Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Past Events

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor S. Ivanov spoke about global developments and U.S.-Russian relations (April 4, 2013).
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PONARS Eurasia co-hosted a conference on Russia as a Global Power: Contending Views from Russia (March 18, 2013).
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Professor Harris Mylonas discusses nation-building and the politics of ethnicity in his new book The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities.
Watch Prof. Mylonas discuss his book here

IERES hosted Francois Rivasseau, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Head of Delegation of The European Union to the US, and Member of the Advisory Board on Disarmament of the UN Secretary General, on October 15. He discussed the relationship between the EU and other international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the World Bank, and the IMF, during this time of crisis. He also assessed the place of the EU in the new global order (October 15, 2012).
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IERES hosts a panel discussion on Georgia's recent parliamentary elections, featuring Thomas de Waal (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), Niklas Nilsson (Uppsala and Sodertorn Universities), and Cory Welt (IERES) (October 4, 2012).
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PONARS Eurasia holds its 2012 annual policy conference (September 14, 2012).
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Panel 1: A Russian Spring? Protests and Public Opinion in Russia
Panel 2: Cross-Border Conflict and Cooperation in Central Asia

IERES hosts a panel discussion on the Roma and Racism in Europe (May 3, 2012).
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The World Youth Democracy Forum for DC-Area Students Meeting with the 2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Winner: Nabeel Rajab of Bahrain (December 2, 2011).
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PONARS Eurasia hosts its 2011 annual policy conference (September 9, 2011).
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PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference Book.

Hope Harrison, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs at GW, speaks on the history and significance of the Berlin Wall around the 50th anniversary of its construction (June 1, 2011).
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Peter Rutland delivers the Fourth James Millar Lecture, entitled "Russian Economic Development and Prospects.
Read the partial transcript here.

EU Ambassador to the US Joao Vale de Almeida speaks on the financial crisis, EU foreign policy, and Arab revolutions (April 21, 2011).
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Sergei Zhuk, Associate Professor of History at Ball State University, gives a talk entitled "Rock and Roll, Disco Mafia and the Collapse of Communism."
Read Taras Kuzio's review of Zhuk's book, Rock and Roll in the Rocket City: The West, Identity, and Ideology in Soviet Dniepropetrovsk, 1960-1985

PONARS Eurasia hosts its 2010 annual policy conference (October 22, 2010).
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PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference Book.

Mitchell Orenstein, associate professor at SAIS, discussed the political economy of financial crisis in Poland and Hungary (September 2010).
Read Dr. Orenstein's paper.

Taras Kuzio, editor of Ukraine Analyst, spoke about Ukraine 100 days after President Yanukovych takes office (June 2, 2010).
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Sheri Berman spoke at IERES about her current project on the construction of modern states.
Read Dr. Berman's paper "The Challenge of State Building in Historical Perspective: Coercion, Compromise and Cooptation in the Making of Modern States."

Zakir Chotaev, Henry Hale, Erica Marat, Eric McGlinchey and Sean Roberts discuss recent developments in Kyrgyzstan (April 8, 2010).
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Zakir Chotaev, IERES visiting scholar, speaks about the development of the Kyrgyz Republic's internal political system and the main priorities of its foreign policy.
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Temuri Yakobashvili, Georgian state minister for reintegration, explains the country's new strategy for rebuilding ties with the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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Read the text of the Georgian state strategy.

Taras Kuzio, editor of Ukraine Analyst, speaks about the outcome of the Ukrainian presidential elections and their implications in his February 2010 discussion entitled "What Does the Election of Yanukovych Mean for Ukraine?"
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The Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia) holds an event, "Beyond the Orange Revolution: Does Ukraine's Democracy Matter?"
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Taras Kuzio, editor of Ukraine Analyst, discusses the Ukranian presidential elections, including the candidates and the issues facing Ukraine's next leader, during his January 2010 lecture at IERES, "Ukraine's 2010 Presidential Elections: Who Will Be Elected Ukraine's Next President and Why?"
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Adam Michnik, editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's largest daily newspaper, discusses the twentieth anniversary of democracy in Central and Southeast Europe.
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