On September 30, 2016, the Valdai Discussion Club will hold a panel discussion titled "The State of Russia-West Relations and Prospects for the Future ", which will be attended by distinguished scholars, former government officials and diplomats from the USA and European countries. They will discuss the fundamental problems of Russia's relationship with the US and EU, as well as vital issues of Russia-West relations and their prospects in the context of the US presidential elections and current processes in the European Union. The discussion will take place in the framework of the First Annual conference of the University Consortium, which will be held in the HSE on September 30 – October 1, 2016. Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, will open discussion.
Panelists:
Robert Legvold, Marshall D. Shulman Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University;
Desmond Browne, former British Defense Minister;
Sir Roderick Lyne, former British Ambassador to the Russian Federation.
Participants:
Roy Allison, Professor, Director of the Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, University of Oxford;
Othon Anastasakis, Senior Research Fellow, Director, St Antony’s South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), Former Director, European Studies Centre;
John Beyrle, US Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2008-2011);
Cosima Glahn, Researcher, Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin;
Thomas Graham, Vice President and Managing Director of Kissinger Associates, professor at Yale University;
Timothy Colton, Chair of the Government Department at Harvard University;
Lukasz Kulesa, Research Director of the European Leadership Network;
Kimberly Marten, Director of the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at Columbia's Harriman Institute for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies;
Patricia Nicholas, Program Officer, Carnegie Corporation of New York;
Julie Newton, Research Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford University; Executive Director, Universities Consortium ;
Hanna Smith, Research Fellow, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki;
Malcolm Spencer, Programme Coordinator, University Consortium;
Sabine Fischer, Head of Eastern Europe and Eurasia division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP); Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin;
Moderator:
Dmitry Suslov, Programme Director of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Working language: English.
