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In this episode of Russian Roulette, Jeff sits down with Andreas Turunen and Joe Cheravitch to discuss the Russian military's electronic and psychological operations, and the roles they play in Russian doctrine and strategy. Andreas and Joe contributed chapters to the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program's report "Improvisation and Adaptability in the Russian Military." Andreas’s biography can be found here: http://www.conflictstudies.org.uk/current-work.php The report can be read on the CSIS website: https://www.csis.org/analysis/improvisation-and-adaptability-russian-military You can find Part 1 of the conversation with the other authors here: https://www.csis.org/podcasts/russian-roulette/improvisation-and-adaptability-russian-military-part-i-russian-roulette Stay safe and healthy!

In this episode of Russian Roulette, Jeff sits down with Stephen Blank, Michael Petersen, and Samuel Bendett to discuss the Russian military's developing operational concepts and capabilities, and what they mean for the United States and its Allies. Steve, Mike, and Sam contributed chapters to the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program's recent report "Improvisation and Adaptability in the Russian Military." Their biographies can be found here: Stephen’s: https://www.fpri.org/contributor/stephen-blank/, Michael’s: https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Michael-Petersen, and Sam’s: https://www.cna.org/experts/Bendett_S The report can be found here: https://www.csis.org/analysis/improvisation-and-adaptability-russian-military You can follow Sam and Michael on Twitter: @SamBendett, @Mi_Petersen38 We thank the Russia Strategic Initiative, U.S. European Command, for their interest and support for the project. Stay safe and prosper.    

In this episode of Russian Roulette, Jeff is joined by Judy Twigg, Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University and a Senior Associate with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program. They discuss the COVID19 outbreak in Russia and how well the government and the public health system are coping with this challenge. Judy also mentions the situation in Ukraine, so keep listening for that, too.   You can find Judy Twigg’s bio and selected work here: https://politicalscience.vcu.edu/people/faculty/twigg.html, and follow her on Twitter: @jtwigg9 Her previous appearance on Russian Roulette discussing a co-authored report “Putin and Global Health: Friend or Foe?" can be found on our website: https://www.csis.org/podcasts/russian-roulette/putin-and-global-health-friend-or-foe-russian-roulette-episode-91. Judy’s recent publications on COVID19 and Russia can be accessed: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/russias-not-ready-coronavirus and https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/what-lies-behind-russias-coronavirus-containment-effort.   Stay safe and prosper.

In the last decade, Russia has increased its global engagement, while at the same time pursuing policies at home that are giving rise to HIV/AIDS and drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemics that are a risk for its own populations, as well as its neighbors. These developments have unfolded against a backdrop of highly malevolent Russian behavior across many fronts that has resulted in the imposition of extensive sanctions. In this special joint episode of Take as Directed and Russian Roulette, J. Stephen Morrison sits down with Jeff Mankoff, Acting Director of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program; and Judyth Twigg, Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University and a Senior Associate with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program. The three discuss Steve and Judy's recent analysis, “Putin and Global Health: Friend or Foe?” which outlines an opportunity to expand U.S. engagement to promote health security and counter Russian influence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

In the last decade, Russia has increased its global engagement, while at the same time pursuing policies at home that are giving rise to HIV/AIDS and drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemics that are a risk for its own populations, as well as its neighbors. These developments have unfolded against a backdrop of highly malevolent Russian behavior across many fronts that has resulted in the imposition of extensive sanctions. In this special joint episode of Take as Directed and Russian Roulette, J. Stephen Morrison sits down with Jeff Mankoff, Acting Director of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program; and Judyth Twigg, Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University and a Senior Associate with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program. The three discuss Steve and Judy's recent analysis, “Putin and Global Health: Friend or Foe?” which outlines an opportunity to expand U.S. engagement to promote health security and counter Russian influence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

In this special joint episode of Russian Roulette and Take as Directed, Jeff is joined by J. Stephen Morrison, the Senior Vice President and Director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, and Judy Twigg, Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University and a Senior Associate with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program. They discuss Stephen and Judy’s recent report “Putin and Global Health: Friend or Foe?” which outlines their recommendations for expanding U.S. engagement to promote health security and counter Russian influence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.   The report is available at: https://www.csis.org/analysis/putin-and-global-health-friend-or-foe   You can find Stephen Morrison’s bio here: https://www.csis.org/people/j-stephen-morrison and his twitter is @MorrisonCSIS   Judith Twigg’s bio is at: https://politicalscience.vcu.edu/people/faculty/twigg.html, and her twitter handle is @jtwigg9   Consider subscribing to Global Health Center’s podcast Take as Directed at: https://www.csis.org/podcasts/take-directed.   You can also follow the Global Health Center on Twitter: @CSISHealth   We want more mail! If you would like to have your question answered on the podcast, send it to us! Email rep@csis.org and put “Russian Roulette” in the subject line. And, if you have one, include your Twitter handle, so we can notify you publicly when we answer your question (or, if you don’t want us to, tell us that). We look forward to hearing from you!    

In this special joint episode of Russian Roulette and Take as Directed, Jeff is joined by J. Stephen Morrison, the Senior Vice President and Director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, and Judy Twigg, Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University and a Senior Associate with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program. They discuss Stephen and Judy’s recent report “Putin and Global Health: Friend or Foe?” which outlines their recommendations for expanding U.S. engagement to promote health security and counter Russian influence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.   The report is available at: https://www.csis.org/analysis/putin-and-global-health-friend-or-foe   You can find Stephen Morrison’s bio here: https://www.csis.org/people/j-stephen-morrison and his twitter is @MorrisonCSIS   Judith Twigg’s bio is at: https://politicalscience.vcu.edu/people/faculty/twigg.html, and her twitter handle is @jtwigg9   Consider subscribing to Global Health Center’s podcast Take as Directed at: https://www.csis.org/podcasts/take-directed.   You can also follow the Global Health Center on Twitter: @CSISHealth   We want more mail! If you would like to have your question answered on the podcast, send it to us! Email rep@csis.org and put “Russian Roulette” in the subject line. And, if you have one, include your Twitter handle, so we can notify you publicly when we answer your question (or, if you don’t want us to, tell us that). We look forward to hearing from you!    

The crisis in international dialogue with Russia is particularly acute when it comes to Ukraine, the main locus of the breakdown’s origins. Except for the relatively narrow focus on the implementation of the Minsk Agreements, strategic dialogue about the crisis among Ukrainians, Americans, Europeans, and Russians is virtually nonexistent. This breakdown has the potential to be highly destabilizing as mistrust grows and misunderstandings multiply, creating the possibility for the conflict to escalate. To help ameliorate this challenge on the Track II level, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung's Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe brought together a select, high-level group of Russians, Europeans, Americans, and Ukrainians – a total of eight participants – to develop four long-term scenarios for Ukraine. The idea was to agree on a range of plausible outcomes of the crisis for Ukraine (in a ten-year time frame) as an analytical, rather than normative exercise. Several of the authors will present the publication that resulted. Julia Gurganus, Visiting Scholar with the Russia and Eurasia Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will provide comments. Greg Brown, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, will speak on the report's methodology. Olga Oliker, director of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, will moderate. This event is made possible by general support to CSIS.

The CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program in cooperation with Eurasia Foundation invite you to join us for the U.S. debut screening of All for One, One for All at CSIS Headquarters.All for One, One for All is a collaborative documentary produced by filmmakers with disabilities from Russia and the U.S. This collection of short films focuses on the daily lives, aspirations, and challenges of people with intellectual and physical disabilities. The film was produced with support from the US Department of State, Mr. Pierre Bastid and Eurasia Foundation. Join us to learn more about this unique project and how the filmmakers are changing the dialogue on disabilities and U.S.-Russian relations. The forty-minute film will be followed by a Q&A featuring one of the film's directors, two-time Academy Award nominee and 16-time national Emmy Award winner Jon Alpert and contributor Jonathan Novick. Novick uses film-making as a tool to offer viewers a look into the daily challenges he faces navigating the world. Olga Oliker, Director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at CSIS, will moderate.This event is made possible by the generous support of Carnegie Corporation of New York.

In this episode of Russian Roulette, Olya sits down with Anton Lavrov, a visiting fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Program at CSIS and an independent defense analyst affiliated with the Moscow-based Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST). Anton is a leading specialist on Russia’s 2008 war in Georgia, and a widely-cited expert on Russian military capabilities and Russian operations abroad. Olya and Anton discuss Russian military reforms, what new capabilities Russia demonstrated in Syria, and where the Russian military may (or may not) be heading. You can view Anton’s bio, here, https://www.csis.org/programs/russia-and-eurasia-program/fellows, and watch his recent presentation at CSIS, here: https://www.csis.org/events/russian-armed-forces-syria-assessing-russian-reforms We’ll link to Anton’s forthcoming report for the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program as soon as it is published. As always, keep sending us mailbag questions! If you would like to have your question answered on the podcast, send it to us! Email rep@csis.org and put “Russian Roulette” in the subject line. And, if you have one, include your Twitter handle, so we can notify you publicly when we answer your question (or, if you don’t want us to, tell us that). We look forward to hearing from you.

In the spirit of history, Russian literature, and other things the CSIS Russia team holds dear, we bring you a Russian Roulette episode that is both deeply gloomy and highly entertaining. Olya and Jeff sit down with Matthew Rojansky, director of the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, to discuss the state of U.S.-Russia relations, historical cycles in the relationship, signaling, and ways out of the current downward spiral.   Note: this episode was recorded on April 2, before the Trump administration’s April 6 announcement of new sanctions targeting Russian oligarchs, and before reports emerged of a new chemical weapons attack in Syria. (It’s 2018. We can’t keep up. Can anyone?)   To hear more from Matt, check out his bio and recent publications, here: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/matthew-rojansky   As always, keep sending us mailbag questions! If you would like to have your question answered on the podcast, send it to us! Email rep@csis.org and put “Russian Roulette” in the subject line. And, if you have one, include your Twitter handle, so we can notify you publicly when we answer your question (or, if you don’t want us to, tell us that). We look forward to hearing from you.

In the spirit of history, Russian literature, and other things the CSIS Russia team holds dear, we bring you a Russian Roulette episode that is both deeply gloomy and highly entertaining. Olya and Jeff sit down with Matthew Rojansky, director of the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, to discuss the state of U.S.-Russia relations, historical cycles in the relationship, signaling, and ways out of the current downward spiral.   Note: this episode was recorded on April 2, before the Trump administration’s April 6 announcement of new sanctions targeting Russian oligarchs, and before reports emerged of a new chemical weapons attack in Syria. (It’s 2018. We can’t keep up. Can anyone?)   To hear more from Matt, check out his bio and recent publications, here: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/matthew-rojansky   As always, keep sending us mailbag questions! If you would like to have your question answered on the podcast, send it to us! Email rep@csis.org and put “Russian Roulette” in the subject line. And, if you have one, include your Twitter handle, so we can notify you publicly when we answer your question (or, if you don’t want us to, tell us that). We look forward to hearing from you.

In the spirit of history, Russian literature, and other things the CSIS Russia team holds dear, we bring you a Russian Roulette episode that is both deeply gloomy and highly entertaining. Olya and Jeff sit down with Matthew Rojansky, director of the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, to discuss the state of U.S.-Russia relations, historical cycles in the relationship, signaling, and ways out of the current downward spiral.   Note: this episode was recorded on April 2, before the Trump administration’s April 6 announcement of new sanctions targeting Russian oligarchs, and before reports emerged of a new chemical weapons attack in Syria. (It’s 2018. We can’t keep up. Can anyone?)   To hear more from Matt, check out his bio and recent publications, here: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/matthew-rojansky   As always, keep sending us mailbag questions! If you would like to have your question answered on the podcast, send it to us! Email rep@csis.org and put “Russian Roulette” in the subject line. And, if you have one, include your Twitter handle, so we can notify you publicly when we answer your question (or, if you don’t want us to, tell us that). We look forward to hearing from you.

Please join us for an important discussion which will take stock of current patterns of international cooperation in the Arctic region and discuss the way ahead amidst uncertain geopolitical times.  Government officials and expert panelists will examine the most promising areas of Arctic cooperation such as scientific research, Arctic shipping regulations and search and rescue capabilities, current economic trends and future development, and the sustainability of fisheries and the marine environment, and will offer their perspectives on the future of Arctic cooperation in light of the upcoming U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Lunch will be served. This event will be ON the record.  CONFERENCE AGENDA8:30am: Registration and Light Breakfast 9:00am: Welcome Remarks byMs. Heather A. Conley Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Europe Program Dr. Andrew Kuchins Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program  9:10am: Panel One: Areas of Arctic CooperationFeaturing:Mr. David Balton Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs Ambassador Kåre R. Aas Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S. Professor Andrei Zagorski Director, Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution, IMEMO Ambassador Kenneth S. Yalowitz Global Fellow, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center  Moderated byMs. Heather A. Conley Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Europe Program  10:30am: Panel Two: Enhancing Scientific and Research Cooperation in the ArcticFeaturing: Dr. Kelly Falkner Director, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation Mr. Raymond Arnaudo Senior Scholar, Center for Science Diplomacy Mr. John Farrell Executive Director, U.S. Arctic Research Commission Dr. Marya Levintova International Health Program Officer, National Institute of Health (invited) Moderated byDr. Andrew Kuchins Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program  12:00pm: Lunch  12:30pm: Keynote Address: Addressing the Needs for Arctic ShippingAdmiral Thad Allen (invited) Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton: Strategy & Technology Consulting Firm  1:00pm: Panel Three: Understanding Economic Trends in the ArcticFeaturing:Mr. David Hayes Senior Fellow, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Mr. Bud Darr Senior Vice President, Technical and Regulatory Affairs, Cruise Lines International Association Mr. Inuuteq Holm Olsen Greenland Representative, Danish Embassy Moderated byProfessor Marlene Laruelle Research Professor, George Washington University  2:30pm: Panel Four: Future Cooperation in Fisheries and the Marine EnvironmentFeaturing:Mr. Scott Highleyman Director, International Arctic, Pew Charitable Trusts Professor Andrei Zagorski Director, Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Mr. David Balton Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs Moderated byMr. Brooks Yeager Principal, Birdwell Strategies  4:00pm: Panel Five: Implications for the U.S. Arctic Council Chairmanship: Seeking to Strengthen the Arctic Council RegimeFeaturing:Professor Marlene Laruelle Research Professor, George Washington University Dr. Tom Axworthy President & CEO, Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, Canada Ms. Julie Gourley U.S...

Please join us for an important discussion which will take stock of current patterns of international cooperation in the Arctic region and discuss the way ahead amidst uncertain geopolitical times.  Government officials and expert panelists will examine the most promising areas of Arctic cooperation such as scientific research, Arctic shipping regulations and search and rescue capabilities, current economic trends and future development, and the sustainability of fisheries and the marine environment, and will offer their perspectives on the future of Arctic cooperation in light of the upcoming U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Lunch will be served. This event will be ON the record.  CONFERENCE AGENDA8:30am: Registration and Light Breakfast 9:00am: Welcome Remarks byMs. Heather A. Conley Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Europe Program Dr. Andrew Kuchins Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program  9:10am: Panel One: Areas of Arctic CooperationFeaturing:Mr. David Balton Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs Ambassador Kåre R. Aas Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S. Professor Andrei Zagorski Director, Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution, IMEMO Ambassador Kenneth S. Yalowitz Global Fellow, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center  Moderated byMs. Heather A. Conley Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Europe Program  10:30am: Panel Two: Enhancing Scientific and Research Cooperation in the ArcticFeaturing: Dr. Kelly Falkner Director, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation Mr. Raymond Arnaudo Senior Scholar, Center for Science Diplomacy Mr. John Farrell Executive Director, U.S. Arctic Research Commission Dr. Marya Levintova International Health Program Officer, National Institute of Health (invited) Moderated byDr. Andrew Kuchins Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program  12:00pm: Lunch  12:30pm: Keynote Address: Addressing the Needs for Arctic ShippingAdmiral Thad Allen (invited) Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton: Strategy & Technology Consulting Firm  1:00pm: Panel Three: Understanding Economic Trends in the ArcticFeaturing:Mr. David Hayes Senior Fellow, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Mr. Bud Darr Senior Vice President, Technical and Regulatory Affairs, Cruise Lines International Association Mr. Inuuteq Holm Olsen Greenland Representative, Danish Embassy Moderated byProfessor Marlene Laruelle Research Professor, George Washington University  2:30pm: Panel Four: Future Cooperation in Fisheries and the Marine EnvironmentFeaturing:Mr. Scott Highleyman Director, International Arctic, Pew Charitable Trusts Professor Andrei Zagorski Director, Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Mr. David Balton Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs Moderated byMr. Brooks Yeager Principal, Birdwell Strategies  4:00pm: Panel Five: Implications for the U.S. Arctic Council Chairmanship: Seeking to Strengthen the Arctic Council RegimeFeaturing:Professor Marlene Laruelle Research Professor, George Washington University Dr. Tom Axworthy President & CEO, Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, Canada Ms. Julie Gourley U.S...

Please join us for an important discussion which will take stock of current patterns of international cooperation in the Arctic region and discuss the way ahead amidst uncertain geopolitical times.  Government officials and expert panelists will examine the most promising areas of Arctic cooperation such as scientific research, Arctic shipping regulations and search and rescue capabilities, current economic trends and future development, and the sustainability of fisheries and the marine environment, and will offer their perspectives on the future of Arctic cooperation in light of the upcoming U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Lunch will be served. This event will be ON the record.  CONFERENCE AGENDA8:30am: Registration and Light Breakfast 9:00am: Welcome Remarks byMs. Heather A. Conley Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Europe Program Dr. Andrew Kuchins Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program  9:10am: Panel One: Areas of Arctic CooperationFeaturing:Mr. David Balton Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs Ambassador Kåre R. Aas Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S. Professor Andrei Zagorski Director, Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution, IMEMO Ambassador Kenneth S. Yalowitz Global Fellow, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center  Moderated byMs. Heather A. Conley Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Europe Program  10:30am: Panel Two: Enhancing Scientific and Research Cooperation in the ArcticFeaturing: Dr. Kelly Falkner Director, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation Mr. Raymond Arnaudo Senior Scholar, Center for Science Diplomacy Mr. John Farrell Executive Director, U.S. Arctic Research Commission Dr. Marya Levintova International Health Program Officer, National Institute of Health (invited) Moderated byDr. Andrew Kuchins Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program  12:00pm: Lunch  12:30pm: Keynote Address: Addressing the Needs for Arctic ShippingAdmiral Thad Allen (invited) Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton: Strategy & Technology Consulting Firm  1:00pm: Panel Three: Understanding Economic Trends in the ArcticFeaturing:Mr. David Hayes Senior Fellow, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Mr. Bud Darr Senior Vice President, Technical and Regulatory Affairs, Cruise Lines International Association Mr. Inuuteq Holm Olsen Greenland Representative, Danish Embassy Moderated byProfessor Marlene Laruelle Research Professor, George Washington University  2:30pm: Panel Four: Future Cooperation in Fisheries and the Marine EnvironmentFeaturing:Mr. Scott Highleyman Director, International Arctic, Pew Charitable Trusts Professor Andrei Zagorski Director, Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Mr. David Balton Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs Moderated byMr. Brooks Yeager Principal, Birdwell Strategies  4:00pm: Panel Five: Implications for the U.S. Arctic Council Chairmanship: Seeking to Strengthen the Arctic Council RegimeFeaturing:Professor Marlene Laruelle Research Professor, George Washington University Dr. Tom Axworthy President & CEO, Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, Canada Ms. Julie Gourley U.S...

Please join us for an important discussion which will take stock of current patterns of international cooperation in the Arctic region and discuss the way ahead amidst uncertain geopolitical times.  Government officials and expert panelists will examine the most promising areas of Arctic cooperation such as scientific research, Arctic shipping regulations and search and rescue capabilities, current economic trends and future development, and the sustainability of fisheries and the marine environment, and will offer their perspectives on the future of Arctic cooperation in light of the upcoming U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Lunch will be served. This event will be ON the record.  CONFERENCE AGENDA8:30am: Registration and Light Breakfast 9:00am: Welcome Remarks byMs. Heather A. Conley Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Europe Program Dr. Andrew Kuchins Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program  9:10am: Panel One: Areas of Arctic CooperationFeaturing:Mr. David Balton Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs Ambassador Kåre R. Aas Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S. Professor Andrei Zagorski Director, Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution, IMEMO Ambassador Kenneth S. Yalowitz Global Fellow, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center  Moderated byMs. Heather A. Conley Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Europe Program  10:30am: Panel Two: Enhancing Scientific and Research Cooperation in the ArcticFeaturing: Dr. Kelly Falkner Director, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation Mr. Raymond Arnaudo Senior Scholar, Center for Science Diplomacy Mr. John Farrell Executive Director, U.S. Arctic Research Commission Dr. Marya Levintova International Health Program Officer, National Institute of Health (invited) Moderated byDr. Andrew Kuchins Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program  12:00pm: Lunch  12:30pm: Keynote Address: Addressing the Needs for Arctic ShippingAdmiral Thad Allen (invited) Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton: Strategy & Technology Consulting Firm  1:00pm: Panel Three: Understanding Economic Trends in the ArcticFeaturing:Mr. David Hayes Senior Fellow, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Mr. Bud Darr Senior Vice President, Technical and Regulatory Affairs, Cruise Lines International Association Mr. Inuuteq Holm Olsen Greenland Representative, Danish Embassy Moderated byProfessor Marlene Laruelle Research Professor, George Washington University  2:30pm: Panel Four: Future Cooperation in Fisheries and the Marine EnvironmentFeaturing:Mr. Scott Highleyman Director, International Arctic, Pew Charitable Trusts Professor Andrei Zagorski Director, Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Mr. David Balton Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs Moderated byMr. Brooks Yeager Principal, Birdwell Strategies  4:00pm: Panel Five: Implications for the U.S. Arctic Council Chairmanship: Seeking to Strengthen the Arctic Council RegimeFeaturing:Professor Marlene Laruelle Research Professor, George Washington University Dr. Tom Axworthy President & CEO, Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, Canada Ms. Julie Gourley U.S...

Please join us for an important discussion which will take stock of current patterns of international cooperation in the Arctic region and discuss the way ahead amidst uncertain geopolitical times.  Government officials and expert panelists will examine the most promising areas of Arctic cooperation such as scientific research, Arctic shipping regulations and search and rescue capabilities, current economic trends and future development, and the sustainability of fisheries and the marine environment, and will offer their perspectives on the future of Arctic cooperation in light of the upcoming U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Lunch will be served. This event will be ON the record.  CONFERENCE AGENDA8:30am: Registration and Light Breakfast 9:00am: Welcome Remarks byMs. Heather A. Conley Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Europe Program Dr. Andrew Kuchins Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program  9:10am: Panel One: Areas of Arctic CooperationFeaturing:Mr. David Balton Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs Ambassador Kåre R. Aas Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S. Professor Andrei Zagorski Director, Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution, IMEMO Ambassador Kenneth S. Yalowitz Global Fellow, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center  Moderated byMs. Heather A. Conley Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Europe Program  10:30am: Panel Two: Enhancing Scientific and Research Cooperation in the ArcticFeaturing: Dr. Kelly Falkner Director, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation Mr. Raymond Arnaudo Senior Scholar, Center for Science Diplomacy Mr. John Farrell Executive Director, U.S. Arctic Research Commission Dr. Marya Levintova International Health Program Officer, National Institute of Health (invited) Moderated byDr. Andrew Kuchins Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program  12:00pm: Lunch  12:30pm: Keynote Address: Addressing the Needs for Arctic ShippingAdmiral Thad Allen (invited) Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton: Strategy & Technology Consulting Firm  1:00pm: Panel Three: Understanding Economic Trends in the ArcticFeaturing:Mr. David Hayes Senior Fellow, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Mr. Bud Darr Senior Vice President, Technical and Regulatory Affairs, Cruise Lines International Association Mr. Inuuteq Holm Olsen Greenland Representative, Danish Embassy Moderated byProfessor Marlene Laruelle Research Professor, George Washington University  2:30pm: Panel Four: Future Cooperation in Fisheries and the Marine EnvironmentFeaturing:Mr. Scott Highleyman Director, International Arctic, Pew Charitable Trusts Professor Andrei Zagorski Director, Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Mr. David Balton Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs Moderated byMr. Brooks Yeager Principal, Birdwell Strategies  4:00pm: Panel Five: Implications for the U.S. Arctic Council Chairmanship: Seeking to Strengthen the Arctic Council RegimeFeaturing:Professor Marlene Laruelle Research Professor, George Washington University Dr. Tom Axworthy President & CEO, Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, Canada Ms. Julie Gourley U.S...