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The Center’s most important events and activities, including meetings, visits, conferences, roundtables and seminars, receptions, interviews and media comments

May 2009
1   Center Director Richard Giragosian’s article on “Weathering the Storm: A Commentary on the ‘Economics of Geography’” is published by the ArmeniaNow news agency.
   
2   Center Senior Analyst Manvel Sargsian’s article on “Overcoming the Syndrome of Fearing History” is referenced in the Zhamanak daily.
   
3   Center Director Richard Giragosian meets with Silvia Zehe, the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to Armenia, and briefs her on recent political and economic developments, with an added focus on the pre-election situation in Armenia.
   
4   Sargsian’s analysis on “What Can Erdogan Tell Baku?” is published by the Lragir.am news agency.
   
5-6   In Prague, ACNIS Director Giragosian participates in the EU Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum and presents a report on Armenia for the conference panel dealing with the “Eastern Partnership and Energy Security.”
   
6  

Giragosian gives an interview to Radio Liberty’s Azerbaijani Service on Armenian foreign policy issues and meets with the staff of Radio Liberty’s Armenian Service at the Prague headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

Manvel Sargsian’s article on “Who Seeks What in the Elections for the Mayor?” is published by the Hraparak daily.
   
8

Richard Giragosian’s analysis on “Weathering the Storm: The Economic Promise of the ‘Eastern Partnership’” is published by the ArmeniaNow news agency.

Manvel Sargsian gives interview to Taregir newspaper on “Are You Prepared to Make Changes?” The article is re-referenced in the press reviews of the Public Radio and Radio Liberty.
   
11  

Sargsian’s article on “Since There is a Chance for Fraud, Any Election Will be Rigged” is published by the Lragir.am news agency.

Manvel Sargsian’s article on “Which Armenian Has What Rights and Who Decides?” is published by the Armenia Today news agency.
   
11-22   Center Research Coordinator Syuzanna Barseghian attends two training certificate programs, “Peacebuilding, Conflict Transformation and Post-War Recovery, Reconciliation and Healing” and “Designing Peacebuilding Programs,” in Cluj-Napoca, Romania organized by the Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR) and the International Peace and Development Training Center (IPDTC).
   
12  

Sargsian’s article on “Turkey Wants to Assume The Role of A District Police” is referenced in the Hraparak daily.

Director Giragosian meets with Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, the head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, and discuses recent developments in Armenian politics and economics.
   
13  

Manvel Sargsian’s analysis on “What is Going On With Karabagh?” is published by Zhamanak newspaper.

Center Director Giragosian gives a lecture on Nagorno Karabagh at the Brusov University in Yerevan.

Giragosian meets with UK Ambassador to Armenia Charles Lonsdale and visiting UK Special Envoy to the Caucasus Ambassador Sir Brian Fall and briefs them on recent developments in Armenia and concerning Armenian-Turkish relations.
   
14-15   Center Director of Administration Karapet Kalenchian, Giragosian and Analysts Armine Ghazarian and Ashkhen Musheghian attend a two-day international conference in Yerevan on “Reassessing Security in the South Caucasus: Regional Conflicts, Stability and Transformation” and Giragosian presents a paper on “Armenia: National Security in the Regional Context.” The event is widely covered by the Armenian media, including articles in the Azg daily, and the Novosti Armenia and A1+ news agencies.
   
14   Manvel Sargsian is the guest of the “Yerrord Hazaramiak” program on Shoghakat television.
   
15  

Giragosian’s article on “Weathering the Storm: The Pressure of Poverty” is published by the ArmeniaNow news agency.

Center Analyst Hovhannes Manukian speaks on current Armenian challenges, covered by IWPR Caucasus Reporting Service.
   
18  

Center Senior Analyst Manvel Sargsian’s article on “Mountainous Karabagh: The Commotion Over the Territories Will Give Nothing” is published by the Lragir.am news agency.

Sargsian’s article on “The Trust Crisis is Bolstering the Repressions” is covered by the Armenia Today news agency.
   
19   Sargsian’s article on “Karabagh on the Crossroads: Time For New Discussions Among the Sides” is published by the Armenia Today news agency.
   
20   Richard Giragosian’s article on “Weathering the Storm: Statistics Don’t Lie” is published by the ArmeniaNow news agency.
   
21  

ACNIS convenes a policy roundtable on “The Outlook for Armenian-Iranian Relations.” The event is covered by the Kapital daily, 7or.am, Panarmenian.Net news, Panorama.am, Arminfo, Lragir.am and A1+ news agencies, and Public Radio.

Sargsian’s comments on Armenian-Turkish relations are covered by the Kapital daily.
   
26-27   In Istanbul, Turkey, Richard Giragosian attends a conference on Armenian-Turkish relations organized by the Turkish research institute “SETA,” and presents a paper on the security aspects of Armenian-Turkish relations.  He also gives a series of interviews on the issue to the Al Jazeera English-language news agency, the “CNN-Turk” and “Sky News” television channels, and to several newspapers, including Milliyet, Hurriyet, Zaman and others.
   
26  

Center Director of Administration Karapet Kalenchian attends Georgian Embassy reception devoted to Georgia’s Independence Day.  

Manvel Sargsian’s article on “It Is Often Hard to Be An Oligarch” is published in the Lragir.am news agency.
   
27   Sargsian’s analysis on “The Geopolitical Meaning of Yerevan’s Elections” is referenced in Zhamanak daily.
   
28  

Sargsian’s article on “The Stereotypes of the 1990s Keep the Society in A Trap” is published in the Lragir.am news agency.

Manvel Sargsian’s article on “The Obscure Destiny of Yerevan Elections” is published by the Armenia Today news agency.
   
29  

Giragosian’s article on “Weathering the Storm: Economic Crisis in Focus” is published by the ArmeniaNow news agency.

Participating in a second event in Istanbul on Armenian-Turkish relations, Giragosian speaks at an event organized at the Sabanci University by the Istanbul-based research institute “TESEV.”  His comments are covered by leading media outlets, including Turkish State Television (TRT) and the “NTV” news network, as well as local newspapers.

Sargsian gives interview to the Iravunk De-Facto newspaper on “I Do Not Think the Sides Will Be So Unwise and Imprudent to Allow March 1 to Repeat.”

Center Senior Analyst Manvel Sargsian’s analysis on “Everyone Spoke on the Karabagh Topic, and It Is Armenia’s Turn to Speak” is published by the Hraparak daily.
   
     

 
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