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Advancing a Constructive Agenda for U.S. - Russia Relations
June 16 - 17, 2014 Washington, DC

The current crisis in Ukraine, which many see as the beginning of a new era of U.S. - Russia geopolitical confrontation, underscores the urgent need for a new foreign policy agenda that will advance both American and Russian long-term strategic interests.

Please join us for a timely and insightful discussion of this important matter with a group of leading American and Russian Experts.

Program Schedule:

Monday, June 16, 2014

1:00 – 5:00 PM with coffee break
Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902
Constitution Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets, NE
Washington, DC

US - Russia Relations: Restoring a Constructive Agenda
Welcoming Remarks by His Excellency Sergei Kislyak, Russian Ambassador to Washington

1.00 - 2.30 PM First Panel:
Edward Lozansky - American University in Moscow, moderator
Leonid Gozman - President, Union of Right Forces movement (SPS)
Robert Legvold - Professor, Columbia University
Wayne Merry - Former State Department and Pentagon Official
Mark Ritchie – Minnesota Secretary of State
Michael Stopford - Former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Strategic Communications
2.30 - 3.00 PM Coffee Break
3.00 - 4.30 PM Second Panel
Matthew Rojansky - Director, Kennan Institute, Speaker and Moderator
James Carden - American Conservative, Former Advisor to the State Department on Bilateral US - Russia relations
Stephen Cohen - Professor, New York University and Princeton University
Thomas Graham - Kissinger Associates (TBC)
Jack Matlock - Former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow

6:30 - 8:30 PM
Russian Embassy, 2650 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Reception hosted by His Excellency Sergei Kislyak, Russian Ambassador to Washington

Tuesday, June 17

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor - RIA Novosti Moscow
Online teleconference with the Russian and Ukrainian experts

3.00 - 5.00 PM
Russian Cultural Center, 1825 Phelps Place, NW
Prospects for US - Russia cooperation
Elena Branson - President, Russian Center NY
Rita Guenther - Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences
Gerard Janco – President, Eurasia Center
Mikhail Kalugin - Head, Economic Section, Russian Embassy
Edward Lozansky - President, American University in Moscow
Cesar Queiroz - Senior Advisor, Claret Consulting
Axel Tillman - CEO USA, Russian Venture Company
Ralph Winnie Jr. - Director of Global Business

5.30 – 6.15 PM : Concert

6.30 – 8.30 PM Reception

To register please fill out and submit the registration form below. We look forward to seeing you!