The PONARS Eurasia Annual Policy Conference was held September 22-23, 2014.
Related Policy Memos are below and at the Policy Memo pages.
AGENDA – Day 1 – Monday, September 22, 2014
9:00-11:00 am Panel 1. UKRAINE’S FUTURE – City View Room
Hilary Appel, Claremont McKenna College
Long-Term Prospects for Ukraine’s Accession to the European Union: A Focus on EU-Level Constraints
Volodymyr Dubovyk, Mechnikov National University, Odessa
Ukraine’s Future Security: What Are the Options?
Oleksandr Sushko, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Kyiv
Is There a Sustainable Solution after the Ukraine-Russia War?
Judyth Twigg, Virginia Commonwealth University
Ukraine: Trends and Regional Dynamics in Population, Health, and Migration
Chair: Henry E. Hale, George Washington University
11:15-1:00 pm Panel 2. RUSSIA’S SEARCH TO BALANCE THE WEST – City View Room
Pavel K. Baev, International Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Norway
Upgrading Russia’s Quasi-Strategic Pseudo-Partnership with China
Adam N. Stulberg, Georgia Tech
Natural Gas and the Ukraine Crisis: From Realpolitik to Network Diplomacy
Mikhail Troitskiy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) & MacArthur Foundation
Unable to Lead, Reluctant to Follow: Russian, Chinese, and Indian Approaches to
Balancing and Bandwagoning with the West
Elizabeth Wishnick, Montclair State University & Columbia University
The “Power of Siberia”: No Longer a Pipe Dream
Chair: Juliet Johnson, McGill University
1:45-3:30 pm Panel 3A. AUTHORITARIAN HARDENING IN RUSSIA – Lindner Commons
Mark Kramer, Harvard University
The Clampdown on Internet Activities in Russia and Implications for Western Policy
Ivan Kurilla, Volgograd State University
The Implications of Russia’s Law against the “Rehabilitation of Nazism”
Nikolay Petrov, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Russia After the Ukraine Crisis: Regime Legitimacy and Repression
Chair: Robert Orttung, George Washington University
1:45-3:30 pm Panel 3B. ROOTS OF INSURGENCY AND REGIONAL PROTEST – City View Room
Debra Javeline, University of Notre Dame
Anger and Prejudice after the Beslan School Hostage Taking
Serhiy Kudelia, Baylor University
Domestic Sources of the Donbas Insurgency
Scott Radnitz, University of Washington
The Psychological Logic of Protracted Conflict in Ukraine
Chair: Evgeny Finkel, George Washington University
3:45-5:30 pm Panel 4A. AFTER UKRAINE: REVERBERATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
– City View Room
Kornely Kakachia, Georgian Institute of Politics & Tbilisi State University
The Ukraine Crisis: Repercussions for Georgia
Sergey Minasyan, Caucasus Institute, Yerevan
On the Road to 2015: Can Genocide Commemoration Lead to Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation?
Arkady Moshes, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Belarus’ Renewed Subordination to Russia: Unconditional Surrender or Hard Bargain?
Anar Valiyev, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy
Azerbaijan’s Balancing Act in the Ukraine Crisis
Chair: Cory Welt, George Washington University
3:45-5:30 pm Panel 4B. THE FUTURE OF POPULAR PROTEST IN RUSSIA AND EURASIA
– Lindner Commons
Vladimir Gel’man, European University at St. Petersburg & University of Helsinki
The Troubled Rebirth of Political Opposition in Russia
Tomila Lankina, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Daring to Protest: When, Why, and How Russia’s Citizens Engage in Street Protest
Kelly M. McMann, Case Western Reserve University
Look Beyond the Capital: The Geography of Political Openings in Eurasia
John Schoeberlein, Nazarbayev University
Should Western Governments Support Authoritarian Secularism as an Antidote
to Islamist Radicalization in Central Asia?
Chair: Sean Roberts, George Washington University
AGENDA – Day 2 – Tuesday, September 23, 2014
9:00-10:45am Panel: EAST-WEST REDUX? – Lindner Commons
Theodore P. Gerber, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pro at Contra: Views of the United States in Four Post-Soviet States
Dmitry Gorenburg, CNA Corporation & Harvard University
Countering Color Revolutions: Russia’s New Security Strategy and Its Implications for U.S. Policy
Irina Kobrinskaya, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow
Russian Foreign Policy: Traditional Vectors in a New Geopolitical Situation
Andrey Makarychev, University of Tartu, Estonia
The Crisis in Ukraine and the Baltic Sea Region: A Spillover of the Conflict?
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, King’s College London
Emotions, Cognition, and the Societal Dynamics of East-West Polarization
Chair: Samuel Charap, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
11:00-12:45pm Panel: IDENTITY, IRREDENTISM, AND THE RUSSIAN STATE – Lindner Commons
Sener Akturk, Koç University, Istanbul
How Immigration Aids Russia’s Transformation into an Assimilationist Nation State
Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University
Russia’s Ethnic Minorities: Putin’s Loyal Neo-Imperial “Fifth Column”
George Gavrilis, Columbia University
Exceptions Prove the Rule: Ukraine, Iraq, and the Fate of International Borders
Marlene Laruelle, George Washington University
Novorossiya: The Launching Pad of Russian Nationalists
Yulia Nikitina, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
Approaches to State- and Nation-Building in Russia's Ukraine Policy
Chair: Harris Mylonas, George Washington University
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