In an interview with the Armenian “Hayots Ashkhar” (“Armenian World”) newspaper on 1 July, RSC Director Richard Giragosian assessed recent developments in Armenian foreign policy, including the Nagorno Karabakh peace process and a recent debate over Azerbaijan in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
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In the latest addition to an already expanding staff, the Regional Studies Center (RSC) is pleased to announce that David Shahnazaryan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, has joined the RSC staff as a Senior Analyst. Starting on 1 July, Ambassador Shahnazaryan will provide strategic guidance, offer innovative analysis, and specific support for several of our current projects.
Most notably, he will be directly engaged in our “Support to the Armenia-Turkey Normalisation Process” project, which is funded by the European Union under the Instrument for Stability. In addition, Ambassador Shahnazaryan will also be working as a Senior Analyst on other ongoing RSC projects, including our projects dealing with the wider region, including Georgia, Iran and broader regional developments. He will also be engaged in our “track two” diplomacy with both Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Given his vast experience and prominence, the RSC is pleased to welcome Ambassador Shahnazaryan. As background, he is also the Founder & Chairman of the Center for Legal and Political Studies “Concord,” and is a former two-term deputy in the Armenian parliament (from 1991-1995 and 1995-1999), as well as a founding member of the Board of the “Armenian National Movement” Party. He has also held several senior-level posts in the Armenian government, serving as the Ambassador of the President of Armenia on Special Missions and Special Representative of the President of Armenia from 1992-1995, and as the Armenian Minister of National Security from 1994-1995.
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In the first of a series of new RSC commentaries for Al Jazeera English, RSC Director Richard Giragosian’s article “Georgia's EU alignment: Regional repercussions” was published on 30 June.
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In an interview with Gala TV, RSC Director Richard Giragosian assessed the Nagorno Karabakh peace process and warned of the implications from Russian arms sales to Azerbaijan and Moscow’s attempt to improve relations with Baku.
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In a detailed one-hour discussion with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Armenian Service, RSC Director Richard Giragosian joined Armenian parliamentarian Tevan Poghosyan for a discussion on developments in Azerbaijan. Giragosian recently visited Baku, accompanying an Armenian parliamentary delegation led by Koryun Nahapetyan and including Tevan Poghosyan, for a NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) “Rose-Roth” seminar. The RSC Director was invited by the NATO PA as an independent analyst to present his analysis of the current status of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict at the seminar.
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