Ararat Center for Strategic Research

It considers itself a home grown and politically unaffiliated academic research center that was established as an independent national school of strategic thinking.

[1] On February 8, 2006, just two days before the meeting between Robert Kocharyan and Ilham Aliev in Rambouillet (France), the center held a presentation of the book titled The Liberated Territory of Armenia and the Settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict' (Pro Patria series, vol.

[2] The purpose of this book was to demonstrate the strategic importance of territories surrounding ex-NKAO administrative borders now controlled by the Armenian Army.

Released in 2006 and 2007, Pro-Patria is a two-volume publication containing a series of selected studies including facts and analysis on strategy and security.

Other publications include: In 2009 the Ararat Center for Strategic Research filed a suit against the Caucasus Institute based on accusations of an Armenian genocide denial in one of their publications called Caucasus neighbourhood: Turkey and South Caucasus․[5] Amongst other articles was one by Turkish author Aybars Görgülü called "Turkey-Armenia relations: an eternal deadlock?"