 a conversation on armenia with raffi hovannisian monday june 3 2013 1230 washington district of columbia united states on june 3 2013 policy forum armenia invited the heritage party leader  raffi hovannisian  independent armenia s first minister of foreign affairs recent presidential candidate chief executive of the armenian center for national international studies and founder of the armenian bar association for a conversation on foreign and domestic policy travelogue with upfront views of the political and civil society landscape raffi hovannisian was a leading candidate in armenia s disputed 2013 presidential elections garnering a significant mandate of the armenian people s individual votes and collective confidence the event was coorganized by policy forum armenia in collaboration with the george washington university law school the gwu s institute for european russian and eurasian studies at the elliott school of international relations and the armenian bar association read our blog post about the event  pictures from the event are available in our media gallery   raffi hovannisian for conversation foreign and domestic policy  