Richard Giragosian is the Founding Director of the Regional Studies Center (RSC), an independent “think tank” located in Yerevan, Armenia (www.regional-studies.org) and serves as both a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe’s Natolin Campus and Senior Expert at Yerevan State University’s Centre for European Studies (CES), and is also a contributing analyst for al Jazeera and the Asia Times. Giragosian also represents the Republic of Armenia as a Member and National Expert of the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) in Strasbourg.