[02.11.09] Russlandsavdelingens årskonferanse 2009
The Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs has the pleasure of inviting you to the conference
How Russia Decides:
Actors, Processes and Critical Moments in Russia’s Encounter with Globalisation
Issues of heavy interdependence – transboundary environmental problems, migration, and trade to name just a few – have traditionally occupied a low priority position on the Russian foreign policy agenda. Yet the increasing importance of these issues and linkages to "classical" high political concerns have made them impossible to ignore. Conference speakers will analyse policy making processes and examine governing logics in Moscow when it comes to coping with the interdependence that characterises international relations today. In other words, how do Russia’s foreign policy actors and institutions step up to the political challenges of the 21st century?
Programme (09.15-15.45)
9:15-9:30 Welcome and Introduction from Conference Organisers (NUPI)
9:30-10:30 Managing US-Russian Relations
Professor Robert Legvold, Columbia University
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12.45 Panel 1- Cross-Cutting Issues: Climate, Health and International Terrorism
Dr. Elana Wilson Rowe, NUPI
Dr. Nikita Lomagin, St. Petersburg State University
Julie Wilhelmsen, NUPI
12:45-13.45 Lunch
13:45-15:30 Panel 2- The Financial Crisis, Trade and Energy
Professor Julian Cooper, University of Birmingham
Dr. Samuel Charap, Center for American Progress
Dr. Louis Skyner, Chatham House
15:30-15:45 Concluding Remarks (NUPI)
The event is made possible with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from the RUSSCASP project.