Passing the Torch of the OSCE Chairmanship

January 27, 2011 • 2:00 – 8:00 pm EST

CSIS-IND Lunch Roundtable

CSIS-IND Lunch Roundtable

PASSING THE TORCH OF THE OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP
Thursday, January 27

The conference will facilitate an exchange of views on the performance of the Kazakh Chair and the challenges for the Lithuanian Chairmanship. The event is co-hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Institute for New Democracies in cooperation with the Embassies of Kazakhstan and Lithuania. Please find a preliminary agenda below and further details will follow in the coming days as the agenda is finalized.

The public event will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2011 from 11.00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the B1 Level Conference Center at CSIS (1800 K St. NW).

Conference Agenda

9:00 – 9:10am

Welcome address

Janusz Bugajski, CSIS

Ambassador Erlan Idrissov, Embassy of Kazakhstan
 

   
11:10 – 1:00pm

Panel I – Passing the Torch: OSCE Looks Forward

Moderator : Andrew Kuchins, CSIS

  • Negotiating the OSCE Action Plan – Ambassador Simonas Satunas, Embassy of Lithuania
  • Protracted Conflicts – Vladimir Socor, Jamestown Foundation
  • Outcomes of the Astana Summit – Ambassador William Courtney
  • Military Security: Vienna Document and the CFEJeffrey McCausland, U.S. Army War College
  • Human Dimension: Freedom of the Media, Protection of  Civil and Political Rights – Michael Haltzel, SAIS
  • The Performance of the Kazakh Chair – Ambassador Erlan Idrissov
1:00 – 2:30pm 

Panel II –  Lunch Keynotes and Discussion

Moderator : Janusz Bugajski, CSIS

  • Ambassador Istvan Gyarmati, International Center for Democratic Transition
  • Ambassador Kairat Abdrahmanov, Kazakh Ambassador to the OSCE (Vienna)
2:30 – 2:45pm    Closing Comments
Janusz Bugajski, CSIS