RSC Director Richard Giragosian joined the “Russian Roulette” podcast on 9 July, for a discussion entitled, “Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Geopolitics in the South Caucasus.”  The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) podcast was hosted by Max Bergmann and Maria Snegovaya, with Giragosian joining fellow guest Jeffrey Mankoff from the U.S. National Defense University (NDU) for a discussion of “the current geopolitical moment in the South Caucasus, with a particular focus on the dynamics at play in the relationships between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia.”

https://www.csis.org/podcasts/russian-roulette/armenia-azerbaijan-and-geopolitics-south-caucasus

The RSC held its July monthly briefing on 8 July, which was also followed by two alternative online sessions, held on 10 and 14 July.

In a lecture on 2 July for the 2025 Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia, RSC Director Richard Giragosian presented an analytical overview of “Armenia’s new post-war strategy.” The lecture in Yerevan was part of the symposium organized by the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

https://www.civilnet.am/en/news/970094/

In the first of two lectures for the 2025 Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia, RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered as assessment on 30 June focusing on “Western Engagement in the South Caucasus.” The lecture in Yerevan was part of the symposium organized by the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

https://www.civilnet.am/en/news/965284/

Followed a related RSC Focus Group, RSC Director Richard Giragosian convened a monthly briefing on 29 May, offering a specific assessment of Armenia’s post-war strategy of “diversification,” with a related focus on Armenia’s broader reassertion of independence and sovereignty.