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AHI offers several exciting programs throughout the year. Each spring, AHI’s gala “Hellenic Heritage Achievement and National Public Service Awards Dinner” honors the best and brightest in the Greek American community; in the fall we hold a conference on “The Future of Hellenism in America," held each year at different cities around the country; and in the summer the “College Student Foreign Policy Study Trip to Greece and Cyprus” a two-week trip to Washington, DC, Greece and Cyprus college students have the opportunity to see and experience first hand foreign policy issues affecting US-Greece-Cyprus relations.

Membership Information

AHI’s members care deeply about the United States’ relationship with Greece and Cyprus and their neighbors. Following Pericles’s admonition that good citizenship requires involvement in public affairs, we recognize the important role played in a vibrant democracy by alert and engaged citizens.

Policy Statement

Each year, AHI initiates congressional legislation, issues policy statements, and serves as an effective watchdog on issues affecting U.S. relations in Southeastern Europe. Key issues have included ending the illegal occupation of Cyprus, the treatment of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, aggression in the Aegean Sea, and the U.S.’s response to the dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the latter nation’s name.

Northern Virginia Kicks-off 2012 “Town Hall Screenings” of Groundbreaking PBS Cyprus Documentary

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Northern Virginia Kicks-off 2012 “Town Hall Screenings” of Groundbreaking PBS Cyprus Documentary

Screened in Fourteenth Major Metropolitan Area

WASHINGTON, DC — The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) took its series of “Town Hall Screenings” of the one-hour documentary “Cyprus Still Divided: A U.S. Foreign Policy Failure” to Falls Church, Va., January 18, 2012, bringing the total number of cities across North America in which the documentary has been viewed to 14.

AHI to Secretary Clinton: Turkey Is an Unreliable NATO Ally

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AHI to Secretary Clinton: Turkey Is an Unreliable NATO Ally

AHI Letter Demonstrates Turkey’s Unreliability over Time

WASHINGTON, DC — The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) released a January 25, 2012 letter it sent to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham on the topic of Turkey’s reliability as a NATO ally. The letter requests Secretary Clinton to conduct a critical review of United States policy toward Turkey in light of recent national debate and discussion about the topic that emanated as a result of the January 16, 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate Debate held in Myrtle Beach, S.C. AHI contends Turkey is an unreliable ally, and through its actions, has undermined NATO over the decades.

AHI Welcomes Line of Questioning about Turkey in GOP South Carolina Debate

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AHI Welcomes Line of Questioning about Turkey in GOP South Carolina Debate

WASHINGTON, DC — The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) welcomes the line of questioning on whether Turkey belongs in NATO as raised by Fox News Anchor Bret Baier during the Fox News/Wall Street Journal Republican Debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on January 16, 2012.

AHI President Quoted in The Washington Post on Importance of Lobbying in Washington

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AHI President Quoted in The Washington Post on Importance of Lobbying in Washington

WASHINGTON, DC — The Washington Post article “Washington can be a frontline for international combatants” by Emily Wax (January 11, 2012) featured a quote from American Hellenic Institute (AHI) President Nick Larigakis.

AHI Joins with Armenian, Kurdish American Groups Call for Investigation of Turkish Airstrike on Kurds

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AHI Joins with Armenian, Kurdish American Groups Call for Investigation of Turkish Airstrike on Kurds

WASHINGTON, DC — The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) joined with Armenian American and Kurdish American organizations asking Congress to call upon the Obama administration to investigate the use of U.S. arms in a December 28, 2011 Turkish airstrike that killed 35 Kurdish boys and young men along the Turkey-Iraq border. In a letter dated January 10, 2012, the organizations request an investigation and public report to Congress to see whether Turkey violated U.S. arms export laws by using American-supplied weaponry in the airstrike.

AHI Hosts Screening of Groundbreaking PBS Cyprus Documentary in Norfolk, Va.

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AHI Hosts Screening of Groundbreaking PBS Cyprus Documentary in Norfolk, Va.

WASHINGTON, DC — The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) took its series of “Town Hall Screenings” of the one-hour documentary “Cyprus Still Divided: A U.S. Foreign Policy Failure” to Norfolk, Va., December 14, 201. A discussion about the documentary and the Cyprus issue featuring AHI President Larigakis followed each screening.

AHI Foundation Publishes Winter 2011-12 Online Policy Journal

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AHI Foundation Publishes Winter 2011-12 Online Policy Journal

WASHINGTON, DC —The American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) announces the third volume release of its Winter 2011-12 Online Policy Journal.

“This issue of the AHI policy journal addresses a cluster of national and international issues pertinent to the interests of Greece, Cyprus, and the United States,” writes Professor Dan Georgakas, editor, Online Policy Journal, in the Forward. “Our coverage offers a mix of strategy, documentation, tactics, and analysis that aims to enrich public discourse on these issues.”