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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
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 UNVEILS INAUGURAL ISSUE OF NEW PUBLIC POLICY JOURNAL:
“THE CHANGING WORLD: VIEWPOINTS FROM YEREVAN”
Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) today released the inaugural issue of the new ACNIS quarterly public policy publication, entitled “The Changing World: Viewpoints from Yerevan,” during a special presentation-seminar held at the Center’s office. [Read more]
Yerevan—Today’s lecture at the youth school of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) was devoted to the role of civil society in the process of democratization. [Read more]
Yerevan—On May 4, Armenia’s first minister of foreign affairs Raffi K.Hovannisian conferred and exchanged greetings with Uruguay’s foreign minister Luis Almagro. He later met and offered formal comments to the election observation missions of the OSCE, PACE, and European Parliament. [Read more]
A Regular Session of Seminar-Courses at ACNIS Youth School
Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) today convened a regular session of the seminar-course program at its youth school. [Read more]
ACNIS Analyst Elaborates on Electoral Processes in Armenia
Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) within the framework of its youth school program today convened the second session of a thematic workshop series, entitled “Peculiarities of Transitional Societies,” with a presentation by ACNIS analyst Saro Saroyan. [Read more]
ACNIS Steps into a New Series of Thematic Workshops
Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) today entered the second stage of the seminar-courses on “Citizen-Society-State Triangle,” marked with the presentation by Hovsep Khurshudian, ACNIS senior analyst. [Read more]
Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) within the framework of its youth school program today convened the forth and last session of the series of thematic workshops entitled “Peculiarities of Transitional Societies.” [Read more]
Raffi Hovannisian Receives Students from Cambridge
Yerevan―Today ACNIS founder Raffi K. Hovannisian met with Cambridge University political science students, who are visiting Armenia for academic research. [Read more]
Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) within the framework of its youth school program today convened the second session of the series of thematic workshops entitled “Peculiarities of Transitional Societies.” [Read more]
ACNIS Youth School Program Resumes Seminar-Courses
Yerevan—The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) today resumed its lecture series entitled “Establishment of Civil Society and Formation of Constitutional State in Armenia: Key Issues and New Challenges” within the framework of its youth school program, launched in 2011. [Read more]
Yerevan―ACNIS founder Raffi K. Hovannisian met with Federal Republic of Germany foreign minister Guido Westerwelle here today in the presence of other politicians and civil society representatives. [Read more]
Yerevan—ACNIS Director of Research Manvel Sargsian’s interview to “Aniv” journal on political and civil rights was covered by Armenia Today news agency.
Analytical Journal of The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS)
THE CHANGING WORLD: VIEWPOINTS FROM YEREVAN is inviting submissions (in Armenian) for its inaugural issue. Available in paper and online, it targets at an audience of citizens, individual experts and institutions both in Armenia and Diaspora. [Read more]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
