December 5

Ashot Melyan takes part in the round table discussion on the New Neighborhood policy project, organized by the Caucasian Media Institute

November 29

“Transition Studies Review” publishes Dr. Gayane Novikova’s article “Unresolved Conflicts in the Regional Security System: the Case of the South Caucasus” (TSR, Springer, Wien, New York, Vol.11, No.3, 2004)

November 24 – November 25

Head of the Center Gayane Novikova participates in the round table discussion “Opinion of the leaders of the South Caucasus,” organized by the NATO HQ’s Public Diplomacy Division in Brussels

November 1

Center welcomes Mr. Alexander Grigorian as an expert on foreign and domestic policy of Azerbaijan

November 11 – November 12

Dr. Novikova takes part in the International Conference “Challenges and Opportunities in the Black Sea Region. Contribution of International Organizations to Enhancing Regional Stability,” organized by the Norwegian Atlantic Committee and CASA NATO, Romania, in Bucharest, and presents paper “The South Caucasus within the security system of the Black Sea region”

October 29

Sergey Sargsyan takes part in the round table discussion “The Socio-Economic and Political Situation in Javakhetia after the Rose Revolution,” organized by Caucasian Media Institute

October 26

“We are working for real results.” Gayane Novikova gives an interview to “Golos Armenii” (“The Voice of Armenia”) newspaper

September 30 – October 1

SPECTRUM holds an international conference “The South Caucasus as a Part of the Wider Europe” with the support of the NATO PDD and MFA of Finland

September 8 – September 9

Head of the Center, Dr. Gayane Novikova takes part in the International Conference “Changing Security Dynamics in the Crossroads of Eurasia,” which was organized by National Defence University, Washington D.C.

July 15

Dr. Gayane Novikova takes part in the round table “The South Caucasus – Perspectives of the European Integration,” organized in Yerevan by the South Caucasian Regional Security Institute

July 3

Analyst of the Center Dr. Ruben Safrastyan presents a paper “The EU-South Caucasus Relationship: the Regional Approach” at the Round Table Meeting “The South Caucasus in the Changing Europe,” organized by LINKS under the Auspices of the Bulgarian Chairmanship of the OSCE and the Georgian Presidency of SCPI, Sofia, Bulgaria

June 29

Ruben Safrastyan takes part in the Round Table “Perception of the South Caucasus by the West and the Prospects of Conflict Resolution,” organized by International Center for Human Development and presents a paper: “South Caucasus: Some New Trends and the Role of Turkey”

June 26

Ruben Safrastyan presents a paper “Armenian-Turkish Relations: From Interstate Dispute to Neighborliness” at the seminar organized by World Bank’s Mission in Armenia, Tzakhkadzor, Armenia

June 24 – June 25

Ashot Melyan and Sergey Sargsyan take part in the international conference “Key political and economic issues in the South Caucasus and Central Asia: 2004,” organized by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Gayane Novikova takes part in the workshop on the Handbook on “Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector,” organized by OSCE, DCAF and National Assembly of Armenia

June 13 – June 15

Dr. Gayane Novikova takes part in the PfP Consortium’s Seventh Annual Conference in Bucharest

June 9

The Center publishes the conference papers “The South Caucasus: Regional Security and Stability”

May 20 – May 22

Dr. Gayane Novikova takes part in the international conference “The Caucasian region after the cold war: the ways for stabilization,” organized by IISS, London and IRISS, Rostov, in Rostov-on-Don, and delivers a report “Some aspects of the Russian policy in the South Caucasus”

May 13

Appearance of the Center’s website in the Internet

May 11

Diana Ananyan delivers a report “Armenia within the Greater Middle East,” at the International conference “Greater Middle East and Wider Black Sea Area: Security Connections and Cooperative Perspectives,” organized by NATO Studies Center, Bucharest

May 7

SPECTRUM’s Seminar “The economic cooperation – myth or reality: the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the eyes of businessmen” within the framework of the project “The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: in search of the way out”

April 26

Gayane Novikova and Sergey Sargsyan take part in the meeting of the members of the Marshall Center Armenian Alumni Association with General Charles Walt, Deputy Commander of the US Forces in Europe

April 14

Dr. Gayane Novikova, Head of the Center, is elected as President of the Armenian Alumni Association of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies

March 21 – March 28

Dr. Ruben Safrastyan attends at the 16th International Policy Fellows Seminar, CPS-OSI-CEU, Budapest, Hungary

March 11

Gayane Novikova meets Craig Oliphant, Principal Research Officer, Eastern Research Group, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

February 25

Ashot Melyan and Sergey Sargsyan participate in the round table discussion “The Velvet Revolutions,” held by the CMI

February 24

SPECTRUM’s Seminar “The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the eyes of veterans” within the framework of the project The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: in search of the way out

February 5 – February 19

Ashot Melyan takes part in training “Capacity Building in Strategic Decision-Making: Lessons from the Development,” organized by the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS), Tbilisi, Georgia

February 2 – June 20

Diana Ananyan participates in NATO Senior Executive Master Program at National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania

January 9 – February 12

Dr. G. Novikova delivers lectures at the Eastern Europe Institute, Free University of Berlin, has meetings at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)