On October 3, the Armenian Center for Strategic and National Studies (SCSAR), the Armenian arm of international and public analysis, celebrated its 25th anniversary with an official reception at its office.
Ambassadors, honored guests of world fame, local and international analysts, current and former employees of the Center, representatives of the press and civil society gathered to speak their hearts to this scientific research center, which has provided impeccable service to Armenian democracy for a quarter of a century, to promote the establishment of universal policies, to ensure the free competition of ideas and ideas, and to replenish the personnel arsenal of expert-researchers.
Raffi K. Hovhannisyan, the founder-navigator of this “mother vessel” that has become a forge of thought and the first minister of foreign affairs of the Republic, greeted the gathered and all-time supporters of the center, including mentioning the brilliant intellectual Tigran Hayrapetyan, who stood at the beginnings of RAHAP.
– he said – 25 years ago, and during all these years, under the most difficult circumstances, the RAHAP introduced national and international expert markers, relic by relic, bringing to the arena internal and external in-depth observations in line with the imperative of the day and the century. As a pioneer and the first independent “think tank” among us, the RAHAP has firmly registered our diaspora nation on the map of global geopolitics.
On the occasion of the memorable anniversary, RAHAP issued special profilebriefly covering the most important milestones and lasting pages of his biography of his quarter-century path, full of ups and downs, but without grass. And these are the multi-thematic volumes of political analyzes and comments, monographs, local and international forums on the most current issues in the field of political science, sociological researches and public interest discussions of their results, training courses for young experts and a number of other directions.
The Armenian Center for Strategic and National Studies is a leading analytical institution operating in Yerevan. As a non-profit institution, it is committed to multidisciplinary, professional research and analysis, seeks to raise the level of national discourse and expand civic engagement in the policy-making process, promoting more comprehensive public knowledge.
Being founded in 1994 According to Raffi Hovhannisyan, the first minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Armenia, over the years, RAHAP has gained a significant reputation as a primary source for expert analysis of a wide range of national and international policy issues. A brilliant constellation of domestic political scientists, expert-analysts, as well as public-political and state figures passed through the strategist.
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