Many events of the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations will be recorded for later broadcast on our YouTube channel, but most will be advertised by invitation only. Our goal is to invite students, faculty, alumni and current and retired professionals from the New York City region who span a broad range of viewpoints, and who bring real added value to the discussions because of their deep interest and/or expertise in the region. If you would like to be considered for addition to our invitation list, please send your name, current affiliation or title, email and other contact information, and a brief description of your work, study, or other interest in US-Russia relations, to Program Director Kimberly Marten at km2225@columbia.edu.
General Events
Victoria Phillips, Lecturer in History at the European Institute and Associate Faculty at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, “Freedom Fighters: Martha Graham and Ronald Reagan Celebrate Berlin’s 750th Birthday, 1987, March 2, 2016
Stuart Lawson, Executive Director and Senior Adviser at Ernst & Young Moscow, “Russian Realities: Where Next?” October 8, 2015
Vladimir Gel’man, professor of political science at the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP) and Finland Distinguished Professor at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, discussed his book, Authoritarian Russia: Analyzing Post-Soviet Regime Changes (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015. September 16, 2015
Conferences
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"Conflict & Cooperation in U.S.-Russia Security Relations," March 23, 2018
"Dancing the Cold War: An International Symposium," February 16-18, 2017
"Future Scenarios for Russia and the West," November 11, 2016
"Afghanistan, Russia, and the U.S.: Then and Now," October 28, 2016
“Russia Hands Reunion: Covering Moscow Under Communism, Yeltsin and Putin,” February 24, 2016
“U.S.-Russia Relations in the Arctic,” February 12, 2016
“Détente and Its Collapse in the 1970s: Lessons for Today?” November 6, 2015
Russian Regions Seminar Series
Alexander Osipov, Senior Research Associate, European Centre for Minority Issues (Flensburg, Germany), Head of the Justice & Governance Cluster, “Soviet Nationalities Policy in Russia and its Western Neighbors: Life after Death,” April 5, 2016.
Nikolay Petrov, Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University, Head of the Laboratory for Regional Development Assessment Methods; Head of the Center for Political-Geographic Research, “Comparing Political Regimes in Russia's Regions,” March 31, 2016
Rostislav F. Turovsky, Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (Moscow), Head of the Laboratory for Regional Political Studies; and Vice President of the Centre for Political Technologies, “Russian Regional Politics: Trends and Dead-Ends,” February 4, 2016
Tomila Lankina, Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, “How the Past Shapes Democracy in Russia’s Regions: The Effect of Pre-Communist Literacy and Communist Party Recruitment Patterns,” November 23, 2015
Student Forum
Alexei Bayer, financial analyst and journalist, “Russian Expansionism in the 21th Century,’ April 13, 2016
Ambassador Jack Matlock, “US-Russian Relations: What Went Wrong,” February 18, 2016
Stephen Kotkin, John P. Birkelund Professor in History and International Affairs at Princeton University, November 30, 2015
Official Inaugural Event of the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations
Mark G. Pomar, founding President and CEO of the U.S. Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF). “On the Ground: NGOs and Foundations in Russia Today,” October 28, 2015
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