The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (''ACNIS'') is an independent research center based in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

. It is the institutional initiative of

Raffi Hovannisian Raffi K. Richardi Hovannisian ( hy, Րաֆֆի Կ. Ռիչարդի Հովհաննիսյան; hyw, Րաֆֆի Կ. Ռիչարդի Յովհաննէսեան; born 20 November 1959) is an Armenian politician, the first Foreign Minister of Armenia and t ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs. Founded in 1994. The institution focuses on foreign and public policy issues.

Publications

* Hayatsk Yerevanits, Monthly Journal of Public Policy, since 1995. * Prospects for regional and transregional cooperation and the resolution of conflicts, report. * Armenia 2020: A strategy paper for development and security (in Armenian), 2002 * Armenian-Azerbaijani relations: Realities and prospects, by Alexander Grigorian, * Armenia-Turkey: Models of trade and economic relations, by Dr. Toros Torosian, * The politics of Genocide:State policy and national perceptions, by Dr. Stepan Poghosian; etc.

External links

Official site
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