Tomorrow - October 6, 2020 - U.S.-Russia Relations in Light of the U.S. Elections

U.S.-Russia Relations

in Light of the U.S. Elections

October 6, 2020 | 8:30am-1:30pm

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8:30-8:40 am: Opening Remarks

Marlene Laruelle, Director, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and Research Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University

8:40-9:15 am: Keynote Speaker - His Excellency Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering

Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering is currently the Vice Chairman of Hills and Company. He has had an extraordinary 40-year long career with the U.S. Foreign Service, including ambassadorial posts in six countries on four continents, as well as an ambassadorship position to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. Ambassador Pickering led the U.S. effort to build a global coalition in the UN Security Council during and after the first Gulf War. He also served as U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton.

9:15-10:45 am: Rethinking U.S.-Russia Bilateral Relations as a Road to New Normalcy

Chair: Vadim Grishin, George Washington University

Tom Graham, Council on Foreign Relations

Angela Stent, Georgetown University

Andy Kuchins, American University of Central Asia

Eugene Rumer, Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Program

10:45 am-12:15 pm: Does the Economy Matter? U.S.-Russia Relations During a Perfect Economic Storm

Chair: Gary Litman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po Paris

Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thane Gustafson, Georgetown University

Vadim Grishin, George Washington University

12:15-1:30pm: National Identity Factors and Communication Challenges in U.S.-Russia Relations

Chair: Sergey Glebov, Smith College

Victoria Zhuravleva, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow

Ivan Kurilla, European University at St. Petersburg

Vasily Gatov, University of Southern California, Annenberg

This event is on the record and open to the media.

The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES)

Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University

1957 E Street, NW / Suite 412 / Washington, DC 20052

Tel (202) 994-6340 / Fax (202) 994-5436 / Email ieresgwu@gwu.edu