Past Event

Passing the Torch of the OSCE Chairmanship

CSIS-IND Lunch Roundtable

Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
B1 Conference CenterCenter for Strategic and International Studies1800 K Street, NWWashington DC, 20006

CSIS-IND Lunch Roundtable

PASSING THE TORCH OF THE OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP
Thursday, January 27

The conference will facilitate an exchange of views on the performance of the Kazakh Chair and the challenges for the Lithuanian Chairmanship. The event is co-hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Institute for New Democracies in cooperation with the Embassies of Kazakhstan and Lithuania. Please find a preliminary agenda below and further details will follow in the coming days as the agenda is finalized.

The public event will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2011 from 11.00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the B1 Level Conference Center at CSIS (1800 K St. NW).

Conference Agenda
9:00 – 9:10am	Welcome address Janusz Bugajski, CSIS Ambassador Erlan Idrissov, Embassy of Kazakhstan

11:10 – 1:00pm	Panel I – Passing the Torch: OSCE Looks Forward Moderator : *Andrew Kuchins*, CSIS Negotiating the OSCE Action Plan – Ambassador Simonas Satunas, Embassy of Lithuania Protracted Conflicts – Vladimir Socor, Jamestown Foundation Outcomes of the Astana Summit – Ambassador William Courtney Military Security: Vienna Document and the CFE – *Jeffrey McCausland*, U.S. Army War College Human Dimension: Freedom of the Media, Protection of Civil and Political Rights – Michael Haltzel, SAIS The Performance of the Kazakh Chair – Ambassador Erlan Idrissov
1:00 – 2:30pm	Panel II – Lunch Keynotes and Discussion Moderator : Janusz Bugajski, CSIS Ambassador Istvan Gyarmati, International Center for Democratic Transition Ambassador Kairat Abdrahmanov, Kazakh Ambassador to the OSCE (Vienna)
2:30 – 2:45pm	Closing Comments Janusz Bugajski, CSIS

Passing the Torch of the OSCE Chairmanship

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