The Future of U.S.-Russia Relations: Beyond 2012

IMGXYZ4096IMGZYXWith President Obama going to serve a second term in office, new questions are emerging about the future of U.S.-Russia relations. The bilateral relationship is facing some of its greatest challenges since the end of the Cold War. How can Obama deepen and sustain the foundations for U.S.-Russia cooperation? Can the new administration overcome political rhetoric and bridge the so-called values gap?

Carnegie hosted a two-panel conference at which a group of experts discussed prospects for U.S. engagement with Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation over the next four years.

Agenda:

8:30–9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:00–10:00 a.m. Opening Remarks and Keynote Address

Opening Remarks: Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Carnegie Endowment
Keynote Address: Senator Jeanne Shaheen, U.S. Senate
Keynote Address: Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak, Embassy of Russia

10:00–11:10 a.m. Panel One–Personalities, Institutions, and Foundations

Thomas Graham, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Andrew Weiss, RAND Corporation
Matthew Rojansky, Carnegie Endowment
Moderator: Ambassador James F. Collins, Carnegie Endowment

11:10–11:20 a.m. Coffee Break

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Panel Two–Interests and Values

Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center
Nikolas Gvosdev, U.S. Naval War College
Robert E. Berls, Jr., Nuclear Threat Initiative
Moderator: Thomas de Waal, Carnegie Endowment

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