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 ANALYST ASSESSES THE ARMENIAN POLITICAL OPPOSITION
In an interview with the “Gala TV,” RSC Analyst Mikayel Zolyan commented on the Armenian political opposition, arguing that “the opposition needs to create a wider popular movement if it sincerely seeks a change in government.”
RSC DIRECTOR ON ARMENIAN INTERNAL POLITICS
As part of a longer interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Armenian Service, RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered commentary on Armenian domestic politics. The longer interview, for RFE/RL Director Hrair Tamrazian’s weekly Sunday program on 13 November, focused first on the recent U.S. presidential elections, along with Armenian parliamentarian Tevan Poghosyan and the head of the Yerevan Press Club, Boris Navasardian.
RSC CITED IN BLOOMBERG ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL BALANCE OF POWER
RSC Director Richard Giragosian commented on the delicate military “balance of power” in the South Caucasus region in an article for Bloomberg News. The article, published on 14 November, was entitled, “Kamikaze Drones, Russian Missiles Jolt Oldest Ex-Soviet Conflict.” Giragosian commented on Armenia’s public display of its Iskander missile system at an Independence Day parade in September, explaining that “Armenia sought to use this display to deter Azerbaijan from a further attack and to demonstrate a solid position in the recently shifting military balance of power.” Giragosian also added that “this missile system is capable of reaching significant infrastructure and vulnerable targets in around Baku and throughout Azerbaijan. This is why the balance of power is now more equal.”
RSC INTERVIEW WITH AZERBAIJAN’S RADIO AZADLIQ
In an interview with Radio Azadliq, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Azerbaijani Service, RSC Director Richard Giragosian commented on the increasingly tense military situation in the region and the fragile balance of power. The commentary, with the original English dubbed into Azeri, was broadcast into Azerbaijan on 14 November.
http://www.azadliq.org/a/azerbaycan-ermenistan-leletepe/28116791.html
RSC ASSESSMENT OF U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION & ARMENIAN DOMETIC POLITICS
In an interview with Hrair Tamrazian for his weekly Sunday program on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Armenian Service, RSC Director Giragosian joined Armenian parliamentarian Tevan Poghosyan and the head of the Yerevan Press Club, Boris Navasardian to assess the recent U.S. presidential election and comment on recent developments in Armenian domestic politics.
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