PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference 2016
PONARS Eurasia
01 Sep 2016
September 23-24, 2016
GW Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street NW, Washington, DC
Agenda
Day 1 - Friday, September 23, 2016
8:30-9:00 am Registration (1957 E St. NW, Ground Floor Lobby)
9:00-11:00 am Welcome & Panel 1: Russia’s 2016 Parliamentary Elections
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor
Vladimir Gel’man, European University at St. Petersburg & University of Helsinki
Correction of Errors: How the Kremlin Re-equilibrated Authoritarian Elections in 2016
Tomila Lankina, London School of Economics
The Kremlin-controlled Media’s Coverage of Protest in Russia and Ukraine
Nikolay Petrov, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
The End of the Chapter: 2016 State Duma Elections and Political Development
Regina Smyth, Indiana University
Russia's 2016-2018 Election Cycle: Popular Engagement and Protest Potential
11:00-11:15 am Coffee Break
11:15-1:00 pm Panel 2A: Russia’s Strategic Outlook
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor (Breakout session)
Samuel Charap, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Russia’s Use of Military Force as a Foreign Policy Tool
Dmitry Gorenburg, CNA & Harvard University
Russia's Strategic Calculus
Mikhail Rykhtik, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod
Values in Contemporary Foreign Policy: Russian Perspectives
Mikhail Troitskiy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
Massaging Egos: Can Status Politics Facilitate US-Russia Cooperation?
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor (Breakout session)
Samuel Charap, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Russia’s Use of Military Force as a Foreign Policy Tool
Dmitry Gorenburg, CNA & Harvard University
Russia's Strategic Calculus
Mikhail Rykhtik, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod
Values in Contemporary Foreign Policy: Russian Perspectives
Mikhail Troitskiy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
Massaging Egos: Can Status Politics Facilitate US-Russia Cooperation?
11:15-1:00 pm Panel 2B: Economy and Society in Eurasia
State Room, Elliott School, 7th Floor (Breakout session)
Andrew Barnes, Kent State University
Beyond the IMF and “Political Will”: The Emerging Political Economy of Ukraine
Natalie Koch, Syracuse University and Anar Valiyev, Azerbaijan Diplomatic
Academy, Baku
Restructuring Extractive Economies in the Caspian Basin: Too Little, too Late?
Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University
Succession in Uzbekistan
Georgi Derluguian, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)
Ending the Post-Soviet Restoration in Armenia
State Room, Elliott School, 7th Floor (Breakout session)
Andrew Barnes, Kent State University
Beyond the IMF and “Political Will”: The Emerging Political Economy of Ukraine
Natalie Koch, Syracuse University and Anar Valiyev, Azerbaijan Diplomatic
Academy, Baku
Restructuring Extractive Economies in the Caspian Basin: Too Little, too Late?
Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University
Succession in Uzbekistan
Georgi Derluguian, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)
Ending the Post-Soviet Restoration in Armenia
1:00-2:00 pm Lunch Served, 7th floor lobby
2:00-3:30 pm Panel 3A: Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor (Breakout session)
George Gavrilis, independent consultant
Counter-Radicalization Policies in Central Asia: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Mariya Omelicheva, University of Kansas
CSTO and SCO: Stuck on the Old Ways of Dealing with Security Threats
Ekaterina Stepanova, Institute of the World Economy & International
Relations (IMEMO), Moscow
Directions for the US-Russia Cooperation on Countering Violent Extremism
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor (Breakout session)
George Gavrilis, independent consultant
Counter-Radicalization Policies in Central Asia: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Mariya Omelicheva, University of Kansas
CSTO and SCO: Stuck on the Old Ways of Dealing with Security Threats
Ekaterina Stepanova, Institute of the World Economy & International
Relations (IMEMO), Moscow
Directions for the US-Russia Cooperation on Countering Violent Extremism
2:00-3:30 pm Panel 3B: Assessing European and Eurasian Partnerships
State Room, Elliott School, 7th Floor (Breakout session)
Kornely Kakachia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University & Georgian
Institute of Politics
Reluctant Partner: Georgian-German Relations Revisited
Arkady Moshes, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Lukashenko’s ”Drift to the West”: Why Moscow Does Not Need to Be Worried
State Room, Elliott School, 7th Floor (Breakout session)
Kornely Kakachia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University & Georgian
Institute of Politics
Reluctant Partner: Georgian-German Relations Revisited
Arkady Moshes, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Lukashenko’s ”Drift to the West”: Why Moscow Does Not Need to Be Worried
Scott Radnitz, University of Washington
Strategic Solidarity: How Central Asia Responds to the Kremlin's Exhortations
Strategic Solidarity: How Central Asia Responds to the Kremlin's Exhortations
3:30-3:45 pm Coffee Break
3:45-5:30 pm Panel 4: Taking Stock of Ukraine Today
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor
Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University
A Poisoned Chalice: How the Minsk Accords Destabilize Ukraine
Volodymyr Dubovyk, Mechnikov National University, Odessa
Is Ukraine Becoming a Client State of the United States?
Oleksandr Fisun, Kharkiv National University
The Changing Nature of Ukrainian Politics
Volodymyr Kulyk, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
Memory and Language: Explaining the Post-Maidan Ukrainian Government’s
Different Policies on Two Controversial Issues
Oleksandr Sushko, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Kyiv
Two Years after the First Minsk Agreements: Is There a Way Out of the Deadlock?
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor
Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University
A Poisoned Chalice: How the Minsk Accords Destabilize Ukraine
Volodymyr Dubovyk, Mechnikov National University, Odessa
Is Ukraine Becoming a Client State of the United States?
Oleksandr Fisun, Kharkiv National University
The Changing Nature of Ukrainian Politics
Volodymyr Kulyk, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
Memory and Language: Explaining the Post-Maidan Ukrainian Government’s
Different Policies on Two Controversial Issues
Oleksandr Sushko, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Kyiv
Two Years after the First Minsk Agreements: Is There a Way Out of the Deadlock?
Day 2 - Saturday, September 24, 2016
8:30-9:00 am Registration 1957 E St. NW, 6th Floor
9:00-10:45 am Panel 1: Russia’s Foreign Relations
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor
Pavel Baev, Peace Research Institute Oslo
Mistrust Sets Low Ceiling for Russia-China Partnership
Serghei Golunov, Kyushu University
Russia's Cross-border Cooperation with Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and
North Korea: China as a Third Force
Elizabeth Wishnick, Montclair University
Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming…US-Russia Relations in the Arctic
Ayşe Zarakol, University of Cambridge
Turkey and Russia, Erdoğan and Putin
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor
Pavel Baev, Peace Research Institute Oslo
Mistrust Sets Low Ceiling for Russia-China Partnership
Serghei Golunov, Kyushu University
Russia's Cross-border Cooperation with Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and
North Korea: China as a Third Force
Elizabeth Wishnick, Montclair University
Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming…US-Russia Relations in the Arctic
Ayşe Zarakol, University of Cambridge
Turkey and Russia, Erdoğan and Putin
10:45-11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 pm Panel 2: Trends in Russian Strategic Approaches
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor
Sergey Minasyan, Caucasus Institute, Yerevan
Russian Conventional Deterrence: from Warfighting to Political Strategy
(There and Back Again?)
Polina Sinovets, Mechnikov National University, Odessa
European Missile Defense and Russia: Any Chance for a Dialogue?
Nikolai Sokov, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor
Sergey Minasyan, Caucasus Institute, Yerevan
Russian Conventional Deterrence: from Warfighting to Political Strategy
(There and Back Again?)
Polina Sinovets, Mechnikov National University, Odessa
European Missile Defense and Russia: Any Chance for a Dialogue?
Nikolai Sokov, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Emerging Russian Modern Conventional Strike Capability: Implications for Eurasia
12:30-1:00 pm Lunch Served, 6th Floor Lobby
1:00-2:45 pm Panel 3: Political Culture and Identity in Russia
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor
Theodore Gerber, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Political and Social Attitudes of Russia’s Muslims: Caliphate, Kadyrovism, or Kasha?
J. Paul Goode, University of Bath
Patriotism without Patriots? The Limits of Patriotic Mobilization in Russia
Mark Kramer, Harvard University
Public Sentiment in Russia about the Status of Chechnya
Marlene Laruelle, George Washington University
The Kremlin’s New Headache: How to Celebrate the 1917 Commemorations?
Lindner Commons, Elliott School, 6th Floor
Theodore Gerber, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Political and Social Attitudes of Russia’s Muslims: Caliphate, Kadyrovism, or Kasha?
J. Paul Goode, University of Bath
Patriotism without Patriots? The Limits of Patriotic Mobilization in Russia
Mark Kramer, Harvard University
Public Sentiment in Russia about the Status of Chechnya
Marlene Laruelle, George Washington University
The Kremlin’s New Headache: How to Celebrate the 1917 Commemorations?
Please note: Slight changes may be made to the Agenda. Abstracts of the proceedings, based on Policy Memos authored by panelists, will be available at the conference. Policy Memos will be published in full over the next few months.
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