Rethinking Russia-U.S. foreign policy interests
Moscow, June 30th — July 1st, 2009

TUESDAY, JUNE 30TH

Off-the-record seminar at the State University-Higher School of Economics (11, Pokrovsky Blvd. Room 313Г)
10:00-11:30am

Opening remarks: Sergei Karaganov, Council on Foreign & Defense Policy,
Robert Legvold, Columbia University and American Academy of Arts and Sciences

SESSION 1: THE CURRENT STATE OF RUSSIA—U.S. RELATIONS
Chair: Sergei Karaganov

A. HERITAGE OF RUSSIA—U.S. RELATIONS 2000-2008
Presenters: Sergei Rogov, Institute for the U.S. & Canada Studies, RAS; Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution
General debate
• Which actions on one or the other side were the most instrumental in determining the course that relations took over this period?
• Of these actions which represented the greatest insensitivity to or misreading of the reactions aroused on the other side?
• If the premise of the discussion is that we want to put these events behind us, what steps looking forward will be the most productive?

B. THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT OF RUSSIA—U.S. RELATIONS
Presenters: Timothy Colton, Harvard University; Mikhail Margelov, Council of the Federation of the RF
Federal Assembly; Anatoly Adamishin, Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

General debate

• Which domestic political factors in each country impose the most serious impediments on the prospects of a fundamental recasting of the U.S.-Russian relationship?
• How — for good or ill — is the current economic crisis likely to influence the options available to national leaders on both sides as they address the agenda they set out in the April London communiqué?
• What is the state of discourse on U.S.-Russian relations in the expert and policy communities in both countries, and how might efforts on one or other side strengthen efforts in the other country?

11:45am-01:30pm
SESSION 2: COMPARING FOREIGN POLICY INTERESTS: RUSSIA VIS-À-VIS THE UNITED STATES
Chair: Timothy Colton
Sergei Karaganov, Council on Foreign & Defense Policy — Overview of the Russian paper
Robert Legvold, Columbia University & American Academy of Arts and Sciences — Overview of the U.S. paper
General debate
• What precisely are seen as vital interests on each side?
• Where do these collide and where do they actually or potentially converge?
• How might the configuration of conflicting versus converging interests be managed to maximize cooperative behavior and minimize competitive behavior?

02:30-04:00pm

SESSION 3: COMPARING FOREIGN POLICY INTERESTS (continued)
Chair: Andrei Bugrov

SESSION 4: PROSPECTS FOR RUSSIA—U.S. RELATIONS:
IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
Chair: Robert Legvold

General debate
• How do both sides evaluate the state of [academic/ policymakers’] debate in both countries on bilateral relations and what could be done to help/foster it. What are the effects of the debate? What are the problems with reaching the audiences targeted? How can each side contribute, if at all, in facilitating the process in the other country?
• To what degree is the framework within which each side approaches the relationship changing? How does it need to change further?
• What are the deeper structural and conceptual challenges that each government faces as they attempt to put the relationship on a different footing?
• What new ideas are emerging?
• What are the prospects of the trialogues United States—Europe—Russia, United States—China—Russia?

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST

Meetings of the American participants with Presidential Administration and Government officials

11:00am-01:00pm Open Debate “RETHINKING RUSSIA—U.S. FOREIGN POLICY INTERESTS”
At the “RIA Novosti” (4, Zubovskiy Blvd.)

Sergei Karaganov, Council on Foreign & Defense Policy — Overview of the Russian paper
Robert Legvold, Columbia University, Dmitri Simes, Nixon Center,
Angela Stent, Georgetown University — Overview of the U.S. paper

Russian participants

1.Anatoly Adamishin, President, Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

2.Pavel Andreyev, Head of International Projects, Russian News & Information Agency “RIA Novosti”

3.Alexander Belkin, Executive Vice Director, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy

4.Alexander Bessmertnykh, President, Foreign Policy Association

5.Alexei Bogaturov, Vice Rector for Curricula Development, Moscow State Institute of Inter-national Relations (MGIMO University)

6.Timofei Bordachev, Director, Center for Comprehensive European and International Stud-ies, Department of International Economics and International Politics, State University–Higher School of Economics; Research Director, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy

7.Andrei Bugrov, Managing Director, “Interros” Holding Company

8.Sergei Generalov, President, “Promyshlennye Investory” (Industrial Investors) Group of Companies

9.Sergei Karaganov, Deputy Director, Institute of Europe, RAS; Dean, School of International Economics and Foreign Affairs, “Higher School of Economics” State University; Chairman, Presidium of the CFDP; Chairman of the Editorial Board, Russia in Global Affairs magazine

10.Andrei Kolosovski, Senior International Advisor, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Russia & CIS; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

11.Dmitry Kosyrev, Deputy Chief Editor, Socio-Political Materials Department, Russian News & Information Agency “RIA Novosti”

12.Victor Kremenyuk, Deputy Director, Institute of USA and Canada Studies, Russian Acad-emy of Sciences

13.Mikhail Margelov, Chairman, Committee of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly on International Affairs

14.Andranik Migranyan , Head, Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, the New York branch

15.Alexei Pushkov, Anchor and author, Postscriptum political show, “TV-Center” Company; Director, Institute of Topical International Problems, Diplomatic Academy, MFA RF; Pro-fessor, MGIMO University

16.Sergei Rogov, Director, Institute for the U.S. & Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sci-ences

17.Samir Shakhbaz, Deputy Head of the Integrated News Department — Head of Overseas Broadcasting, Russian News & Information Agency “RIA Novosti”

18.Nikolai Spasski, Deputy General Director, “Rosatom” State Corporation for Atomic En-ergy

19.Victor Supyan, Deputy Director, Institute of USA and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

20.Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Research Director, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy

21.Dmitry Trenin, Director, Moscow Carnegie Center

22.Sergei Vykhukholev, Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Head of the Integrated International Re-lations Department, Russian News & Information Agency “RIA Novosti”

23.Ivan Zakharchenko, foreign news analyst, Russian News & Information Agency “RIA No-vosti”, a pool correspondent with the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov

24.Andrei Zolotov, Founding Editor, Russia Profile magazine

U.S. participants

1.Deana Arsenian, Vice President, International Program Coordination and Program Direc-tor, Russian Higher Education and Eurasia, Carnegie Corporation of New York

2.James Collins, Director, Russia and Eurasia Program; Diplomat in Residence, Carnegie En-dowment for International Peace

3.Timothy Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Faculty Associate and Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

4.Thomas Graham, Kissinger Associates, Inc.

5.Robert Legvold, Marshall D. Shulman Professor, Department of Political Science, Colum-bia University, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences

6.Steven Pifer, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution

7.Dmitri Simes, President of The Nixon Center, Publisher of The National Interest

8.Angela Stent, Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies in the Georgetown School of Foreign Service