December 7 – December 8

Dr. Gayane Novikova participates at the international conference and workshop “Transatlantic Alliance and Wider Black Sea Region,” organized by GMF in cooperation with CIR and CES, Warsaw State University, in Warsaw, Poland

November 14 – November 15

Sergey Sargsyan presents paper “The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict: Rhetoric and Realities” at the First Kyiv Security Forum “Frozen Conflicts Resolution: Security and Stability in the Black Sea Region,” organized by MFA of Ukraine and “Open Ukraine” in Kiev.

November 4 – November 7

Gayane Novikova presents topic “Political Islam in the South Caucasus” at the 13th Issik-Kul Forum “Strategic Trends in Central Asia and South Caucasus” in Goa, India, organized by Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Diana Ananian presents topic “Scale of risks in the South Caucasus” at the International Conference “Black Sea Security Dynamics and Euro-Atlantic Alliance & Risks and Threats in the Greater Black Sea Area. The Regional Security
Environment in the Post-Cold War Era,” Bucharest, Romania

October 21 – October 23

Dr. Gayane Novikova presents a paper “The Wider Black Sea: Challenges and Opportunities for the South Caucasus” at the international conference “Black Sea Synergy,” organized by Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Odessa – Istanbul

October 19 – October 21

Ashot Melyan participates in the International Conference “The Caucasus: Cooperation for Stability,” organized by GFSIS in Tbilisi, Georgia

September 13

SPECTRUM publishes the conference papers “The South Caucasus – 2006: Main Trends, Threats and Risks” with the support of the MFA of Finland

September 6 – September 7

Sergey Sargsyan presents paper on “Prospects for Enlargement of the Islamists Recruitment Base in Europe” at the PfP Consortium Combating Terrorism WG meeting in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

July 16

SPECTRUM holds a round table discussion on the main aspects of the Armenian Foreign Policy with participation of the leading Armenian analysts and James MacDougall, National War College, Washington D.C.

July 2 – July 3

Gayane Novikova participates in the conference on Future Role of NATO in the Post-Soviet Area, organized by SWP, Berlin

June 27 – June 28

Dr. Gayane Novikova presents a paper “Armenia: Quo Vadis?” at the International Workshop “Central Asia and South Caucasus: the Challenges to Modernization and State Building,” organized by Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Urumqi, China

June 13 – June 14

Dr. Gayane Novikova participates in the 9th Annual Conference of PfP Consortium “Strengthening NATO`s Partnerships: The Role of Education in Security Sector Reforms and Defence Institution Building” in Zagreb, Croatia

June 8 – June 9

Gayane Novikova presents paper “Trans-national challenges in the Black Sea region: dynamics and trends” at the international conference “How can the Black Sea Region contribute to improved global security?” organized by MFA of Romania, MFA of Norway and EURISC Foundation in Bucharest.

May 21

SPECTRUM has published the collection of articles “Starting the AP ENP: Some Priority Issues of Armenia” with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

May 2 – May 4

SPECTRUM hosts a research team of the Marshall Center: Dr. Sabine Collmer, Director of Research and LTC Kai Samulowitz, Researcher

April 25

G.Novikova and S.Sargsyan participate in the round table discussion “Prospects, benefits and perils of regional interaction in the South Caucasus,” organized by LINKS in Yerevan

April 16

Diana Ananian delivers lecture “Children in the Armed Conflicts. Child Soldiers” in the Warsaw University.

March 28 – April 4

SPECTRUM in Tbilisi

April 4: G.Novikova & S.Sargsyan as the members of the Marshall Center AAA participate in the round table discussion “Terrorist and counterterrorist structures and methods,” organized by the G.Marshall Alumni Union-Georgia

April 3: S.Sargsyan and G.Novikova as the members of the PfP Consortium Combating Terrorism WG participate in the meeting on Islamist Recruitment Mechanisms in Europe. LTC (ret.) Sergey Sargsyan presents the paper “Specifics of ideological brainwashing in the Muslim & ethnic communities.”

April 2: Dr. G.Novikova delivers the lecture “Unresolved conflicts and the security system of the South Caucasus” and participates the round table discussion “Prospects, benefits and perils of regional interaction in the South Caucasus,” organized by LINKS

March 29-30: G.Novikova participates in the International conference “Countering terrorism and drug trafficking in the Black Sea region,” organized by the National Security Council of Georgia

March 1

Center welcomes Dr. Mariam Margarian as its analyst with a focus on dynamics of political processes and political elits

February 14

“The South Caucasus is engaged into a dangerous game.” Interview of Gayane Novikova to the newspaper “Republic of Armenia.”

February 9

SPECTRUM publishes a collection of articles “Regional Security Issues: 2006” with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation`s support

February 6

The Marshall Center Armenian Alumni Association in cooperation with the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and the Center for Strategic Analysis SPECTRUM holds a round table and discussion “The Impact of Recent Developments on the Security in the South Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus”

January 14 – January 18

Richard Giragosian gives a series of interview for the Armenian TV Channels

January 13 – January 14

Richard Giragosian participates in the international conference “The Economic and Social Consequences of Opening the Armenia-Turkey Border,” organized by The Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG)

January 8

Analysts of the Center discuss research plans and the schedule of activity for 2007