Wilson Center Experts
Pilar Bonet
Public Policy Scholar
Kennan Institute
Contact Information:
T 202/691-4374
// F 202/691-4001
Expertise:
Russia and Eurasia
; Russia
Affiliation:
Chief Correspondent in Moscow, in charge of the Russian Federation, CIS countries, and Georgia, El País
Wilson Center Project(s):
“The Long Agony of the Russian Empire and its Legacy”
Term:
Nov 01, 2012
Feb 28, 2013
Previous Terms at the Wilson Center:
September 1991 - July 1992: Project Title: "The Russian Factor in the Democratization of the USSR: a study of new political institutions in Russia"
Project Summary:New political institutions in Russia. Project focuses on the Russian Parliament, as elected in the spring of 1990, and its leader Boris Yeltsin and tries to clarify their contribution to the formation of a civil society in the republic which has been the main integrating factor of the USSR. Exploration of the chances that the new political institutions and Mr. Yeltsin’s team have to achieve a breakthrough in Russian history, overcome the Russian imperial awareness and lead the country towards democratization and market oriented economy without violence and bloodshed.
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Legacies of a Lost Empire: Unresolved Territorial and Identity Problems in the Post-Soviet Era
January 22, 2013 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
More than twenty years after the collapse of the USSR, a number of frozen conflicts dating from the collapse persist to this day. They endure as hostages to geostrategic thinking, and are fueled by ethnic and identity contestation on the ground. Pilar Bonet, Chief Correspondent, Moscow, El Pais, former Title VIII-supported Research Scholar and Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar has covered many of these conflicts, and will concentrate her discussion on the cases of Transnistria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia. more
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Legacies of a Lost Empire: Unresolved Territorial and Identity Problems in the Post-Soviet Era
January 22, 2013 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
More than twenty years after the collapse of the USSR, a number of frozen conflicts dating from the collapse persist to this day. They endure as hostages to geostrategic thinking, and are fueled by ethnic and identity contestation on the ground. Pilar Bonet, Chief Correspondent, Moscow, El Pais, former Title VIII-supported Research Scholar and Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar has covered many of these conflicts, and will concentrate her discussion on the cases of Transnistria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia.