Ararat Center for Strategic Research

The ARARAT Center for Strategic Research is a leading Armenian think tank on security issues. It was founded in August 2006, located in Yerevan, Armenia, and is led by Yerevan-based historian and political scientist Dr. Armen Ayvazyan.

Role
The ARARAT Center positions itself as a home-grown, politically unaffiliated, academic research center that is establishing an independent national school of strategic thought.

The Center's primary aims are:


 * 1) Analyzing international political developments affecting Armenia's interests
 * 2) Identifying threats to Armenia's national security and potential solutions to those threats
 * 3) Making its analyses available to decision makers as well as the Armenian public at large {cn}}

Research
The Center specializes in research on Armenia's geopolitics, military history, and identity among other topics. Its website offers a wealth of information, in-depth research, analysis and data on the Armenian-Turkish conflict, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), Javakhk, information warfare, national identity, and related fields.

Publications
Pro-Patria is one of the most exclusive and sought-out works published by the Center. Released between 2006-2007, Pro-Patria is a two-volume publication containing a series of selected studies including analysis and facts on strategy and security. It was compiled and edited by the Head of the Center, Dr. Armen Ayvazyan.
 * "The Liberated Territory of Armenia and the Settlement of The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict", (Pro-Patria, Volume I, 2006)
 * "Studies on Strategy and Security", (Pro-Patria, Volume II, 2007)
 * Other publications

Resources
Most of the Center's publications are available on its website. Additionally, the Center offers a newly established online library of related literature.

Projects

 * 1) Foreign Press Review (in Armenian)
 * 2) Summer and Evening Schools
 * 3) Quiz