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March 24 |
Europe's Second Wakeup Call?
Nikos Tsafos, an analyst for PFC Energy, discusses the European gas market and supply sources.
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March 13 |
MDR-TB in the Russian Federation
This meeting featured a presentation by Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine and Medicine at Harvard Medical School and at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He has worked with Partners in Health in Tomsk, Russia, since 2001 and has been the director of Harvard's research on multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) there. He is also the Deputy Country Director for the Partners in Health program in Lesotho.
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February 28 |
The Putin Succession: What's at Stake and What to Expect
AUDIO (mp3, 01:19:50) | TRANSCRIPT (pdf) "The Putin Succession: What’s at Stake and What to Expect" Featuring: Anders Åslund, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics Andrew Kuchins, Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS Sarah Mendelson, Director and Senior Fellow, Human Rights and Security Initiative, CSIS The CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program invites you to a panel on the Russian presidential elections. Given President Putin’s endorsement of Dmitri Medvedev as his candidate of choice, the outcome of the “election” already seems certain. However, many questions remain over the implications of a Medvedev presidency and the future role of Vladimir Putin. Åslund, Kuchins, and Mendelson will offer their insights into the presidential succession and its consequences for U.S.-Russia relations.
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February 26 |
Ukraine: A Net Assessment of 16 Years of Independence
"Ukraine: A Net Assessment of 16 Years of Independence" AUDIO (mp3, 01:05:22) | VIDEO (01:05:18) Featuring Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S.-EU Partnership Committee for Ukraine Co-Chair and CSIS Counselor and Trustee Volker Rühe, U.S.-EU Partnership Committee for Ukraine Co-Chair and former German Defense Minister Bronislaw Geremek, U.S.-EU Partnership Committee for Ukraine Member and former Polish Foreign Minister Jan Petersen, U.S.-EU Partnership Committee for Ukraine Member and former Norwegian Foreign Minister
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February 26 |
Russia’s Energy Diplomacy toward the Asia-Pacific Region
Russia’s Energy Diplomacy toward the Asia-Pacific Region Featuring: Shoichi Itoh, Associate Senior Researcher, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA) Chair: Andrew Kuchins, Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS Commentary: Edward Chow, Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS Charles Freeman, Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:00 P.m. - 1:30 P.m. 3rd Floor Conference Room CSIS, 1800 K Street N.W. The CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program invites you to a talk on Tuesday, February 26, at 12:00 p.m. by Dr. Shoichi Itoh on Russia’s energy diplomacy in the Far East. As Russia looks to develop its natural resources in East Siberia and the Far East, it also hopes to enhance its role in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in relation to neighboring countries such as China and Japan. However, both economic obstacles and zero-sum thinking could prevent Russia from realizing its goals of multinational cooperation in the region.
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February 19 |
Book Launch: The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West
AUDIO (mp3, 01:26:48)Featuring: Edward Lucas, Deputy Editor, International Section, Central and Eastern Europe Correspondent, The EconomistChair: Sarah Mendelson, Director and Senior Fellow, Human Rights and Security Initiative, CSISCommentary: Janusz Bugajski, Director, New European Democracies Project and Senior Fellow, Europe Program, CSIS and Andrew Kuchins, Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSISA wine and cheese reception will follow the discussion.To RSVP, email the Russia and Eurasia Program at rep@csis.org or call 202.457.8741
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January 9 |
Ukraine and the West at the Start of 2008
Featuring: William Taylor, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Chair: Steven Pifer, Senior Adviser, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS The CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program hosted a talk by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor on the current situation in Ukraine and the country’s developing relationship with the West. Ambassador Taylor’s talk can be heard using the link below. AUDIO (01:13:46 mp3)
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