EES Russia-Eurasia Forum

European and Eurasian Studies Program [http://www.sais-jhu.edu/content/european-and-eurasian-studies]cordially invites you to join US at the SAIS Washington Campus for upcoming seminars. The RUSSIA EURASIA FORUM INVITES EXPERTS IN THE FIELD TO SHARE THEIR RESEARCH, professional experiences and personal insight with students and guests. The series is led and moderated by Professor Charles Gati [https://www.sais-jhu.edu/charles-gati] and is open to the public.  REGISTRATION AND A GOVERNMENT-ISSUED ID IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY. For special accommodations or questions, contact Cristina Benitez at cristina.benitez@jhu.edu. Please kindly provide five business days advance notice for special requests. Members of the media, advance notice of intent to bring recording equipment is required.  Spring 2020 Wednesday, 5 February 2020 Why Democracy Failed in RUSSIA Andrei Kozyrev [https://www.amazon.com/Firebird-Elusive-Russian-Democracy-European/dp/0822945924], Author of Firebird (2019); former RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER  Hosted by Professor Charles Gati Rome 806 (1619 Mass Ave NW) Wednesday, 4 March 2020 RUSSIA VS UKRAINE: WAR WITHOUT END? Ambassador Alexander Vershbow [https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/alexander-sandy-vershbow/], The Atlantic Council of the United States Hosted by Professor Charles Gati [https://www.sais-jhu.edu/charles-gati] Rome 806 (1619 Mass Ave NW) Wednesday, 25 March 2020 POLAND, HUNGARY, AND THE EU Professor Kim Scheppele [https://wws.princeton.edu/faculty-research/faculty/kimlane], Princeton University Hosted by Professor Charles Gati [https://www.sais-jhu.edu/charles-gati] Rome 806 (1619 Mass Ave NW) Wednesday, 8 April 2020 US DIPLOMACY AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE Ambassador Eric Rubin [http://www.afsa.org/sites/default/files/rubin-eric-bio.pdf], American Foreign Service Association; Former US Ambassador to Bulgaria Hosted by Professor Charles Gati [https://www.sais-jhu.edu/charles-gati] Rome 806 (1619 Mass Ave NW) Wednesday, 22 April 2020 US RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA UNDER TRUMP AND PUTIN Professor Angela Stent [https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RWsfAAG/angela-stent] Hosted by Professor Charles Gati [https://www.sais-jhu.edu/charles-gati] Rome 806 (1619 Mass Ave NW) FALL 2019  Wednesday, 4 September 2019 DECLASSIFIED: CLINTON AND YELTSIN ON THE PHONE IN THE 1990S PROFESSOR JAMES GOLDGEIER [https://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/jgoldgei.cfm], Brookings Institution; American University Hosted by Professor Charles Gati [https://www.sais-jhu.edu/charles-gati] Rome 206 (1619 Mass Ave NW) Wednesday, 18 September 2019 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO RADIO FREE EUROPE?  A. ROSS JOHNSON [https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/ross-johnson], Wilson Center; Former Director of Radio Free Europe Hosted by Professor Charles Gati Rome 206 (1619 Mass Ave NW) Wednesday, 9 October 2019  TRENDS IN RUSSIA-Ukraine Relations and the Role of the West David J. Kramer [https://sipa.fiu.edu/people/senior-fellows/profiles/davidj.kramer.html], Florida International University; Former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Hosted by Professor Charles Gati Rome 806 (1619 Mass Ave NW) Wednesday, 23 October 2019 THE NATO ENLARGEMENT DEBATE, THEN AND NOW: 1989-2019 THOMAS BLANTON [https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/about/staff/thomas-s-blanton], Director of National Security Archive, George Washington University Hosted by Professor Charles Gati Rome 806 (1619 Mass Ave NW) Wednesday, 6 November 2019  The Fall of Communism 30 Years Ago: Is Everyone Better Off? James Kirchick [https://www.brookings.edu/experts/james-kirchick/], Brookings Institution  Hosted by Professor Charles Gati Rome 806 (1619 Mass Ave NW) ------------------------- PAST EVENTS Wednesday, February 6, 2019 CAN WE BLAME NEOLIBERAL EURO REFORMS FOR POST COMMUNIST CRISES? PROFESSOR MITCHELL ORENSTEIN [https://rees.sas.upenn.edu/people/mitchell-orenstein], University of Pennsylvania Hosted by Professor Charles Gati [https://www.sais-jhu.edu/charles-gati] conference room 806 (1619 Mass Ave NW) Thursday, February 21, 2019 The 'New Cold War' Metaphor Makes No Sense PROFESSOR MARK KRAMER [https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/about-us/people/mark-kramer], Harvard University  Hosted by Professor Charles Gati conference room 812 (1619 Mass Ave NW) Wednesday, April 3, 2019 POLAND, HUNGARY AND THE EUROPEAN UNION PROFESSOR DANIEL KELEMEN [https://www.polisci.rutgers.edu/cb-profile/dkelemen], Rutgers University  Hosted by Professor Charles Gati [https://www.sais-jhu.edu/charles-gati] conference room 806 (1619 Mass Ave NW) Wednesday, April 24, 2019 PUTIN'S FOREIGN POLICY: THE CASE OF BRICS DR. RACHEL SALZMAN [https://www.dropbox.com/s/5p3jwtus48otqld/2019_Bio_Dr%20Rachel%20Salzman.pdf?dl=0], Johns Hopkins SAIS Hosted by Professor Charles Gati [https://www.sais-jhu.edu/charles-gati] conference room 806 (1619 Mass Ave NW)