Zbigniew Brzezinski to Keynote Poland-Russia Relations Conference at CSIS

Press Release — June 15, 2012

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2012 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Europe Program will host a conference focusing on Polish-Russian dialogue, reconciliation, and cooperation entitled: “Building Bridges over Troubled Waters: Polish-Russian Relations in the Spotlight.” The full agenda appears below.



WHEN/WHERE:

Friday, June 15
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
B1 Conference Center

CSIS 1800 K. St. NW, Washington, DC 20006

Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org

8:30-9:00am Registration & Breakfast
 
9:00-9:05am Introductory Remarks


Janusz Bugajski

Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)


Slawomir Debski

Director, Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding (CPRDU)
 
9:05-9:15am Opening Keynote


Bogdan Zdrojewski

Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage
 
9:15-10:45am Panel One: Lessons of the Polish–Russian Dialogue: From Rapprochement toward Reconciliation


Moderator: 

Janusz Bugajski
CSIS


Andranik Migranyan
Director, Institute for Democracy and Cooperations


Adam Daniel Rotfeld
Co-Chairman, Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters


Matthew Rojansky
Deputy Director, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 
10:50am-12:30pm Panel Two: Polish-Russian Dialogue in a Broader Strategic Framework


Moderator:
Janusz Bugajski
CSIS


Slawomir Debski
CPRDU


Andrey Kortunov
President, New Eurasia Foundation


Lily Gardner Feldman
Senior Fellow, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
 
12:30-1.00pm

Geopolitical Setting: Significance of the Polish-Russian Dialogue 



Zbigniew Brzezinski
Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
 


1:00-1.30pm Buffet Lunch



1:30-3:00pm Panel Three: US-Russia Strategic Dialogue and the Impact on Europe


Moderator:

Ernest Wyciszkiewicz
CPRDU


Ivan Safranchuk
Director, Institute of Contemporary Foreign Affairs of Russian Diplomatic Academy


Richard Kauzlarich
Deputy Director, George Mason University


Stephen Flanagan
Kissinger Chair, CSIS
 
3:00-3.15pm Special Presentation


Rose Gottemoeller
Acting Under Secretary, U.S. Department of State
 
3:15pm: Concluding Remarks 


Janusz Bugajski
CSIS


Slawomir Debski
CPRDU
 
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