Join George Washington University's Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) for an online series of panels on various aspects of contemporary U.S.-Russian relations. Registration is required and can be found at this link. The schedule (with speakers) is as follows:

8:30-8:40 am: Opening Remarks

Marlene Laruelle, director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and research professor of international affairs, George Washington University

8:40-9:15 am: Keynote Speaker - Amb. Tom R. Pickering, vice chairman, Hills and Company; former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

9:15-10:45 am: Rethinking U.S.-Russia Bilateral Relations as a Road to New Normalcy

Vadim Grishin (chair), George Washington University

Tom Graham, Council on Foreign Relations

Angela Stent, Georgetown University

Andy Kuchins, American University of Central Asia

Eugene Rumer, Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Program

10:45 am-12:15 pm: Does the Economy Matter? U.S.-Russia Relations During a Perfect Economic Storm

Gary Litman (chair), U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po Paris

Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thane Gustafson, Georgetown University

Vadim Grishin, George Washington University

12:15-1:30pm: National Identity Factors and Communication Challenges in U.S.-Russia Relations

Sergey Glebov (chair), Smith College

Victoria Zhuravleva, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow

Ivan Kurilla, European University at St. Petersburg

Vasily Gatov, University of Southern California, Annenberg