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Center staff and academic council biographies


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Publications
Complete list of the Center’s occasional paper series, monograph series and special publications


Hayatsk Yerevanits
Selected articles (in Armenian) from the Center’s full-color monthly journal of news and views, analysis and comment, culture and public policy


Press releases
Center’s activities since 2002


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.7, Nov.-Dec. 2011


(in Armenian)
PDF - 1,65 MB


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.6, October 2011


(in English)
PDF - 1,51 MB


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.5, September 2011


(in Armenian)
PDF - 1,06 MB


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.4, July-August 2011


(in Armenian)
PDF - 1,06 MB


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.3, June 2011


(PDF - 595 KB)

Armenian version


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.2, May 2011


(PDF - 495 KB)

Armenian version


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.1, April 2011


(PDF - 522 KB)

Armenian version


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.6, June 2010


(PDF - 565 KB)

Armenian version


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.5, May 2010


(PDF - 557 KB)

Armenian version


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.4, April 2010


(PDF - 617 KB)

Armenian version


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.3, March 2010


(PDF - 550 KB)

Armenian version


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.2, February 2010


(PDF - 570 KB)

Armenian version


ACNIS Monthly Newsletter No.1, January 2010


(PDF - 890 KB)


 

 

The Center’s Aim and Purpose

 


The Armenian Center for National and International Studies, a leading independent strategic research center in Yerevan, is the institutional initiative of Raffi K. Hovannisian, Armenia’s first Minister of Foreign Affairs. The institute focuses in its research on a comprehensive agenda of foreign and public policy issues, which are articulated analytically in political and academic arenas around the world.

ACNIS Search

 

New Publications

new IRAQ: AWAITING THE NATIONAL CONSENT, Saro Saroyan, February, in Armenian

new OVER THE DEBATE ON CHANGE OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM, Edgar Vardanian, January, in Armenian

new FRANCE “BURIED” THE ZURICH PROTOCOLS, Saro Saroyan, January, in Armenian

new NONEXISTENT BASES OF A WORTHY REALITY, Armine Ghazarian, December, in Armenian

All publications

For Immediate Release

January 24, 2012

“Nowadays, Armenia Lacks the Atmosphere of 2008: There is No Unity Pertinent to That Period”

Yerevan—ACNIS analyst Edgar Vardanian’s press conference held at the “Peoplemeter” press club was covered by Armenia Today news agency.

Direct link: Armenia Today (in Russian)


January 23, 2012

ACNIS Analyst Edgar Vardanian at the
“PEOPLEMETER” Press Club


December 15, 2011

ACNIS director Manvel Sargsian is the guest of “Errord Hazaramyak” program on Shoghakat television


December 14, 2011

“The Ruling Political Forces Do Not Come Out Against One Another for Nothing”

Yerevan—ACNIS analyst Edgar Vardanian gave an interview to Zhamanak daily and 1in.am news agency.

Direct link: 1in.am (in Armenian)


December 9, 2011

ACNIS Youth School Students are Certified

Yerevan—The Youth School Program of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) today ended the three-month series of seminar-courses, which commenced on September 16. The final lecture, entitled “Diaspora, Statehood and National Identity,” was delivered by political scientist Armen Grigoryan. [Full story]

Related links: Armenian version


December 2, 2011

ACNIS Youth School Program Is Accomplished

Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) today held the penultimate session of the Youth school program. The guest speaker was law expert Andrias Ghukasyan, who made a presentation on “The Legal Basis of the Karabakh Issue.” [Full story]

Related links: Armenian version


December 2, 2011

ACNIS Concludes the 2011 Activities
with the New Yearbook

Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) today released the new ACNIS annual yearbook publication, entitled “South Caucasus after 2008” during a special reception held at the Center’s office. The event was attended by representatives from the diplomatic community in Yerevan, members of the Armenian parliament, experts, analysts, and members of the press. [Full story]

Related links: Armenian version


November 30, 2011

Raffi Hovannisian Speaks at the
American University of Armenia

Yerevan—At the invitation of Dr. Armen Mazmanian, founding director of ACNIS Raffi K. Hovannisian yesterday addressed the open seminar, entitled “Rethinking the G-Word” as part of the “Rethinking Values, Norms, and Institutions in Armenia” series held at the American University of Armenia Law Department. [Full story]

Related links: Armenian version


November 30, 2011

“Armenia Seems to Lack a Democratic Movement at the Moment”

Yerevan—ACNIS analyst Edgar Vardanian gave an interview to Lragir.am news agency.

Direct link: Lragir.am (in Armenian)


November 29, 2011

Hovannisian’s Family of Shadows released in paperback, translated into Armenian

New York—The publishing house HarperCollins has announced the paperback release of Garin K. Hovannisian’s Family of Shadows: A Century of Murder, Memory, and the Armenian American Dream, the dramatic history of the Hovannisian family: Kaspar—the survivor of genocide and soldier of General Antranig; Richard—the historian and pioneer of Armenian Studies; and Raffi—the repatriate citizen and first foreign minister of independent Armenia. [Full story]

Related links: Armenian version

Links

www.nci.am
National Citizens’ Initiative

Our Visitors
 

National Public Opinion Service
A series of public and expert opinion polls helping to promote among decisionmaker and citizen alike a new civic culture and societal consensus-building in Armenia.


World Public Opinion 2007

Full Report
(PDF - 1,08 Mb)
Country Reports
(PDF - 5,96 Mb)
Methodology/Research Partners
(PDF - 138 Kb)


Center News
A Publication
for Friends of
The Armenian Center for National and International Studies

(PDF - 6,11 MB)


Yearbook 2011:
SOUTH CAUCASUS AFTER 2008

SOUTH CAUCASUS AFTER 2008


Yearbook 2009:
ACNIS at 15: The Power of New Ideas

ACNIS at 15: The Power of New Ideas

Yearbook 2007:
Armenia: The Imperative for A New Strategy

Armenia: The Imperative for A New Strategy

Yearbook 2005:
Armenia in a Transforming World

Armenia in a Transforming World; Yearbook

Accounting for the Decade
Selected chapters from the Center’s Yearbook for 2004

“Accouting for the decade” Yearbook

Annual Policy Yearbook
“Armenia 2020: Strategy Paper for Development and Security”

Armenia 2020

Proclamations

Congressional Record
Congressional Record

California Senate Resolution
California Senate Resolution


Raffi Hovannisian speaks at Clark University on “Ancient Civilization and Modern Statecraft: Armenia at the Crossroads”

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BIOGRAPHY OF RAFFI K. HOVANNISIAN


NOTHING PERSONAL: TURKEY’S TOP TEN
by Raffi Hovannisian
March 5, 2009

Armenian version

Russian version


Regional Contest is Becoming a Key Issue for Armenia
Raffi Hovannisian’s Interview with Arminfo News Agency
November 25, 2006


Global Leaders Call
for Action
on Arab-Israeli Settlement

October 4, 2006


INTEGRITY AND DETERMINATION-
ALL ABOUT THE NATION

By Raffi K. Hovannisian
The Moscow Times
June 14, 2006


ARMENIA’S LAST BEST CHANCE
By Raffi K. Hovannisian
United Press International
April 28, 2006


Armenia: Facing New Challenges
Yerkir Online's Interview with
Raffi K. Hovannisian
(Also see English and Russian versions)


Интервью Раффи Ованнисяна
Информационному агентству Regnum

29 сентября, 2005
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