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

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

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

Those used to attending EU summits and other heads of government meetings are usually resigned to long hours of tedious negotiations and long communiques that aim to please one and all. There will be some of that in Vilnius too, but as Richard Giragosian, Director of an indepenedent Armenian think tank Regional Studies Centre says as the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosts the third Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, it is clear that this summit is very different.

http://commonspace.eu/eng/news/6/id2844

In an interview with Radio France Internationale, RSC Director Richard Giragosian comments on the flawed decision by the Armenian president to forego the opportunity to initial an Association Agreement with the European Union. Giragosian pointed out that “even beyond the strategic blunder and missed opportunity that the Armenian decision demonstrates, the move also reveals a deeper deficiency in the decision-making process, which in this case, was conducted with no real study or analysis of the implications and reflected a flagrant disregard for either sound public policy or serious public opinion.” The RFI interview, broadcast in French, was the lead in to a story focusing on the Vilnius Eastern Partnership Summit, but part of a larger segment on Syrian refugees in Europe.

http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20131127-refugies-syriens-mais-fait-europe