Speakers: Thomas Gomart, Director, Russia/Newly Independent States Center, French Institute of International Relations
Harry Harding, University Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Eberhard Sandschneider, Otto Wolff Director of the Research Institute, German Council on Foreign Relations
Angela E. Stent, Professor and Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies, Georgetown University
Presider: Andrew Kuchins, Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
April 23, 2008
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