Academic Module: Russian Foreign Policy
Author: Jeffrey Mankoff
December 15, 2009
This academic module features teaching notes by CFR Fellow Jeffrey Mankoff, author of Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics, along with other materials to supplement the text. In this book, Dr. Mankoff analyzes Russia's interactions with major global actors and concludes that today's Russia is more interested in restoring what its leaders consider to be its rightful place among the world's major powers rather than in directly challenging the West.
Publication and Teaching Notes
CFR.org Backgrounders
CFR Books & Reports
Foreign Affairs Articles
Additional Articles & Reports
Interviews, Podcasts, & Expert Briefs
Online Debates
Testimony
Websites
CFR Meetings (Video, Audio, Transcripts)
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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Academic Conference Call
Ukranian-Russian Relations
Speaker:
Steven Pifer, Senior Adviser, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International StudiesPresider:
Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
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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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Speakers:
John Edwards, Former U.S. Senator, Vice Presidential Candidate and Task Force Co-Chair, Jack Kemp, Founder and Chairman, Kemp Partners and Task Force Co-Chair, Stephen Sestanovich, George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Council on Foreign Relations and Task Force Project DirectorPresider:
David Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker
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