2002 Caspian Sea Regional Policy Symposium

2002 Caspian Sea Regional Policy Symposium
Bavarian Inn & Lodge, Shepherdstown, WV
Sponsored by the US Department of State, Title VIII Program and by The Starr Foundation
Hosted by the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) and the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Thursday, March 14, 2002

6:30 - 8:00 PM
Dinner at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
6th Floor Board Room

Welcoming Remarks
Mark Pomar, President, IREX
Blair Ruble, Director, Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

** At 8:15 pm, a shuttle bus will take everyone to the Bavarian Inn in Shepherdstown, WV (Please have all baggage with you)**

Friday March 15, 2002

8:00 - 9:00 am
Breakfast

*All Sessions will be held in the Terrace room*

9:30 - 9:45 pm
Introduction

9:45 - 10:45 am
I. Presenter: Mary Matthews, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, University of South Florida at St. Petersburg
Research Topic: "Regional Stakeholder Analysis in the Caspian Environment Programme: Identification of Potential Conflicts of Interests in Caspian Waters"
Discussion leader: Gerard Libaridian, Visiting Professor of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

10:45 -11:45 am
II. Presenter: Shannon O'Lear, Professor of Geography, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Research Topic: "Understanding Multiple Scales of Environmental Security and State Sovereignty: The State of Azerbaijan"
Discussion leader: Doug Blum, Professor of Political Science, Providence College

11:45 - 12:00 pm
Break

12:00 - 1:00 pm
III. Presenter: Keely Lange, PhD Candidate in Government, University of Notre Dame
Research Topic: "Regional vs. National Security: Environmental Degeneration and the Uzbek Security Agenda"
Discussion Leader: Roger Kangas, Professor of Central Asian Studies, College of International and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Strategic Studies

1:00 - 2:00 pm
Lunch

2:15 - 3:15 pm
I. Presenter: Kelly McMann, Postdoctoral Researcher, Davis Center, Harvard University
Research Topic: "Influence of the Nongovernmental Provision of Services on State-Building"
Discussion Leader: Roger Kangas, Professor of Central Asian Studies, College of International and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Strategic Studies

3:15 - 4:15 pm
II. Presenter: Carolyn Kissane, Adjunct Professor of International & Transcultural Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University
Research Topic: "The Politics of Education in Kazakhstan"
Discussion Leader: Doug Blum, Professor of Political Science, Providence College

4:15 - 4:30 pm
Break

4:30 - 5:30 pm
Iran and Caspian Region -Political and Legal Issues
Presenter: Bahman Aghai Diba, Consultant in International Affairs, Will E. Beheman & Associates, LLC
Discussion Leader: Blair Ruble, Director, Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

5:30 pm
Dinner

Saturday, March 16, 2002

8:00 - 9:00 am
Breakfast

9:30 - 10:30 am
I. Presenter: Cynthia Werner, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Texas A&M University
Research Topic: "Cold War Legacies and Post-Cold War Politics: International Aid and the Victims of Nuclear Testing in Kazakhstan"
Discussion Leader: Bruce Kuniholm, Vice Provost for Academic and International Affairs at Duke University

10:30 - 11:30 am
II. Presenter: Adam Stulberg, Assistant Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Topic: "Leveraging Preponderance: Agenda Control and Russia's Energy Statecraft in the Caspian Basin"
Discussion Leader: Mark Katz, Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University

11:30 - 11:45 am
Break

11:45 - 12:45 pm
III. Presenter: Michael Reynolds, Graduate Student in History/Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Research Topic: "Explaining the Ottoman Advance on the Caucasus, 1917-1918: Ideological or Geopolitical Imperatives?"
Discussion Leader: Bruce Kuniholm, Vice Provost for Academic and International Affairs at Duke University

12:45 - 1:45 pm
Lunch

2:00 - 3:00 pm
I. Presenter: Erica Johnson, Co-director and Managing Editor of of Eurasia Policy Studies, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Research Topic: "Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Caspian Development"
Discussion Leader: Mark Katz, Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University

3:00 - 4:00 pm
II. Presenter: Robert Ware, Associate Professor of Philosophical Studies, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Research Topic: "Why is Dagestan Moving Closer to Moscow?"
Discussion Leader: Gerard Libaridian, Visiting Professor of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

4:00 - 4:15 pm
Break

4:15 - 5:15 pm
Caspian Sea Region Post-September 11, 2001
Discussion Leader: Blair Ruble, Director, Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

7:45 pm
Dinner in downtown Shepherdstown

Sunday, March 17, 2002

8:00-9:00am
Breakfast

9:30 - 11:15 am
Preparation for Senior Scholar Debriefing for INR Staff at US Department of State
Preparation of symposium conclusions and policy recommendations

Monday, March 18, 2002

10:00 am
Informal Policy Debriefing by Senior Scholars for INR Staff at US Department of State