Subject: Event - Obama's Mission to Moscow
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009
From: "Ioannis Saratsis" <isaratsis@hudson.org>
Hudson Institute
Obama's Mission to Moscow
Wednesday, June 24th
8:45 10:30 AM
As President Barack Obama prepares for a historic trip to Russia next month, a debate rages in the United States over whether the West should seek accommodation with Russia and on whose terms. Some insist that the U.S. should accept Russian direction over the former Soviet republics in return for Russian assistance on such issues as terrorism, North Korea, and the nuclear ambitions of Iran. Others argue that the United States should defend basic principles and avoid any “deal” with Russia that the present Russian regime can not and will not respect.
To discuss these issues and the future of U.S.-Russian relations, Hudson Institute has assembled the following panel of experts:
David Kramer
David Kramer is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State where he was
responsible for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova and a former Assistant
Secretary of State for democracy, human rights, and labor. He is presently a
Senior Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund.
Andrei Piontkovsky
Andrei Piontkovsky, Executive Director of the Strategic Studies Center (Moscow),
is a well-known political analyst in Russia, where he contributes regularly to
such publications as Novaya Gazyeta and the Moscow Times. Piontkovsky is the
author of several best-selling books on the Putin presidency in Russia,
including his most recent work, Russian Identity (Hudson Institute, 2008). He is
currently a Visiting Fellow at Hudson Institute.
David Satter
David Satter, a former Moscow correspondent, is a long time observer of Russia
and the former Soviet Union. He is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute and a
Visiting Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced
International Studies (SAIS).
Richard Weitz (Moderator)
Richard Weitz is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for
Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute. Weitz is the author of
Revitalising U.S. Russian Security Cooperation: Practical Measures (IISS,
2005); China-Russia Security Relations (SSI, 2008); and Global Security
Watch-Russia (PSI, forthcoming)
A light breakfast will be served.
To RSVP, please email events@hudson.org
Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center
Hudson Institute
1015 Fifteenth Street, NW, Sixth Floor
Washington, DC 20005.
- Back to the Top -