Events
Russian-Iranian Relations: Implications for U.S. Policy
September 24, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Cosponsored by the Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center || Kennan Institute U.S. Alumni Series || Mark Katz, Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University, and former Title VIII-Supported Research and Short-Term Scholar, Kennan Institute
Local Media and Ethnic Politics in 21st-Century Russia
June 18, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Kathryn Graber, Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
The Failure of Democracy in Post-Soviet Eurasia
June 12, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it is clear that democracy has failed to take root in most former Soviet republics. Based on extensive field research in the region, this seminar will discuss the varieties of non-democratic regimes that have developed and will offer some explanations for the failure of democracy in Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.
Familiar Strangers in the Soviet Marketplace: Georgian Trade Networks between the Caucasus and Moscow
June 11, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Erik R. Scott, Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
Nagorno-Karabakh: Will the Frozen Conflict Turn Hot?
June 05, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Thomas de Waal, Senior Associate, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Charles King, Professor of International Affairs and Government, Georgetown University, Georgetown University; E. Wayne Merry, Senior Fellow for Europe & Eurasia, American Foreign Policy Council; Discussant: Fiona Hill, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution
Belarusian State Formation: Examining 1919-1939 Contestation in Poland’s West Belarus
June 04, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Aliaksandr Paharely, Visiting Scholar, Center for Belarusian Studies, Southwestern College, Kansas
The Allies and the Role of Lend-Lease in WWII: The Russian View
May 29, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Cosponsored by the Russian-American Community Center of Florida, Open Dialogue (Moscow) and the Spiritual Diplomacy Foundation, in this discussion Nikolai Borodin, Director, Museum of the Allies and Lend-Lease in Moscow, will explore the history of the museum and the role of America in the Lend-Lease program during World War II.
The National Conversation: Putin's Return & The U.S.-Russian Reset
May 23, 2012 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
On May 7, Vladimir Putin began his third term as president of the Russian Federation. With the Russian political season over, and the American political season heating up, what are the implications of political transition for the important issues in the U.S.-Russian bilateral relationship?
Women’s Top-Level Political Participation in Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities
May 21, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Tamara Martsenyuk, Chopivsky Post-Doctoral Fellow, CREEES, Stanford University, and Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine) will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing Ukrainian women in national politics.
Book Discussion: Stage Fright: Politics and the Performing Arts in Late Imperial Russia
May 14, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Paul du Quenoy, Professor, Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut, will present his recent book, "Stage Fright: Politics and the Performing Arts in Late Imperial Russia" (Penn State University Press, 2009). In a refutation of accepted arguments about the political nature of Russian culture, its central argument maintains that patterns of commercialization and entertainment dominated the Russian Empire's performing arts culture, to the widespread exclusion of political expression.
