ARMENIA, DIASPORA VULNERABLE NOW

PanARMENIAN.Net
03.02.2009 17:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia is facing serious challenges, an analyst
specializing in international relations said.

"The Armenian Center for National and International Studies will
work to resist these challenges, since both Armenia and Diaspora are
vulnerable now," Richard Giragosian, the new ACNIS director told a
news conference in Yerevan today.

He said the center will engage in regional political and economic
affairs and named strategic research and national security issues as
ACNIS priorities.

Mr. Giragosian denied any links between his future activities and
Heritage party leader and ACNIS founder Raffi K. Hovannisian.

"Our record will be available for all," he said. "Independence of
political forces will be the guiding principle of the center."

Richard Giragosian is a regular contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty (RFE/RL) publications and is a contributing analyst for the
London-based Jane’s Information Group.