assessing Governance in Armenia: Public Policy Process and Government Decision-Making on 9 November.

The fifth session of our professional training convened on 8 November, featuring an assessment of the Armenian IT sector, followed by a practical presentation on effective public speaking and an interactive discussion of the implications of the US elections for Armenia.