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PONARS Eurasia Annual Conference 2013

  • September 3, 2013
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PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference

September 23-24, 2013

Elliott School of International Affairs

The George Washington University

1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC

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Agenda – Day 1, Monday, September 23, 2013

8:45 am

Registration, 1957 E St. NW, 7th Floor

9:15 am

Opening Remarks

9:30-11:15 am

Panel  1: MAKING SENSE OF PUTIN 2.0

Panelists: Kimberly Marten, Nikolay Petrov, James Richter, Brian Taylor

Chair: Henry E. Hale

City View Room

11:15-11:30 am

Coffee Break

11:30-1:00 pm

Panel  2: RUSSIAN PROTESTS: MOTIVATIONS AND MECHANISMS

Panelists: Mikhail Alexseev, Theodore Gerber, Mark Kramer

Chair: Oxana Shevel

City View Room

1:00-1:45 pm

Lunch Break

1:45-3:30 pm            

Panel  3A: RUSSIAN OFFICIALDOM FROM BELOW

Panelists: Elise Giuliano, Serghei Golunov, Paul Goode

Chair: Nikolay Petrov

City View Room

Panel 3B: CAN RUSSIA BE THE WEST'S PARTNER?

Panelists: George Gavrilis, Yulia Nikitina, Polina Sinovets, Mikhail Troitskiy

Chair: Cory Welt

Lindner Commons

3:30-3:45 pm

Coffee Break

3:45-5:30 pm

Panel  4A: SOCHI 2014: THE POLITICS OF RUSSIA’S WINTER OLYMPICS

Panelists: Andrey Makarychev, Sergey Markedonov, Robert W. Orttung, Sufian Zhemukhov

Chair: Pavel K. Baev

City View Room

Panel  4B: BETWEEN EUROPE AND RUSSIA: WINDS OF CHANGE?

Panelists: Volodymyr Dubovyk, Kornely Kakachia, Sergey Minasyan, Arkady Moshes, Oleksandr Sushko

Chair: Juliet Johnson

Lindner Commons

– See Additional Day 1 Details at Bottom of Page –


Agenda – Day 2, Tuesday, September 24, 2013

9:00 am

Registration, 1957 E St. NW, 6th Floor, Lindner Commons

9:30-11:00 am

RUSSIA: ENERGY SUPERPOWER NO MORE?

Pavel K. Baev, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

     How Russia’s Energy “Weapon” Turned into an Oil Pillow and Gas Rattle

Andrew Barnes, Kent State University

     How Much Would It Hurt? Exploring Russia’s Vulnerability to a Drop in Energy Prices

Adam Stulberg, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology

     Russia and the Geopolitics of Natural Gas: Leveraging or Succumbing to Revolution?

Chair: Samuel Charap, International Institute for Strategic Studies

11:00-11:15 am

Coffee Break

11:15-1:15 pm

CENTRAL ASIA AFTER 2014: A NEW AGENDA

Dmitry Gorenburg, CNA

     Central Asian Military and Security Forces: Assessing the Impact of Foreign Assistance

Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University

     Revisiting Islamism: A Factor for Democratization in Central Asia?

Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University

     States of Protest in Central Asia

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     Food Security in Central Asia: A Public Policy Challenge

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Chair: Shairbek Juraev, OSCE Academy in Bishkek

 


– Additional Day 1 Panel Details – Monday, September 23, 2013 –

Panel  1

MAKING SENSE OF PUTIN 2.0

Kimberly Marten, Barnard College, Columbia University

     A New Explanation for Russian Foreign Policy: The Power of Informal Patronage Networks

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Panel  2

RUSSIAN PROTESTS: MOTIVATIONS AND MECHANISMS

Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University

     Beyond the Polls: Google Queries and Public Protest Volatility in Russia

Theodore Gerber, University of Wisconsin-Madison

     New Media, Political Information, and Opposition Views in Russia: A Cautionary Note Based

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Mark Kramer, Harvard University

     Political Protest and Regime-Opposition Dynamics in Russia

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Elise Giuliano, Harriman Institute, Columbia University

     Assigning Blame After Natural Disasters in Russia

Serghei Golunov, University of Tartu, Estonia

     Quasi-Feudalism in Higher Education? Rectors and Politics in Russia

J. Paul Goode, University of Oklahoma

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CAN RUSSIA BE A SECURITY PARTNER?

Arkady Moshes, Finnish Institute of International Affairs

    Europe’s Disillusionment with Russia

Yulia Nikitina, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

     How the CSTO Can (and Cannot) Help NATO

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BETWEEN EUROPE AND RUSSIA: WINDS OF CHANGE?

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