The 2nd Russia-Kazakhstan Expert Forum of the Valdai Discussion Club and the Kazakhstan Council on International Relations will be held in Astana (Kazakhstan) on May 10-11, 2018.
May 10-11, 2018
Rixos President Astana Hotel
May 10, Thursday
09.00-09.40 Registration of participants
09.40-09.45 Welcome address
- Yerlan Karin, Chairman of the Kazakhstan Council on International Relations
- Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Moderator:
- Andrey Bystritskiy – Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Speakers:
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Georgy Toloraya – Executive Director of the Russian National Committee on BRICS Research, Director of the Center for Asian Strategy at the Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Askar Nursha - Foreign policy and security expert, independent researcher
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Alexey Kupriyanov – Researcher of the Sector of International Organizations and Global Political Regulation of the Department of International Political Problems at the IMEMO, Russian Academy of Science
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Iskander Akylbayev - Executive Director of Kazakhstan Council on International Relations
10:45-11:15 Q & A session
11.45-12.45 Panel: Eurasian Integration: Challenges and Prospects
Moderator:
- Vyacheslav Dodonov – Chief research fellow of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers:
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Elena Kuzmina – Head of the Section of the Center of the Post-Soviet Studies at the IMEMO, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Marat Shibutov – Senior expert of the Center for Military and Strategic Studies
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Darmen Sadvakasov – Managing partner of the Dasco Consulting Group
12.45-13.15 Q & A session
14.30-15.30 Panel: Silk Strategy of China: View from Astana and Moscow
Moderator:
- Konstantin Syroezhkin – Chief research fellow of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers:
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Vasily Kashin – Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics; Research Fellow, Institute of the Russian Far East
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Iskander Akylbayev – Executive Director of Kazakhstan Council on International Relations
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Alexei Bezborodov – General Director of the InfraNews agency
15.30-16.00 Q & A session
16.10-17.10 Panel: New US Strategy in Eurasia
Moderator:
- Iskander Akylbayev – Executive Director of Kazakhstan Council on International Relations
Speakers:
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Anuar Ayazbekov – Director of the Institute of Diplomacy at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Ivan Safranchuk – Associate professor, MGIMO University
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Dmitry Suslov – Deputy Director at the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics
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Askar Nursha – Foreign policy and security expert, independent researcher
17.10-17.40 Q & A session
May 11, Friday
10.00-11.00 Panel: New Outlines of Cooperation in Central Asia
Moderator:
- Timofei Bordachev – Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
Speakers:
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Baurzhan Tolegenov – Chief editor of the Sayasat analytical platform
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Ivan Safranchuk – Associate professor, MGIMO University
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Andrey Chebotarev – Director of the Alternative research center
11.30-12.00 Q & A session
