Academic Module: The Russian Economic Crisis
Author: Jeffrey Mankoff
November 22, 2010
This module features teaching notes by CFR Adjunct Fellow Jeffrey Mankoff, author of the Council Special Report The Russian Economic Crisis, along with other resources to supplement the text. Dr. Mankoff examines the domestic and foreign policy consequences of the economic downturn that hit Russia in late 2008, and how the shift in the political debate inside Russia influenced its perceptions of the outside world.
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CFR Meetings (Video, Audio, Transcripts)
Speaker:
José Manuel Barroso, President, European CommissionPresider:
James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC; Former President, World Bank
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Vladimir Yakunin, President, Russian RailwaysPresider:
Andrew J. Guff, Managing Director, Siguler Guff & Company
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Guest Event ⁄ New York
Russia, Its Neighbors, and the Future of Post-Cold War Europe
Speakers:
Ronald D. Asmus, Executive Director, Transatlantic Center, German Marshall Fund of the United States; Author, A Little War That Shook the World: Georgia, Russia, and the Future of the West , Adrian Karatnycky, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United StatesPresider:
Ian A. Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Panelists:
Stephen F. Cohen, Professor of Russian Studies, New York University; Author, Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War, Dimitri Simes, President, The Nixon Center, Celeste A. Wallander, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Jeffrey Mankoff, Adjunct Fellow for Russia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics
5:30-7:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing with informal remarks by Richard N. Haass at 6:00 PM
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Speakers:
Gary Hart, Co-chair, The Commission on U.S. Policy toward Russia; Former U.S. Senator (D-CO); Scholar in Residence and Wirth Chair Professor, University of Colorado Denver, School of Public Affairs, Graham T. Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Member, The Commission on U.S. Policy toward Russia, Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.; Member, The Commission on U.S. Policy toward Russia
12:15-12:45 p.m. - Lunch
12:45-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Conference Panel Session
CFR Symposium on NATO at 60, Panel Two: NATO, Russia, and the Near Abroad
Speakers:
Victoria Nuland, National Defense University, Ivan Krastev, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, Konstantin Remchukov, Nezavisimaya Gazeta NewspaperModerator:
Stephen Sestanovich, Council on Foreign Relations
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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Conference Panel Session
Symposium on Russian-American Relations, Session Three: The Future of Russian-American Relations
Speakers:
Stephen E. Biegun, Vice President, International Governmental Affairs, Ford Motor Company, Richard R. Burt, Managing Director, McLarty Associates, Igor Yurgens, Chairman, Management Board, Institute of Contemporary DevelopmentPresider:
Carla Anne Robbins, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, New York Times
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Conference Panel Session
Symposium on Russian-American Relations, Session One: Russia's Economic and Political Outlook
Introductory Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
Timothy J. Colton, Professor of Government and Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, Maria Lipman, Editor, Pro et Contra, Carnegie Moscow CenterPresider:
David J. Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker
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Symposium
Symposium on Russian-American Relations, Session Two: Russian Foreign Policy
Speakers:
Fedor Lukyanov, Editor in Chief, Russia in Global Affairs, Stephen Sestanovich, George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Celeste A. Wallander, Professor, School of International Service, American University
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General Meeting
A Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev
Speaker:
Dmitry Medvedev, President, Russian FederationPresider:
Madeleine K. Albright, Principal, The Albright Group LLC; Former U.S. Secretary of State
3:15-3:55 p.m. - Reception and Registration
4:00-5:15 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian FederationPresider:
David J. Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker
5:00-5:30 p.m. - Reception
5:30-6:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Academic Conference Call
Russia, Putin, and Authoritarianism
Speaker:
Michael A. McFaul, Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law, Stanford University; Author, "The Myth of the Authoritarian Model," Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008Presider:
Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
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