Past Events

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480 Past Events Found
Thu. Apr. 2 2020
Post-Soviet Neighborhood

VIRTUAL EVENT: Russian Information Operations in East Europe: Techniques and Western Responses

April 2, 2020, 12:00pm
Event will be streamed on the Harriman Institute's Facebook Page via Facebook Live
Join the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at the Harriman Institute for a panel discussion about Russian information operations in East Europe. 
Thu. Mar. 26 2020
Defense/Aerospace

POSTPONED: Live Stream Event: Russia's "Private" Military Companies: The Example of the Wagner Group

March 26, 2020, 1:30-3:00pm
Live Webcast Only
Join the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) for a live stream event on Russia's usage of private military companies. 
Wed. Mar. 25 2020
Journalism

CANCELLED: The Challenge of Independent Russian-Speaking Media in the U.S. and the World

March 25, 2020, 1:00-5:00pm (registration required)
Rennert Hall, Kraft Center, 606 West 115th St., lower level, New York, NY
Join Columbia's Harriman Institute for a roundtable discussion on challenges facing independent Russian-speaking media in the U.S. and the world. 
Thu. Mar. 19 2020
Elections interference

Foreign Influence in the 2020 Election

March 19, 2020, 6:00-7:45pm (registration required)
Present Day Club, 72 Stockton St., Princeton, NJ
Join the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) for a talk with Clint Watts on the influence of foreign actors in the 2020 U.S. elections.
Thu. Mar. 19 2020
Russian Domestic Politics

Resisting Polarization: Activist Tactics from Putin-era Russia

March 19, 2020, 4:00-5:00pm (RSVP requested)
Room 505, Fifth Floor, The Elliot School of International Affairs, 1957 E St. NW #412, Washington, DC
Join PONARS for a talk by Maria Sidorkina on activist tactics in Putin-era Russia. Drawing on participant observation and interview data gathered during fieldwork with activists in Novosibirsk—Russia’s third-largest city—Professor Sidorkina accounts for how local activists interpret, use and push back against state and media-fueled polarization and its demobilizing effects.
Wed. Mar. 18 2020
Russian Foreign Policy and Trade

CANCELLED: National Identity in Russian Global Strategy

March 18, 2020, 12:00-1:30pm (registration required)
Alumni House, 3604 O St. NW, Washington, DC
Join Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies for a lunch lecture by Igor Zevelev on the topic of national identity in Russian strategy. 
Fri. Mar. 13 2020
Energy

CANCELLED: EU-Russia Energy Relations in a Green Deal Context

March 13, 2020, 12:00-1:30pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Room K450, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard's Davis Center for a talk with Thierry Bros and Aurelie Bros on the EU's Green New Deal and EU-Russian energy relations in the context of this legislation. 
Fri. Mar. 13 2020
Ukraine

CANCELLED: Unholy Wars Over Re‐Affiliations of Orthodox Parishes to the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine Since the Granting of Tomo

March 13, 2020, 12:00-1:15pm
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S153, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard's Davis Center for a workshop on wars over re‐affiliations of orthodox parishes to the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
Wed. Mar. 11 2020
US-Russia Relations in General

United States and Russia: Lessons of Common-Interest Building since World War II

March 11, 2020, 12:00-1:00pm
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S354, Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard's Davis Center for a talk with Paul Arthur Berkman, director of the Science Diplomacy Center at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, on common-interest building between Russia and the United States.
Mon. Mar. 9 2020
Economy

From Market to the State: the Politics of State Ownership and Control in Russia and Kazakhstan

March 9, 2020, 4:00-5:00pm (RSVP requested)
Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412, Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E St. NW, Washington, DC
Join George Washington University's Central Asia Program for a talk with Bekzod Zakirov on why some authoritarian regimes are motivated to increase state control over the economy while driving out the private sector.
Mon. Mar. 9 2020
Ukraine

The Wartime Donbas Economy: Can It Be Saved?

March 9, 2020, 2:00-3:15pm (RSVP requested)
5th Floor Conference Room, Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Join the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute for a talk with Brian Milakovsky on the importance of restoring economic connectivity in Donbas as President Zelenskiy carefully pursues a resolution to the six year conflict.
Mon. Mar. 9 2020
Arctic

Energy Policy Seminar: Fran Ulmer on “Geopolitical Implications of the Rapidly Changing Arctic”

March 9, 2020, 11:45am-1:00pm
Rubenstein Building, David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA
Join Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for a talk with Fran Ulmer, HKS Arctic Initiative senior fellow, on the geopolitical implications of a rapidly changing Arctic.
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