Events
Unique Aspects of Human Trafficking in Eurasia
April 18, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Louise Shelley, University Professor, School of Public Policy and Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), George Mason University, and Former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute, discussed the business model of human trafficking from the former Soviet Union, as well as recent developments in all forms of human trafficking from and within the former USSR. This model, which Shelley termed "the natural resource model," shares many characteristics of Russian trade in other areas and was compared with trafficking from other regions of the world.
New Initiatives to Prevent Corruption and Fraud in Public Procurement in Russia
April 14, 2011 // 9:30am — 11:30am
Sergey Puzyrevskiy and Mikhail Evraev of the Russian Federation's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), as well asAnna Katamadze of the Ministry of Economic Development, discussed the current issues facing the Russian government in implementing its transition from a state to a private economy.
Political Systems and Political Identities in Post-Communist Eurasia, 1992-2010
April 13, 2011 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Alexander Chvorostov, Director, Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna and Visiting Professor, University of Vienna, Austria; Natalia Waechter, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria and Visiting Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria
The NATO-EU-Russia Triangle: Different Perceptions and Approaches to International Security
April 12, 2011 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Franz Cede, Former Ambassador of Austria to the Russian Federation (1999-2003)
Stanislavsky vs. Vakhtangov: Reconciling the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde With Russian Orthodoxy
April 11, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Andrei Malaev-Babel, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Florida State University
"A Hard Country to Love": Patriotism and National Identity in Russia's Great War, 1914-1918
April 04, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Melissa Stockdale, Associate Professor of History, University of Oklahoma, and Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, discussed how Imperial Russia's participation in World War I led to a mobilization campaign that united the country's population under a cultivated national identity.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Catastrophe 25 Years Later: What Have We Learned?
March 29, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Nataliya Mironova, founder, Movement for Nuclear Safety, Chelyabinsk; Natalia Manzurova, Radiation Ecology Expert, "Planet of Hope," Chelyabinsk
Book Discussion: The Heart of Russia: Trinity-Sergius, Monasticism, and Society after 1825
March 28, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Scott Kenworthy, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Religion, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and Former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Book Discussion: No Precedent, No Plan: Inside Russia's 1998 Default
March 24, 2011 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Martin Gilman, Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, and Former Senior Resident Representative, Moscow Office, International Monetary Fund (1996-2002)
Reassessing Russia's Decision Making Community: Intra-elite Conflicts, Political and Business Networks, and Ideological Constructions
March 21, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Marlene Laruelle, Senior Research Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Studies Program, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center