2015-2016 Academic Year

Alexey Arbatov — 2015: Putin’s Policies in Light of Early and Recent Russian History

Lecture by Alexey Arbatov

Fall 2015

Date	Presenter	Title
10/29	Matthew Rojansky Director, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center	Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Causes and Consequences of the Current Conflict Lecture in English

Spring 2016

Date	Presenter	Title
2/08	Alexander Vylegzhanin Professor, Head of the Department of International Law, MGIMO University, Moscow	Central Arctic Region: Legal Framework for International Cooperation Lecture in Russian
2/09	Alexander Vylegzhanin Professor, Head of the Department of International Law, MGIMO University, Moscow	US-Russian Cooperation vis à vis Legal Issues of the Bering Strait Lecture in Russian
3/07	Natalia Sevagina Art Historian, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow	Understanding Russia through Russian Icons Lecture in Russian
3/08	Natalia Sevagina Art Historian, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow	Understanding Russia through Classic Art Lecture in Russian
3/10	Natalia Sevagina Art Historian, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow	Understanding Russia through Modern and Avant Garde Art Lecture in Russian
3/28	Ilya Krasilshchik Publisher, meduza.io	How to Build Media in Modern Russia Lecture in Russian
3/29	Ekaterina Krongaus Editor, Author, Journalist, meduza.io	Journalism in Russia: How to Create a Story When Nobody Talks Lecture in Russian
4/7	Ivan Kurilla Professor, European University, St. Petersburg	Russian-American Relations (18th-19th century): International Interactions and Mutual Perceptions Lecture in Russian
4/11	Victoria Zhuravleva Professor, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow	Russian-American Relations (19th-20th century): International Interactions and Mutual Perceptions Lecture in Russian
4/12	Ivan Kurilla Professor, European University, St. Petersburg	Historical Memory and Interpretations of History (in Russia, Eastern and Central Europe, and the United States) Lecture in Russian
4/14	Dmitry Adamsky Professor, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya	The History of Russia’s Involvement in the Middle East Lecture in Russian
4/14	Dmitry Adamsky Professor, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya	The United States and Russia in the Middle East Now Lecture in Russian
4/23	Victoria Zhuravleva (Professor, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow) and Ivan Kurilla (Professor, European University, St. Petersburg)	Russian-American Relations in Crisis: High Politics and Popular Geopolitics Lecture in Russian
5/3	Alexey Arbatov Academician, Head of the Center for International Security at IMEMO, Moscow	The Crisis in Contemporary Arms Control Lecture in English
5/3	Nadia Arbatova Department Head, IMEMO, Moscow	Russia’s Contemporary Euro-Atlantic Policy Lecture in Russian
5/3	Alexey Arbatov (Academician, Head of the Center for International Security at IMEMO, Moscow), Brad Roberts (Director, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), David Holloway (Professor, Stanford University), and Jeffrey Knopf (Professor, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey) Public Roundtable Discussion	Nowhere to Go But Up? US-Russia Relations and the Threat of Nuclear War: Georgy Arbatov Lecture Series Lecture in English
5/4	Svetlana Savranskaya Director, Russia Programs, National Security Archive, George Washington University	The Cuban Missile Crisis Lecture in Russian
5/4	Svetlana Savranskaya Director, Russia Programs, National Security Archive, George Washington University	Arms Control and the End of the Cold War Lecture in Russian
5/5	Alexey Arbatov Academician, Head of the Center for International Security at IMEMO, Moscow	Russia’s Perspective on Nuclear Deterrence Lecture in English
5/5	Nadia Arbatova Department Head, IMEMO, Moscow	European Security in the Context of the Ukrainian Crisis: Russian Perspective Lecture in Russian

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