WikiLeaks cables in ACNIS database
The Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) announced on January 12, 2011 the launch of "Research Resource Project" aimed to assist scholars, experts and students by offering access to a newly created digital database of significant documents and materials relevant to Armenia, Nagorno Karabagh, Turkey and the broader South Caucasus region.
The new ACNIS digital database, which will be ready after February 1, 2011, consists of a large digital library of important reports, documents and other historical material that were sorted, categorized and compiled in a searchable, user-friendly format.
The ACNIS Research Resource Project's new digital database will be freely available after February 1, and open for use by scholars, experts and students by appointment only, under the supervision of ACNIS staff. The digital library includes key documents from a variety of sources, including international organizations, such as the EU, NATO, OSCE, UN, and from several foreign governments.
A large portion of the database consists of public and declassified U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports and hearings, reports from the Departments of Defense and State, as well as both Soviet- and post-Soviet era declassified materials from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) related to Armenia, Nagorno Karabagh and the South Caucasus.
In addition, the database also has a separate section devoted entirely to the compilation and classification of all relevant "WikiLeaks" documents, updated and sorted as they are released. ACNIS Director Richard Giragosian first announced the planned ACNIS Research Resource Project at an ACNIS briefing on WikiLeaks on December 14, 2010, explaining that ACNIS sought to utilize the opportunity to analyze the thousands of formerly confidential and secret U.S. State Department cables and documents in terms of their historical and policy-related significance.
