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.
As the latest in our think tank’s collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), RSC Director Richard Giragosian served as a senior trainer for KAS Georgia’s Academy of Political Education in a three-day training and role play simulation exercise held in Yerevan from 25-27 August.
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.
In a Turkish language report published on 17 August by the Agos newspaper in Istanbul, RSC Director Giragosian’s recent interview was republished in full:
"Ermenistan halkı yorgun ama temkinli"