In an interview with Poland’s TVP World on 2 December 2025, RSC Director Richard Giragosian was a guest commentator for a 15-minute news program entitled, “Kazakhstan’s strategic balancing: EU, Russia, and China insights.”

In the latest in a monthly series of analytical briefings, the Regional Studies Center (RSC) provided an assessment of recent developments in Armenia on 5 November.

RSC Research Fellow Asya Gasparyan authored an insightful assessment for the Germany-based “Caucasus Watch” website entitled, “From Los Angeles to Capitol Hill: The Diaspora’s Role in U.S.–Armenia Relations.”  Published on 2 November 2025, Gasparyan’s article highlights the fact that “Armenian-American lobbying has become a decisive force in U.S.–Armenia relations since 2018” and notes that “for U.S. policymakers, listening to the diaspora is not optional; its networks in swing states make it a decisive actor in shaping American engagement in the South Caucasus.”

In a new analytical publication, Mariam Anastasyan assesses the EU Monitoring Mission to Armenia in her article, “Unarmed but not unnoticed: the EU’s civilian mission to Armenia. Implications after the Washington Summit.”

In an analytical paper published on 31 October, Haykaz Shahnazaryan examines the economics of Armenian relations with the European Union.  His paper is entitled, “EU Expansion: Romania, Bulgaria and the Case for Balkans-Caucasus Integration.”