The Centers most important
events and activities, including meetings, visits, conferences,
roundtables and seminars, receptions, interviews and media comments
August 2010
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ACNIS Director Richard Giragosian’s commentary on “Russia vague on missile sale to Azerbaijan” is covered by the Public Radio.
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ACNIS convenes a special two-day “ACNIS Youth Forum.” The first in a series of monthly events devoted to critical issues from a perspective of Armenian youth, this Youth Forum focused on Armenia-Diaspora issues, with several presentations by ACNIS summer interns and volunteers. The two-day Youth Forum comprises over fifty participants, including representatives from the Armenian parliament, the Diaspora Ministry and several diasporan organizations.
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Richard Giragosian’s article entitled “Two years from the date of the Russian-Georgian war completed” is covered by the Public Radio.
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ACNIS Senior Analyst Manvel Sargsian’s commentary on “Who are Ter-Petrosyan and Kocharyan?” is covered by the Lragir.am news agency.
ACNIS Analyst Armine Ghazaryan's article on “Armenia: The Features of psychological impact of values presented to the society” is published by the ArmeniaToday news agency.
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ACNIS Founder Raffi K. Hovannisian’s article entitled “Whither CSTO: Russian power, Armenian sovereignty, and a region at risk” is widely published and reprinted by several Armenian and international media outlets such as Aravot news agency, Foreign Policy Journal, and Europe’s World.
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ACNIS Director Richard Giragosian’s article entitled “Baku-Yerevan arms race surfaces in Caucasus” was cited by the English-language Turkish newspaper, the Hürriyet Daily News.
ACNIS Founder Raffi K Hovannisian attends Swedish Embassy’s farewell reception for Ambassador Hans Gunnar Aden.
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Giragosian’s commentary on “Russia sends a message to Baku” is covered byArmenian national Public Radio.
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ACNIS Director Richard Giragosian comments on the revised basing agreement between Armenia and the Russian Federation that extended the duration of the Russian base by 24 years. The ACNIS director was interviewed by the Russian Rosbalt news agency and the Zhamanak daily newspapers.
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ACNIS Senior Analyst Manvel Sargsian’s commentary on “About the reduction of help provided to NK by USA” is covered by the Radio Liberty.
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Sargsian’s commentary on “CSTO as a rescue of authoritarian regimes” is covered by the Aravot news agency.
Sargsian's commentary on “The efficient operations of the Armenian delegation to the UN are not visible” is covered by the Armtoday.info news agency.
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Manvel Sargsian’s commentary on “New policy in the region” is covered by the Hraparak daily newspaper.
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Sargsian’s article entitled “What should Armenia do?” is covered by the Lragir.am news agency.