As a regular series of activities, the Regional Studies Center (RSC) convened its latest Focus Group on 27 May, with a discussion focused on “Armenia’s New Post-War Strategy” that included an interactive review of the aftermath from the Armenian defeat in the 2020 war with Azerbaijan and the subsequent loss of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) in 2023.

In an online webinar organized by the German ZOiS Caucasus Network, RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered a presentation entitled, “Armenia on the way to Europe?”

The Regional Studies Center (RSC) released a brief two-page RSC Policy Note on 7 March 2025, entitled “The U.S. Policy Shift on Aid to Ukraine: Implications for the Baltic States,” focused on the dramatic and confrontational policy toward Ukraine.

The Regional Studies Center (RSC) released a new four-page RSC Policy Report on 3 March 2025, entitled “Management and Mitigation: Weathering a Volatile American Foreign Policy,” assessing the challenges to Armenia from a serious shift in U.S. foreign policy.

Writing an opinion piece for BNE INTELLINEWS on 4 February, RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered a brief assessment of the implications of the new Trump Administration on the South Caucasus.