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2014

Caucasus Institute organizes various events, round tables, conferences, trainings and seminars. These events are aimed at strengthening the bond between science and society, fostering pluralism and stimulating the transfer of research results.


Roundtable

REPERCUSSIONS OF THE UKRAINE CRISIS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: POLITICS AND SECURITY

 During a roundtable organized by the CI on October 30 Richard Giragosian, Director of the Regional Studies Center, presented the dynamics and possible political developments in Ukraine. Sergey Minasyan, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute, dwelt upon the impact of the Ukrainian crisis on regional security in the Caucasus and potential repercussions in the entire post-Soviet space.

 

 

 

 


Training Course

COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

On October 10-16 the Caucasus Institute organized a training on “Communication Strategies” in Aghveran. The lecturers were Alexander Iskandaryan, CI Director, Nina Iskandaryan, CI Program Manager, Naira Vardanyan, Program Manager for Data Initiative at CRRC-Armenia and Hrant Mikaleyan, CI Reasearch Fellow. The main target groups of the training were students, activists and journalists. The training course tackled issues on PR and advertising, the idea of journalism and the concept of source. Group works, discussions and brainstorming sessions were organized within the framework of the training.

 

 


Round Table

ARMENIA’S MEMBERSHIP IN THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION

On 13 October 2014, the Caucasus Institute organized a round table on Armenia’s Membership in the Eurasian Economic Union. The guest speaker of the event moderated by Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus Institute, was Alexander Markarov, director of the Armenian branch of the CIS Institute. The speakers discussed the main economic as well as political implications of the membership. They also referred to the main motives for forming the Eurasian Economic Union and possible scenarios for avoiding the membership.

 

 

 


Round Table

THE SCOTTISH REFERENDUM: LOGIC AND REPERCUSSIONS

downloadOn 25 September 2014, the Caucasus Institute organized a round table on The Scottish referendum: logic and repercussions. The speakers were Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus Institute and Mark Grigoryan, Editor, BBC London. The discussion mainly concentrated on the historical and political perspectives of the referendum. Additionally, speakers discussed its possible influence on the outcome of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

 


Presentation

ARMENIA’S FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLITICS: DEVELOPMENT TRENDS

safe_imageOn September 24, 2014 the Caucasus Institute organized a presentation on Armenia’s Foreign and Domestic Politics: Development Trends. The event took place at  the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sergey Minasyan, deputy director of the Caucasus Institute in Yerevan, introduced the new book on Armenia’s foreign politics. The moderator was Thomas de Waal, a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

 


International Conference

DE-FACTO ENTITIES IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE: DYNAMICS AND PROSPECTS

downloadThe Caucasus Institute (CI), supported by the Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN), held an international conference on “De-facto Entities In the Post-Soviet Space: Dynamics and Prospects” at Lake Sevan, Armenia from 4 – 5 September 2014.

The conference gathered junior scholars and senior researchers working in various social science disciplines (political science, international law, security studies, etc.) and involved in the academic study of the phenomenon of de-facto / unrecognized / partially recognized states and entities in the post-Soviet space (Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh).

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