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[09.02.12] What future for Russia?

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The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) have the great pleasure of inviting you to a seminar:

What future for Russia?
Foreign and security policy today and tomorrow

Tid:
Torsdag 09.02.12, kl.09:00
Sted:
Litteraturhuset, Amalie Skram-salen , Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo

Programme 09:00-14:15
Coffee and registration (09:00-09:30)
Welcome by IFS and NUPI and opening of the seminar (09:30-09:40)
               

Part 1: RUSSIA’S DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY (09:45-11:30)

  • Chair, Julie Wilhelmsen, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Relations
  • Patterns of Permanence and Change: the Sovereign Democracy Project and Russia’s Foreign Relations
    Dr. Jeffrey Mankoff, Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Russia’s Economic Prospects and the Energy Factor. Implications for Foreign Relations
    Dr. Jakub Godzimirski, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Relations
  • Russia and its Strategic Partners
    Dr. Timofei Bordachev, Deputy Dean, State University – Higher Schoolof Economics, Moscow
  • Q&A

Lunch (11.30–12.15)        

Part 2: SECURITY AND DEFENCE CONSIDERATIONS (12:15-14:00)

  • Chair, Prof. Sven Holtsmark, Head of Department, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies
  • Evolution or Stagnation? Russia’s Approaches to Security
    Dr. Katarzyna Zysk, Associate Professor, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies
  • The Security Services and Russia’s Perceptions of Security Challenges and Threats
    Prof. Mark Galeotti, Academic Chair, Center for Global Affairs, New York University
  • The Military under Putin and Medvedev. Roles, Aims and Results
    Aleksandr Golts, Deputy Editor, Yezhednevnyi Zhurnal
  • Q&A

 
Concluding Remarks: What Future for Russia? (14:00-14:10)

  • Bjørn Tore Godal
    Senior Advisor, Norwegian Institute for Defence StudiesFormer Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade