Armenia–United States relations. Potential partners and friends? What does it mean for Armenia?

Three weeks ago Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, paid a three-day visit to Armenia amid the war escalation with Azerbaijan. Pelosi is the highest-ranking American politician in modern Armenian history to visit the country.

What characterises diplomatic relations between Washington and Yerevan? How does the White House influence the strategy of Armenia’s interaction with Iran and Russia? What prospects, opportunities and risks lie in cooperation with a country with the second largest Armenian diaspora in the world?

We will talk about it with Richard Giragosian, an analyst and independent consultant. Richard is an Armenian American, founder and director of the Regional Studies Center think tank since 2011. As a consultant, he worked with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the European Union Delegation to Armenia, the U.S. Departments of Defense and State, among others. Senior Expert at Yerevan State University’s Centre for European Studies (CES).

• Entry: 3000 ֏ 
• When: October 6th (Thursday) 20.00
• Where: TUF, Aram 42
• Language: English