Sixth Annual Transatlantic Forum on Russia
Conference Agenda:
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Registration and Light Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks
- Heather A. Conley, Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program, CSIS
- Ernest Wyciszkiewicz, Director, Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding (CPRDU)
9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Panel One: The Power of Narratives of the Past in Shaping Geopolitical Futures
- Dr. Olga Y. Malinova, Chief Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Science
- Dr. Georgiy V. Kasianov, Professor, Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Dr. Łukasz Adamski, Deputy Director, Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding (CPRDU)
- Dr. Charles Gati, Senior Research Professor of European and Eurasian Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
- Moderated by: Heather A. Conley, Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program, CSIS
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Panel Two: Back to the Future: Transatlantic-Russian Relations and the Enduring Legacy of the Helsinki Final Act
- Dr. Igor Gretskiy, International Relations Department, Saint Petersburg State University
- Kateryna Zarembo, Deputy Director, New Europe Center
- Dr. Sławomir Dębski, Director, Polish Institute of International Affairs
- Ambassador Daniel B. Baer, Former U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE
- Moderated by: Ernest Wyciszkiewicz, Director, Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding (CPRDU)
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Buffet Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Keynote Address: Applying a Helsinki Final Act Foreign Policy Framework Toward Russia
- The Honorable Brian H. Hook, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State
1:30 p.m. - Forum Concludes
In partnership with the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understandng (CPRDU), we are pleased to invite you to the sixth annual Transatlantic Forum on Russia. As the transatlantic community continues to search for an enduring policy framework toward Russia, this forum will examine the power of historical understanding and grievances that shape Russia's foreign and security policy as well as assess opportunities to reinvigorate the Helsinki Final Act to restore stability and transparency to Europe's security environment.
