Podcast - RCDS

Podcast

December 2, 2025

Adam Przeworski: The Polarization Phenomenon Is Undeniable, But It Doesn’t Threaten Democracy

Tigran Grigoryan’s guest is Adam Przeworski, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at New York University and one of the world’s foremost scholars of democracy. In this conversation, they discuss the conditions that help new democracies survive, the challenges Armenia faces in consolidating its democratic system, the dilemma of justice versus stability, the effects of polarization, […]

Podcast

November 25, 2025

Stefan Meister: Both Sides Know Armenia’s EU Membership Is Not Realistic In The Near Future

Tigran Grigoryan, Director of the Regional Center for Democracy and Security (RCDS), talks with Stefan Meister, Head of the Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia at the DGAP, about Armenia’s domestic and foreign policy, democratic backsliding in the region, Russian hybrid interference, and lessons from Georgia and Moldova. They […]