Program | Schedule
The State and the Media
• Yevgenia Albats, Editor-in-Chief, The New Times, Moscow; Permanent Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
• Karina Alexanyan, Postdoctoral Scholar/Project Manager, mediaX, Stanford University; Affiliate, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
• Oksana Boyko, Host, Worlds Apart, RT TV; former Political and Foreign Correspondent (confirmed in principle for this panel)
• Karoun Demirjian, Moscow Correspondent, The Washington Post
• Irina Gordienko, Correspondent, Novaya Gazeta; Nieman Fellow, Harvard University
• Max Trudolyubov, Fellow, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center; Former Editor and Columnist, Vedomosti
Russia and Asia: The Bear Looks East?
• Alexander Cooley, Professor and Chair, Political Science Department, Barnard College, Columbia University; Deputy Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University; Author; Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia
• Guan Guihai, Associate Dean, School of International Studies, Peking University
• Shiv Khemka, Vice Chairman and Director of investment and entrepreneurial activities in Russia and Ukraine, SUN Group, India; Chairman, Russia Country Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry
• Artyom Lukin, Associate Professor, Deputy Director for Research, School of Regional and International Studies, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok
• Vitaly Kozyrev, Associate Professor, Endicott College, Senior Fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University; former Professor, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University
Welcome, Introductions and Keynote
Anthony Monaco, President, Tufts University
James Glaser, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University
Sherman Teichman, Founding Director, Institute for Global Leadership
Ben Spevack, EPIIC 2015 Colloquium Member
• Alumni Award Presentation: Alexandra Vacroux (EPIIC’86), Executive Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University; James Hershberg
• Kirill Koroteev, Senior Lawyer, Human Rights Centre, Memorial, Moscow
• Joshua Rubenstein, Former Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International; Author, Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life; Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
A Keynote Conversation on the U.S.-Russian Relationship
• Robert Legvold, Marshall D. Shulman Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
• Dmitri Trenin, Director, Carnegie Moscow Center; former Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Europe, Moscow; served in the Russian Armed Forces, 1972-93
The New Cold War? Russia-U.S. Relations
• Oksana Boyko, Host, Worlds Apart, RT TV; former Political and Foreign Correspondent
• Matthew Rojansky, Director, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center; former Deputy Director of the Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Feodor Voitolovsky, Head of the political section, Center for North American Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAN); Co-author, IMEMO’s 2013 annual forecast on “Russia and the World: Economy and Foreign Policy”
• Andrew S. Weiss, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Dr. Legvold, Amb. Matlock, and Dr. Trenin will join the panel discussion
Callouts
ALLIES
The Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES) is an undergraduate organization dedicated to improving civilian-military relations.
TILIP
The Tufts Initiative for International Leadership and Perspective (TILIP) is a program that seeks to foster cross-cultural team building through intensive, intellectual inquiry and practical study.
[EXPOSURE]
[EXPOSURE] is the Institute for Global Leadership's undergraduate-led program for photojournalism, documentary studies and human rights.