AGENDA

The Future ofWestern-RussianIntellectual Cooperation

A New Deal

forMeaningful and Sustainable Partnerships

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

9:30am–5:00pm

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Washington, DC

2nd Floor, Root Room

9:30-10:00Breakfast and Registration

10:00-10:15Introductory Remarks

Jessica Mathews

Vartan Gregorian

10:15-10:30Framing the Meeting

James Collins

Deana Arsenian

10:30-11:00Perspectives from the United States and Russia

Overview Questions: What has changed in the nongovernmental and noncommercial sectors? What are the likely ramifications of the legal and attitudinal shifts? How have the new Russian legislative steps and actions altered the landscape of Western-Russian nongovernmental and noncommercial partnerships?

Remarks

Andrey Kortunov

Stephen Biegun

11:00-11:30Objectives of EngagementPrograms to Date

Discussion Questions:What have been the strategic objectives of the nongovernmentaland noncommercial community? What have been the successes and failures? What kind of partnerships across the intellectual, scientific, cultural, educational, religious, and other sectors have worked and why? What kind of partnerships and in what sectors have been less successful and why? Which key institutions in the respective countries shaped the agenda and/or the format for engagements? How have the engagements been funded and how has that funding changed? What are lessons learned?

Remarks

Cathleen Campbell

Steven Pease

Ivan Khlebnikov

Robert Pearson

Moderator

Deana Arsenian

11:30-12:30Discussion

12:30-1:00Individual Table Discussions

1:00-1:45Working Lunch

Remarks

Daniel Russell

Discussion

1:45-2:15Objectives of Engagement Programs Moving Forward

Discussion Questions: What should be the strategic objectives of the nongovernmentaland noncommercial community? What kind of partnerships across the intellectual, scientific, cultural, educational, religious, and other sectors are desirable by each side and/or possible? What approaches are likely to be most productive? What are the shared challenges and problems that could be and should be addressed by the nongovernmental community? In the areas of mutual interest, how should sustained partnerships be structured and funded? What are the likely key institutions to promote new forms of engagement?

Remarks

Andrey Kortunov

Dan Davidson

Ian Kearns

Sam Nunn

Moderator

James Collins

2:15-3:00Discussion

3:00-3:15Break

3:15-3:30Individual Table Discussions

3:30-4:30Table Discussions Presentations

4:30-5:00Conclusions and Takeaways

Discussion Questions: What level of interest is there likely to be in the two countries for new forms of engagement? How should these interests be promoted and cultivated? What is the environment (political, economic, philanthropic, etc.) that will shape the engagements? How can the nongovernmental community contribute to improving this environment and expanding the engagements? What are the most effective ways to define possibilities for engagement? What should be the next steps toward moving to new forms of engagement?

Remarks

Thomas Graham

Dmitri Trenin

5:00-6:00Reception