Roundtable on Russian Nationalism and Foreign Policy
Director: Astrid S. Tuminez
December 1, 1999 - June 1, 2000
This roundtable focuses on the evolution of Russian nationalism, especially in the context of the 1999 Duma elections and the June 2000 presidential elections. What definitions of Russian national identity and national mission will dominate Russian political discourse, and how will this discourse define the role of the United States or the collective "West" in Russia’s further evolution? To what extent do Russian nationalist ideas influence, and to what extent are they influenced by, the relationship between ethnic Russians and non-Russians in the Russian Federation? Is nationalism ehlping to stabilize or destabilize center-periphery relations in Rusia? Finally, the roundtable assesses the impact of nationalism on specific areas of U.S.-Russian relations and explores the influence of western policies on the empowerment of benign or more aggressive strands of nationalism in Russia.
Contact: Leonardo Arriola, 212-434-9683, larriola@cfr.org
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
Russia, Rogues and Rising Powers
Speakers: Stephen Sestanovich, Columbia University
Robert H. Legvold
April 29, 2002
Contact: Christine Evans at 202-518-3421 or cevans@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
Putin and Russia's neighborhood
Presider: Stephen Sestanovich
Panelist: Robert H. Legvold, Columbia University
Speaker: Mark Medish, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and Feld
April 3, 2002
Contact: Christine Evans at 202-518-3421 or cevans@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
Putin’s Security Policy
Presider: Astrid S. Tuminez
Speaker: Celeste A. Wallander
June 12, 2001
Contact: Leo Arriola 212-434-9683 or larriola@cfr.org
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Roundtable Meeting
Russian Nationalism and Democracy: Can Opposites Attract?
Presider: Astrid S. Tuminez, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Nicolai N. Petro, The University of Rhode Island
February 21, 2001
Dr. Nicolai N. Petro will discuss the potential power of nationalist forces in a democratic Russia. Dr. Petro is an associate professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island, and has written widely on Russia’s political evolution. His most recent works are The Rebirth of Russian Democracy: An Interpretation of Political Culture and Russian Foreign Policy: From Empire to Nation-State, which he co-authored with Alvin Z. Rubinstein.
Dr. Petro was the founding director of the Center for Contemporary Russian Studies (now the Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1986, and has taught at the University of Virginia and the University of Pennsylvania. As an International Affairs Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations in 1989-90, he served as a special assistant for policy in the Office of Soviet Union Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. In 1997, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Novgorod State University for “great merits in the development of the University and an outstanding contribution to the Science, Culture and Education of the Land of Novgorod.” He is presently working on a book about the Novgorod region.
Roundtable Meeting
Putin’s Russia: Consolidating the State?
Presider: Astrid S. Tuminez, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Kathryn Stoner, Princeton University
Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University
November 27, 2000
Roundtable Meeting
Russian Nationalism Since 1856: Ideology and the Making of Foreign Policy
Speaker: Astrid S. Tuminez
October 5, 2000
Contact: Leo Arriola 212-434-9683 or larriola@cfr.org
How will Putin's nationalist rhetoric translate into Russian policy? Does his moderate nationalism favor the consolidation of political and economic reform? Or, will it lead to a more hostile stance against the outside world?
Dr. Tuminez will examine these issues as she presents her recently published book, Russian Nationalism Since 1856: Ideology and the Making of Foreign Policy, which examines the historical impact of nationalism on the country's domestic politics and foreign policy.
Roundtable Meeting
Cultural Contradictions of Post-Communism: Why Liberal Reforms Did Not Succeed in Russia?
Panelists: Walter Russell Mead, Senior Fellow, U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Astrid S. Tuminez, Adjunct Next Generation Fellow, Europe Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Nina Khrushcheva, Director of Special Projects, East-West Institute, World Policy Institute, New School University, New York
May 9, 2000
Contact: Laurence Reszetar 212-434-9539 or ireszetar@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
Nationalism and Russian National Security Policy Under Putin
Presider: Astrid S. Tuminez, Adjunct Next Generation Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Mark Kramer, Harvard Project on Cold War Studies
April 20, 2000
Roundtable Meeting
Untangling Nationalism, Regionalism, and Separatism in Russia
Presider: David C. Speedie, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Panelist: Astrid S. Tuminez, Adjunct Next Generation Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Steven L. Solnick, Columbia University
March 16, 2000
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