Please join us for a conference bringing together young scholars from the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) and several U.S. Ph.D. students. Sponsored by the Program on U.S.-Russian Relations, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, in partnership with the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
This event is supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. It is part of our Russian Studies & Policy event series.
9:55am - 10:00am Welcome remarks (Kimberly Marten, Barnard College and the Harriman Institute)
10:00am - 11:45am International Conflict and Cooperation in Europe and Asia
Marianna Yevtodyeva (IMEMO). “Conventional arms control in Europe: is there a way out of а deadlock?”
Read Marianna Yevtodyeva's policy memo
Anastasia Nevskaya (IMEMO). “Business as an actor of interstate relations: the case of the EU and Russia.”
Read Anastasia Nevskaya's policy memo
Hadas Aron (Columbia University). “Opening to the East, Benefiting from the West – The Strategic Choices of Hungary.”
Sergei Ignatev (IMEMO). “Challenges and opportunities for relations between Russia and the US in the Asia-Pacific region.”
Read Sergei Ignatev's policy memo
12:00pm - 1:15pm Lunch break
1:30pm - 3:00pm Interactions in the Post-Soviet Space
Ecaterina Locoman (Rutgers University). “The European Union’s Eastern Neighbors and their East-West Foreign Policy Vacillation: Consequences, Challenges and Policy Recommendations.”
Read Ecaterina Locoman's policy memo
Sergei Rastoltsev (IMEMO). “The resolution of protracted conflicts in the post-Soviet space: implications for Russia-US cooperation.”
Read Sergei Rastoltsev's policy memo
Emily Holland (Columbia University). “Oligarchy 2.0: Rebuilding the Ukrainian Economy and Ensuring Energy Security.”
Read Emily Holland's policy memo
3:15pm - 5:00pm Domestic Actors and Foreign Policy
Alexandra Borisova (IMEMO). “Personal factor in Russian-American relations.”
Read Alexandra Borisova's policy memo
Sergey Kislitsyn (IMEMO). “Russian government and the Republican party: the question of common ground.”
Read Sergey Kislitsyn's policy memo
Matthew Reichert (Harvard University). “Neo-patrimonialism in Eurasia: Why Policymakers Should Care about a ‘Historical Origins’ Argument.”
Read Matthew Reichert's policy memo
Maria Snegovaya (Columbia University). “Justifying a Counter-Cyclical US-Russia Policy (the Case of Energy Dependence).”
Read Maria Snegovaya's policy memo
Panel 1
Panel 2
Panel 3
Kimberly Marten and Victoria Zhuravleva