Երեկ ԱԺ-ի մեծամասնությանը, այսինքն` Հանրապետական կուսակցությանը նետվեց շատ հազվադեպ հանդիպող մի մարտահրավեր, որը սակայն իր առաջին հանրային պարտությունը կրեց: «Գազային» համաձայնագրերի վավերացմանը անդրադառնալով` նման համոզմունք հայտնեց Տարածաշրջանային հետազոտությունների կենտրոնի տնօրեն Ռիչարդ Կիրակոսյանը:
http://www.a1plus.am/am/politics/2013/12/24/richard-giragosian
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As the first in a new series of bi-weekly RSC commentaries to be published on the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Armenian Service website blog, RSC Director Richard Giragosian criticized the recent attempt by the Republican Party to force through a vote on a controversial Armenian-Russian agreement on natural gas. The Regional Studies Center (RSC) has entered into a new strategic partnership with RFE/RL’s Armenian Service, with the publication of unique RSC analysis and commentary (in English and Armenian) on a wide range of political, economic and security issues as a regular RFE/RL blog post.
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/blog/25210092.html
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On December 22, RSC Director Richard Giragosian participated in a talk show hosted by Hrayr Tamrazian of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Armenian Service. The discussion followed an exclusive RFE/RL interview with Ambassador James Warlick, the U.S. Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, and included commentary by Giragosian and David Shahnazaryan, the former Armenian Minister of National Security.
http://www.armenialiberty.org/content/article/25209034.html
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The new Winter 2013 Session of the RSC “Expert School,” featuring innovative and interactive workshops and simulation exercises, opened this past week. A new group of participants engaged in a two-part special training workshop on 17 and 19 December. The opening week started with an introductory orientation and a two-part session on “Research, Writing and Critical Analysis,” that was also bolstered by an interactive seminar based on current developments in the region.
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Those used to attending EU summits and other heads of government meetings are usually resigned to long hours of tedious negotiations and long communiques that aim to please one and all. There will be some of that in Vilnius too, but as Richard Giragosian, Director of an indepenedent Armenian think tank Regional Studies Centre says as the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosts the third Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, it is clear that this summit is very different.
http://commonspace.eu/eng/news/6/id2844
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