I had the pleasure to brief EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus, Magdalena Grono, and her staff, as I assessed diplomatic negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Armenia-Turkey “normalization,” and Armenia’s “diversification” of its foreign policy

"With Chinese ships suspected to have cut key undersea communications cables around the world, a Newsweek review of Chinese-language patent applications shows that engineers in China invented devices to sever such cables quickly and cheaply." newsweek.com/china-conflict… Didi Kirsten Tatlow

🇦🇲🤝 🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇮🇸🇱🇻🇱🇹🇳🇴🇸🇪 Together with our Armenian hosts, we are also looking forward to receiving the Nordic-Baltic parliamentary Speaker/Deputy speaker group in Armenia later this month 🇦🇲 Denmark MFA 🇩🇰 Folketinget

Emergency Broadcast | #VoiceofYerevan 🔴 Aliyev escalates his rhetoric – is a new crisis brewing in the #SouthCaucasus? 🎙️ Richard Giragosian | Giragosian, Founding Director of RSC, discusses: ⚖️ #Internationallaw’s role. 🌍 Regional stability. 🔍 What’s next for the South Caucasus?

I was pleased to be invited to an interview on 10 January with Public Radio of Armenia Public Radio, hosted by Astghik Sargsian for her special show “Voice of Yerevan” - an Armenian Public Radio project. youtube.com/watch?v=T2vlFu…

In one of my favorite interviews so far, Astghik Sargsian and I delve into some difficult questions about whether it makes sense for #Armenia and #Azerbaijan to drop their international court cases against each other for the sake of securing peace.

In November, we reported on allegations from U.K. police that accounts at a major Luxembourg bank played a “central” role in moving money from an Azerbaijan embezzlement case into British real estate. #occrp2024 occrp.org/en/investigati…

Sweden now shifts from donation of existing defence materiel to #Ukraine to production and direct delivery to 🇺🇦 from 🇸🇪 defence industry says DM Pål Jonson at #Sälen #fofrk #föpol Atlantic Council

📢 On January 14-15 🇦🇲FM Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a working visit to #Washington, D.C. Meetings are scheduled with 🇺🇸colleagues, including U.S. Secretary of State Secretary Antony Blinken.

Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, civic activist from #Azerbaijan and Harvard University Harvard Kennedy School graduate, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison on politically-motivated charges. The court also ordered confiscation of his apartment and funds in bank account. 1/2 jam-news.net/azerbaijani-ac…

Asset confiscation is a new shocking measure applied in the cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. It is likely that frozen assets of other jailed journalists - now in detention - will also be confiscated once investigation ends and a sentence is delivered, lawyer says.

Today Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and I launched the U.S.-Armenia Strategic Partnership Commission to intensify cooperation on mutual interests. It’s through our strong partnerships that we can help build lasting regional security and prosperity.

On the occasion of the 18th anniversary of Hrant Dink’s assassination (January 19, 2007) on September 22, Garo Paylan - Կարօ Փայլան will deliver a lecture at Harvard University, 4:30–6pm, Science Center Hall E, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge. The talk will be streamed live on Zoom. Harvard CMES

Always a pleasure to be quoted by Le Monde, this time for the insightful analysis by Faustine Vincent, in her piece “L’Arménie formalise sa volonté de se rapprocher de l’Union européenne et des Etats-Unis” lemonde.fr/international/…

In comments for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Azerbaijani Service, Radio Azadlyg, on 24 January, I was invited to offer an assessment of the significance of the recent signing of a new “strategic partnership” between the U.S. and Armenia. azadliq.org/a/tramp-azerba…

Armenia hosted visiting Parliament leaders in the Nordic-Baltic (NB8) format. In my meetings on the sidelines, I was more impressed with the knowledge of the NB Ambassadors to Armenia, however. Marge Mardisalu-Kahar Anne Toft Sørensen Patrik Svensson Finland in South Caucasus Embassy of Lithuania in Armenia Bergljot Hovland

My latest analytical article, “COMMENT: Trump’s return holds both peril and promise for the South Caucasus,” published on 4 February for bne IntelliNews

Join a panel of experts to discuss the evolving roles of Iran & Turkey in the S. Caucasus, focusing on developments from the last calendar year and bringing together a variety of perspectives. Online. Monday, Mar. 10: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/iran-an…

Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to the terms of a long-awaited peace treaty that could end a decades-long conflict that began with the fall of the Soviet Union. politico.eu/article/armeni…

Ermenistan-Türkiye: Normalleşme Süreci’ne yeni bir ivme- Richard Giragosian agos.com.tr/tr/yazi/32179/…