In a report in the German media, Silvia Stöber cited RSC Director Richard Giragosian in her 15 August article, “Armenien sucht neue Partner. Russlands Nachbarn wenden sich ab” (“Armenia is looking for new partners. Russia's neighbors are turning away”) for the German public broadcaster ARD’s Tagesschau TV news program.

In an interview on 7 June with the insightful Anush Mkrtchyan, for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Armenian Service, Radio Azatutyun, RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered comments on the implementation of the recent partial and preliminary border demarcation agreement reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan in April.

https://www.azatutyun.am/a/sahmanazatumn-inchpes-e-yntnanalu-/32983622.html

In an interview with Astghik Sargsyan for the 1in.am media outlet, RSC Director Richard Giragosian assessed the course of the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process, the 10 May foreign ministerial meeting in Kazakhstan and other recent developments.  Conducted on 3 May, the interview aired on 8 May.

RSC Director Richard Giragosian was a guest on the Royal United Services Institute’s (RUSI) Global Security Briefing podcast: Episode 75: “Russia’s Changing Position in the South Caucasus” on 1 May 2024.  In this episode, hosted by Neil Melvin of RUSI, Giragosian joined Natia Seskuria, the Founder and Executive Director of the Regional Institute for Security Studies (RISS) in Tbilisi.

As an independent think tank in Armenia, the Regional Studies Center (RSC) provides a consistent set of policy-related analyses and assessments of developments in Armenia, the South Caucasus and the wider region.  The following is our most recent analytical commentary, by RSC Director Richard Giragosian: