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Next Steps in Overcoming Absent Memory

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:00:00 -0500

In partnership with Memoria Abierta, the Human Rights and Security Initiative convened 15 scholars and activists to discuss strategies and tactics for growing constituencies in support of transitional justice and challenging absent memory. This meeting is part of a larger project that seeks to address issues of absent memory. More inf

From Stalin to Putin: Persistence of Soviet Institutions in Today’s Russia

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0500

At a meeting co-hosted by the Russia and Eurasia Program and the Human Rights and Security Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Maxim Trudolyubov presented conclusions from his work on Stalin’s institutional legacy in Russia.

Approaches to Accounting for Post-9/11 Counterterrorism Policies and Actions: The Pros and Cons

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:30:00 -0400

The United States has recently begun a debate about the need to account for policies and alleged crimes relating to counterterrorism since 9/11 and the best process for doing so: prosecution, commissions, Congressional investigation, general inquiry, something else altogether? Ambassador Tom Pickering, Vice Admiral Lee Gunn (retired), and Suzanne Spaulding led a discussion assessing these

Lessons for Russia Today? Overcoming Absent Memory in European and Latin American Contexts

Fri, 30 May 2008 10:00:00 -0400

CSIS staff convened scholars and human rights activists with expertise on Argentina, Chile, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany and Russia to discuss strategies and tactics for overcoming the legacies of dictatorships and their applicability in today’s Russia.

The Putin Generation: The Political Views of Russia's Youth

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Featuring:
Dr. Sarah E. Mendelson, Director, Human Rights and Security Initiative and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS

The Putin Generation: The Political Views of Russian Youth, Moscow

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Sarah Mendelson and Ted Gerber (University of Wisconsin-Madison) presented findings from their survey of young Russians on democracy, human rights, and perceptions of the past at the Carnegie Moscow Center. The presentation specifically examined the state of collective memory and its implications for Russia’s future. read more