How U.S. Policy Contributed to the Rise of President Vladimir Putin

Fall 2017

Date Presenter Title
09/14 Michael Kimmage

Professor, Catholic University of America
Outlines of a New Diplomacy: On the Future of US-Russian Relations

Lecture in English
10/05 Ksenia Semenova

Editor-in-Chief, thequestion.ru
Social Networks and Media Platforms in Russia

Lecture in Russian
10/10 Ilya Krasilshchik

Publisher, Meduza.io
They’re Struggling, We’re Working: How to Make a Media Outlet in Russia Survive

Lecture in Russian
10/24 Vladimir Pozner

Journalist, Author, Documentary Filmmaker
Trying to Understand the Russian Soul

Lecture in Russian
10/26 Vladimir Pozner

Journalist, Author, Documentary Filmmaker
How US Policy Contributed to the Rise of President Vladimir Putin

Lecture in English
11/02 Simon Saradzhyan

Founding Director, Russia Matters, Assistant Director, US-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Measuring National Power: Is Vladimir Putin’s Russia in Decline and Compared to Whom?

Lecture in English
11/07 Vladimir Orlov

Founding Director, PIR-Center, Moscow
The Future of Russian-US Strategic Relations

Lecture in Russian
11/08 Vladimir Orlov

Founding Director, PIR-Center, Moscow
Не верь. Не бойся. Не проси.

A Life of Russian NGOs in the Times of Putin

Lecture in Russian
11/09 Vladimir Orlov

Founding Director, PIR-Center, Moscow
Iran…A New Strategic Partner for Russia? Russia and Iran in the Times of JCPOA Uncertainty

Lecture in English
11/28 Alexei Tokarev

Senior Researcher, Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, Moscow
Legacy of the Soviet Union in Transcaucasia and Central Asia

Lecture in Russian
11/28 Alexei Tokarev

Senior Researcher, Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, Moscow
Contemporary Ukraine: Euromaidan, Crimexit, and Donbass Conflict

Lecture in Russian
11/29 Alexei Tokarev

Senior Researcher, Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, Moscow
Social Network Analysis of the Ukrainian Conflict

Lecture in Russian

Evolution of Central Asian Politics and the Role of Russia (In English)

Spring 2018

Date Presenter Title
05/3 Roza Otunbayeva

President of Kyrgyzstan (2010-11), Founding Director, The Initiative of Roza Otunbayeva International Foundation
Initiative Development of Civil Society in Kyrgyz Republic

Lecture in English
04/30 Roza Otunbayeva

President of Kyrgyzstan (2010-11), Founding Director, The Initiative of Roza Otunbayeva International Foundation
Evolution of Central Asian Politics and the Role of Russia

Lecture in English
04/26 Simon Saradzhyan

Founding Director, Russia Matters, Assistant Director, US-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Sino-Russian Relations: Same Bed, Different Dreams?

Lecture in English
04/03 Andrey Sushentsov

Director, Institute of International Studies, Professor, MGIMO University, Moscow
The Basis of Russian Foreign Policy

Lecture in Russian
03/29 Michael Kofman,

Director of Russian Studies, CNA Corporation, Fellow, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center



 
The Great Power Competition in the 21st Century

Lecture in English
03/27 Kirill Rogov

Senior Research Fellow, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Moscow
The Evolution of Putin’s Regime

Lecture in Russian

Initiative Development of Civil Society in Kyrgyz Republic (In Russian)