June 16 – 17, 2014 in Washington
September 8 – 9, 2014 in Moscow

US-Russia Forum
Advancing a Constructive Agenda for U.S.-Russian Relations
June 16 -17, 2014   Washington, DC

The current crisis in Ukraine, which many see as the beginning of a new era of U.S. – Russia geopolitical confrontation, underscores the urgent need for a new foreign policy agenda that will advance both American and Russian long-term strategic interests.

Program Schedule:

Monday, June 16, 2014

1:00 – 5:00 PM with coffee break

Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902

Constitution Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets, NE, Washington, DC

US-Russia Relations: Restoring a Constructive Agenda

Welcoming Remarks by His Excellency Sergei Kislyak, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the USA

Introductory Remarks from The Eurasia Center about The US-Russia Forum

1:00 – 2:30 PM  First Panel

• Edward Lozansky — President, American University in Moscow, Moderator
• Stephen Cohen — Professor, New York University and Princeton University
• Robert Legvold — Professor, Columbia University
• Mark Ritchie — Minnesota Secretary of State
• Michael Stopford — Former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Strategic Communications
• Mead Treadwell — Lt. Governor of Alaska

2:30 – 3:00 PM Coffee Break

First Day:  Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902

3:00 – 4:30 PM Second Panel

• Matthew Rojansky — Director, Kennan Institute, Speaker and Moderator
• Jack Matlock — Former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow
• Leonid Gozman — President, Union of Right Forces movement (SPS)
• Wayne Merry — Former State Department and Pentagon Official
• James Carden — American Conservative, Former Advisor to the State Department on Bilateral US – Russia relations

6:30 – 8:30 PM

Embassy of the Russian Federation, 2650 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Reception hosted by His Excellency Sergei Kislyak, Russian Ambassador to Washington

Second Day:  Tuesday, June 17

10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (18:00 – 20:30 PM Moscow time)

National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor – Interfax Moscow

Online teleconference with the Russian experts:

• Lt.General Evgeny Buzhinsky – former head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Defense
• Vladimir Lukin – former Russian Ambassador to Washington
• Fedor Lukyanov – Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs
• Sergei Mironov – Head of the “Just Russia” party in the State Duma
• Sergei Stepashin – former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Head of the Audit Chamber

3:00 – 5:00 PM U.S. – Russia Economic, Science and Educational Cooperation

• The Russian Cultural Centre, 1825 Phelps Place, NW, Washington, DC
• Prospects for US – Russia Cooperation for Business and Trade
• Elena Branson, Moderator, President, Russian Center NY
• Mikhail Kalugin – Head, Economic Section, Russian Embassy
• Cesar Queiroz – Senior Advisor, Claret Consulting
• Axel Tillman – CEO USA, Russian Venture Company
• Ralph Winnie, Jr. – Vice President, Director of Global Business, EBC
• Rita Guenther – Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences
• Edward Lozansky – President, American University in Moscow
• Gerard Janco – President, The Eurasia Center

5:30 – 7:30 PM: Reception at The Russian Cultural Centre

Russian Association of International Cooperation and American University in Moscow present:

“Advancing a Constructive Agenda for U.S.-Russia Relations”

Monday, September 8, 2014; President Arbat Hotel
Plotnikov Pereulok 12, Pushkin Hall

10.00 AM – 12.45 PM:

• Edward Lozansky — President, American University in Moscow, Moderator
• Mikhail Delyagin — Director, Institute for Globalization
• Svetlana Lomidze — Director for External Affairs of the Association of European Business
• Sergei Markov — Director, Institute of Policy Studies
• Raymond  McGovern — Co-Founder, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
• Nicolai Petro — Professor, University of Rhode Island, Fulbright Scholar in Ukraine
• Alexis Rodzianko — President, US – Russia Chamber of Commerce
• David Speedie — Director, U.S. Global Engagement Program,  Carnegie Council for Ethics
• Sharon Tennison — President and CEO, Center for Citizen Initiatives

1.00 – 2.30 PM: Lunch (by invitation only)

2.30 – 4.00 PM:

• Gilbert Doctorow — Founder, European Committee for East – West Accord
• Ilya Kostunov — Member of the Russian State Duma
• Victor Kremenyuk — Deputy Director, Institute of USA & Canada, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Sergei Mironov — Head of the “Just Russia” party
• Georgiy Muradov — General Secretary, Russian Association for International Cooperation
• Jonathan Power — Foreign Affairs Columnist for International Herald Tribune
• Martin Sieff — Chief Global Analyst and Columnist for the Globalist and Post-Examiner

4.00 – 4.30 PM: Coffee Break

4.30 – 6.00 PM:

• Vladimir Kozin — Professor, Russian Academy of Military Sciences
• Dmitry Mikheyev — former Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
• Igor Okunev — Vice-Dean, Moscow State University for International Relations (MGIMO)
• Vladimir Rybachenkov —S enior Fellow, Center for Arms Control Studies
• Michael Stopford — Former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Strategic Communications
• Andrei Sushentsov — Associate Professor at MGIMO and Partner with Foreign Policy Analysis Group (Moscow)

6.30 – 8.30 PM Reception (by invitation only)

Tuesday, September 9, 2014. Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO), Room 215 – Prospect Vernadskogo 76

2.00 – 5.00 PM: Round Table: U.S. – Russia Business, Science & Educational Cooperation. Proposal to Establish “Committee for East – West Accord”

• Edward Lozansky — President of the American University in Moscow & Gilbert Doctorow – Founder of the European Committee for East – West Accord – Moderators
• Dmitry Akhanov — President & CEO, Rusnano USA
• Elena Branson — President, Russian Center in New York
• Andrew Korybko — American correspondent of Voice of Russia
• Mikhail Kouriachev — Advisor to President, Association of Russian Regional Banks
• Vitaly Kozyrev — Associate Professor, Endicott College, Beverly, MA and Senior Fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
• Robert Legvold — Professor, Columbia University
• Jami Leibowitz — Professor. East Carolina University
• Sergei Markov — Director, Institute of Policy Studies
• Raymond McGovern — Co—Founder, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
• Dmitry Mikheyev — former Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
• Georgiy Muradov — General Secretary, Russian Association for International Cooperation
• William Murray — Chairman, Religious Freedom Coalition
• Alla Nazarenko — Professor, Moscow State University
• Igor Okunev — Vice—Dean, Moscow State University for International Relations (MGIMO)
• Nicolai Petro – Professor, University of Rhode Island, Fulbright Scholar in Ukraine
• Jonathan Power – Foreign Affairs Columnist for International Herald Tribune
• Anna Prozorova — Head of Legal Department, The Belgian—Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Russia
• Alexander Shalumov — President & CEO, ASONIKA Institute
• Boris Shiriaev — Chair, Department of North American Studies,St. Petersburg State University
• Martin Sieff — Chief Global Analyst and Columnist for the Globalist and Post—Examiner
• Michael Stopford — Former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Strategic Communications
• Lawrence Stratton — Professor, Waynesburg University
• Andrei Sushentsov — Professor, MGIMO
• Sharon Tennison — President and CEO, Center for Citizen Initiatives