Vartan GREGORIAN

Carnegie Corporation of New York

The 10^th anniversary of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) marks a significant moment in Armenia’s current quest to develop comprehensive, independent and world-standard institutions dedicated to the promotion of national and international studies. It is with the greatest pride that I am sending my deepest congratulations to ACNIS, its founding director, Raffi K. Hovannisian, its staff, and its supporters.

In a relatively short period of time, ACNIS has helped place Armenian scholarship and analyses on public and foreign policy issues on the global map of research and policy outreach institutions. By promoting Armenia s views, concerns and aspirations to a worldwide audience, ACNIS has contributed not only to generating ideas but also to linking Armenia to the international community. It has brought to bear Armenia’s intellectual potential on national and international challenges. As an American-Armenian, I feel a particular pride in ACNIS’ strength and reputation as a national think-tank with a global reach. ACNIS has accomplished in ten years what many leading American institutions achieve in decades.

I wish ACNIS many years of further growth and success, so that its sound and objective analyses would continue to define Armenia s national priorities and international objectives.