Past Events

Event Format
The Nazi's Granddaughter

Lithuania, the Holocaust, and Historical Memory: Book Seminar

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Online

This seminar will explore how Silvia changed her views about her grandfather, and how the secret about Noreika was nurtured and preserved in Lithuania for so long.

Recording Available
Silvia Foti
Silvia Foti

Journalist

Mark Kramer
Mark Kramer

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

Taliban fighters riding tan humvee on highway

The Taliban Takeover and Central Asian Security: What Will Russia and China Do?

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Online

This roundtable will discuss the current policies of Russia, China and Central Asian states, and possible scenarios for future developments and their implications for the region and Eurasia at large.

Recording Available
Andrey Kortunov
Andrey Kortunov

Director General, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)

Yun Sun
Yun Sun

Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program, Stimson Center

Zuhra Halimova
Zuhra Halimova

Independent Consultant, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

Bradley Jardine
Bradley Jardine

Research Director, Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs

Buildings in Kabul destroyed during the Russian War

After Afghanistan: Russia and the United States Pick Up the Pieces

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Online

What does the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan mean for U.S.-Russia bilateral relations?

Recording Available
Fyodor Lukyanov
Fyodor Lukyanov

Editor in Chief of the journal Russia in Global Affairs; Chairman of Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy

Alexandra Vacroux
Alexandra Vacroux

Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Kyiv School of Economics

Rose Gottemoeller

Negotiating the New START Treaty: Reflections on Diplomacy and Arms Control with Rose Gottemoeller

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Online

Rose Gottemoeller will discuss on diplomacy, arms control, security, and her experience forging agreements on behalf of NATO and the United States.

Rose Gottemoeller
Rose Gottemoeller

Steven C. Házy Lecturer at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and its Center for International Security and Cooperation; Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO

Matthew Bunn
Matthew Bunn

James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School

Arvid Bell

Founder, Negotiation Task Force

Taliban fighter with weapon under a tree

The Taliban Takeover and Central Asian Security: New Reality on the Ground

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Online

This roundtable will discuss the ongoing dramatic developments in Afghanistan and the implications of the new situation for Central Asian security.

Recording Available
Omid Marzban
Omid Marzban

Senior Multimedia Editor, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty

Salimjon Aioubov
Salimjon Aioubov

Director of Tajik Service, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty

Stephen J. Blank
Stephen J. Blank

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Nargis Kassenova
Nargis Kassenova

Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

Muhammad Tahir
Muhammad Tahir

Media Relations Manager, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Host, Majlis and AfPak File podcasts