In his latest commentary for the UAE-based “The National” published on 5 September, RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered an assessment of the impact on Iran from recent developments in Armenian-Azerbaijani diplomacy. Entitled, “How Iran lost out in the Armenia and Azerbaijan peace deal,” Giragosian noted that “when the White House hosted a breakthrough Armenia-Azerbaijan summit last month, much of the focus was on Russia’s notable absence.
In a two-part report from Armenia by Epp Ehand for Estonian Public TV, RSC Director Richard Giragosian provided commentary on recent developments related to the preliminary agreement on road and rail connectivity through southern Armenia.
At the invitation of the Foreign Policy magazine in Washington, RSC Director Richard Giragosian authored a brief analytical article on Armenian-Azerbaijani diplomacy, published on 29 August:
A Trump-Brokered Peace Deal in the South Caucasus Is Hopeful but Incomplete
The Armenia-Azerbaijan summit in Washington offered progress, but also serious doubts.
By Richard Giragosian, the director of the Regional Studies Center, an independent think tank in Yerevan, Armenia.
In a report for Poland’s TVP on 23 August, RSC Director Richard Giragosian joined TVP news anchor Alex Sumlinsky to discuss the broader regional implications of the Armenia-Azerbaijan transport agreement. The program focused on Iran and Turkey as regional actors, with a discussion of the recent visit to Armenia by the Iranian president, the role of Russia, and the outlook for Armenia-Türkiye “normalization.”
In a podcast for Radio France International’s (RFI) International Report, RSC Director Richard Giragosian joined Farid Shafiev, for an Azerbaijani perspective, and Asli Aydintasbas, for the perspective from Türkiye, to assess the implications from the Armenia and Azerbaijan peace deal on Armenia- Türkiye normalization. Aired on 19 August, the podcast also looked at the wider repercussions for the South Caucasus region.