Session 1: Russia at the start of Putin’s second presidency
(Russian domestic developments and foreign policy)
Chair: Nicole Gnesotto (Director, EUISS, Paris)
Speakers:
Vladimir Baranovsky, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow
Aleksey Pushkov, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow
Marie Mendras, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris
Session 2: The Greater Middle East
(Israel-Palestine conflict, Iraq war, Iran, South Caucasus)
Chair: Simon Butt, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
Speakers:
Nadia Arbatova, Russia in a United Europe Institute, Moscow
Vitaly Naumkin, International Centre for Strategic and Political Studies, Moscow
Roy Allison, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London
Session 3: The European Agenda
(EU enlargement, ESDP, NATO, former Soviet Union)
Chair: Barbara Jones, Director, Eastern Europe Section, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin
Speakers:
Dmitry Danilov, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Alexander Rahr, German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin
Dov Lynch (Research Fellow, EUISS, Paris)
Session 4: The International Order
(Strategic Trends in IR)
Chair: Hannes Adomeit, Stiftung Wissenchaft und Politik, Berlin
Vladislav Inozemtsev, Center for Postindustrial Studies, Moscow
Andrei Zagorsky, Konrad-Adenauer Foundation, Moscow Final words
Chair: Nicole Gnesotto
Stefan Lehne, Secretariat-General of the EU Council, Brussels
Barbara Jones, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin
