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RSC COMMENTARY FOR RFE/RL BLOG

Richard Giragosian

As the second in a new series of new RSC commentaries published on the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Armenian Service website blog, RSC Director Richard Giragosian addressed Armenia’s threat of isolation, noting that “for small, landlocked Armenia, history has not been very kind. Centuries as a prisoner of geography have meant that Armenia has had to survive as an arena for competition among much larger regional powers. And although Armenia has been both victim and victor, it has also faced a challenge of isolation.”

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RSC PARTICIPATES IN ARMENIAN “STRATEGIC DEFENSE REVIEW” FOR MINISTRY OF DEFENSE

RSC PARTICIPATES IN ARMENIAN “STRATEGIC DEFENSE REVIEW” FOR MINISTRY OF DEFENSE

The Regional Studies Center (RSC) participated in a special working session at the Armenian Ministry of Defense on January 23, offering analysis and an assessment of defense reform as part of Armenia’s “strategic defense review” (SDR) process. Convened by Armenian Deputy Minister of Defense David Tonoyan, RSC Director Richard Giragosian joined other leading analysts and experts in preparing an updated “threat assessment” and a formulation of a new set of defense reform policy proposals for the Armenian armed forces.

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«Լ. Տեր-Պետրոսյանի ժամկետն ավարտված է»

Richard Giragosian

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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RSC COMMENTARY FOR RFE/RL BLOG

Richard Giragosian

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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RSC DIRECTOR PARTICIPATES IN RFE/RL TALK SHOW ON KARABAKH

RSC DIRECTOR PARTICIPATES IN RFE/RL TALK SHOW ON KARABAKH

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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