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28th Arden House Conference
The 28th Arden House Conference, sponsored by the
Davis Center and Columbia University's Harriman Institute, will
take place April 8-10, 2005 in Harriman, New York. The title of
this year's conference is "The USA & Russia in the Post
Post-Soviet Era."
After a rather harmonious 1st term relationship between
George Bush and Vladimir Putin, their 2nd terms show signs of tension.
Russians are critical of the U.S. role in Iraq, U.S. troops in Central
Asia, U.S. pressure on Iran and North Korea and what they see as
unfair U.S. interference and criticism of Russian domestic policy.
At the same time, President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleeza
Rice have criticized the elimination of elections for Governor and
curbs on freedom of the press. World business has also been shaken
by the re-nationalization of Yukos.
We will examine these and other issues on April 8-10, at our 28th
annual Arden House Conference. Sponsored by both the Davis Center
for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard and the Harriman Institute
at Columbia, the sessions bring together practitioners and academic
specialists from both Russia and the West in an atmosphere of informality,
which facilitates the free exchange of ideas and differences of
opinion.
In addition to specialists from Harvard University and Columbia,
other confirmed specialists include two of the most interesting
members of the Duma: the independent, Vladimir Ryzhkov, and one
of the founders of the Rodina Party, Sergei Glaziev. Thomas Graham—
Condoleeza Rice’s special assistant for Russian policy—will
deliver the keynote address. Andrei Illarionov, President Putin’s
economic advisor, will lead our discussion on projections for the
Russian economy. Bruce Misamore, the CFO of Yukos, will also bring
us up to date on his battle in the U.S. and Russian courts.
As usual the conference will be held at Arden House, Averell Harriman’s
old family estate. Located an hour and twenty minutes from Manhattan,
off the New York State Thruway, the conference will begin Friday
evening, April 8th and adjourn after lunch on Sunday. All meals
and housing will be at Arden House and are included in the conference
fee. The facilities at Arden House are outstanding and provide an
unusual opportunity to interact with other attendees. We hope that
you and/or your associates can join us for what promises to be one
of the most interesting of the 28 such conferences.
For more information, contact Marshall I. Goldman at goldman3@fas.harvard.edu
or telephone 617-495-4485.
View conference program
information for 2005.
View list of confirmed
speakers.
View Arden
House web site.
Download registration
form as Acrobat file.
Note:Please fill out the registration form and print
it out and fax or mail to the Davis Center.
Contact:
Marshall Goldman, goldman3@fas.harvard.edu,
tel. 617.495.4485
Robert Price, rfprice@fas.harvard.edu,
tel. 617.495.8900
Fax 617.495.8319
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