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The U.S.-Russia Relationship: Where Is It Going? Why Is It Important? A Day of Reflection With Veterans of the Dartmouth Conference

Date & Time

Tuesday
Oct. 26, 2010
9:00am – 5:00pm ET

Overview

Agenda

8:30 AM – Registration

9:00 AM – Opening Remarks

Harold H. Saunders, Director, International Affairs, Kettering Foundation; President, International Institute for Sustained Dialogue; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State; and Dartmouth Conference Task Force Co-Chair

9:30 AM – Morning Panels: Does the Relationship Matter? Citizens Talk about the Relationship
Chair: Philip D. Stewart, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University; Executive Director, the Dartmouth Conference, 1972-1990 (Co-Moderator, 2000-present); Associate, the Kettering Foundation; and Secretary, International Institute for Sustained Dialogue

Reports on a Decade of Public Forums on the Relationship in Russia and the United States and on Russian and U.S. Roles in the World
Igor Nagdasev, President, Russian Center for Citizenship Education, St. Petersburg
Denis Makarov, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair for International Relations, Department of Political Science and Sociology, Moscow State Pedagogical University; and Executive Director, Foundation for Development of Civic Culture, Russia
Brad Rourke, Associate, Kettering Foundation
John Doble, Senior Research Fellow, Public Agenda

10:40 AM – Reflections on the Implications of Public Attitudes for the Relationship
Alexsey Bogaturov, First Vice-Rector, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Irina Zvyagelskaya, Vice President, International Center for Strategic and Political Studies, Moscow; and Professor, MGIMO
James Leach, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, and former Member of Congress
Nancy Kranich, Lecturer and Special Projects Librarian, Rutgers University, and former President, American Library Association

12:00 – Luncheon

"The Dartmouth Conference: A Citizens' Movement"
David Mathews, President, Kettering Foundation; former President, University of Alabama; and former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare

"Public Judgment and Public Policy"
Daniel Yankelovich, founder and chairman of Viewpoint Learning; founder and chairman of DYG, Inc.; and founder and chairman of Public Agenda

2:00 PM – Afternoon Panels: What is the Relationship's Future?

Chair: Harold H. Saunders, Director, International Affairs, Kettering Foundation; President, International Institute for Sustained Dialogue; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State; and Dartmouth Conference Task Force Co-Chair

Conducting a Collaborative Great Power Relationship in the 21st Century: Dartmouth's Role, Past and Future
Vladimir Lukin, Human Rights Ombudsman of the Russia Federation; former Russian ambassador to the United States; former Deputy Speaker, State Duma of the Russian Federation
Veniamin Popov, Director, Center for Partnership of Civilizations at MGIMO, Moscow
James Collins, Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former U.S. ambassador to Russia
Blair Ruble, Director, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center

3:35 PM – Future of the Russia-U.S. Relationship in a New Euro-Atlantic Security System
Evgeny Velikhov, Chairman of the Public Chamber, Russian Federation, and President, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow
Vitaly Naumkin, Director, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and President, International Center for Strategic and Political Studies, Moscow
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security adviser; Professor of American Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; and Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Jack Matlock, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, and former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union

4:50 PM – Closing Remarks

Blair Ruble, Director, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center

This event will be held in the 6th floor Flom auditorium.

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Speakers

Harold H. Saunders

Director, International Affairs, Kettering Foundation; President, International Institute for Sustained Dialogue; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State; and Dartmouth Conference Task Force Co-Chair

Philip D. Stewart

Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University; Executive Director, the Dartmouth Conference, 1972-1990 (Co-Moderator, 2000-present); Associate, the Kettering Foundation; and Secretary, International Institute for Sustained Dialogue

Igor Nagdasev

President, Russian Center for Citizenship Education, St. Petersburg

Denis Makarov

Associate Professor and Vice-Chair for International Relations, Department of Political Science and Sociology, Moscow State Pedagogical University; and Executive Director, Foundation for Development of Civic Culture, Russia

Brad Rourke

Associate, Kettering Foundation

John Doble

Senior Research Fellow, Public Agenda

Alexsey Bogaturov

First Vice-Rector, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Irina Zvyagelskaya

Professor; Chief Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences); Professor, Moscow Institute of International Relations; Professor, Institute of African and Asian Studies, Moscow State University

James Leach

Member, Board of Trustees;
Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities

Nancy Kranich

Lecturer and Special Projects Librarian, Rutgers University, and former President, American Library Association

David Mathews

President, Kettering Foundation; former President, University of Alabama; and former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare

Daniel Yankelovich

Founder and Chairman of Viewpoint Learning; founder and chairman of DYG, Inc.; and founder and chairman of Public Agenda
Vladimir Lukin

Vladimir Lukin

Human Rights Ombudsman of the Russia Federation; former Russian ambassador to the United States; former Deputy Speaker, State Duma of the Russian Federation

Veniamin Popov

Director, Center for Partnership of Civilizations at MGIMO, Moscow

James Collins

Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former U.S. ambassador to Russia
Blair A. Ruble

Blair A. Ruble

Distinguished Fellow;
Former Wilson Center Vice President for Programs (2014-2017); Director of the Comparative Urban Studies Program/Urban Sustainability Laboratory (1992-2017); Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies (1989-2012) and Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Resilience (2012-2014)

Evgeny Velikhov

Chairman of the Public Chamber, Russian Federation, and President, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow

Vitaly Naumkin

Co-Chair: Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor; President, Institute of Oriental Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences; President, Center for Strategic and Political Research; Head of Chair, World Politics Faculty of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Former National Security adviser; Professor of American Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; and Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Jack Matlock

Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, and former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union

Hosted By

Kennan Institute

The Kennan Institute is the premier U.S. center for advanced research on Russia and Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange.  Read more

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