2005 Asia Regional Policy Symposium Agenda and Presentation Summaries

Chesapeake Beach Hotel and Spa, Chesapeake Beach, Maryland

Sponsored by the US Department of State, Title VIII Program, and The Starr Foundation

Hosted by IREX and the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Thursday, April 7, 2005

5:30 – 7:30 pm
Opening Dinner
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ronald Reagan Building, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004

Introduction by:

• Mark Pomar, President, International Research & Exchanges Board
• Blair Ruble, Director, Kennan Institute, Wilson Wilson International Center for
  Scholars

Friday, April 8, 2005

8:00 am
Breakfast
Smokey Joe’s Restaurant

9:00 – 9:30 am
Introduction to the Asia Regional Policy Symposium

• Joyce Warner, Director, Education Program Division, IREX
• Senior Scholars

9:45 – 10:45 am

I. Presenter: Noor O’Neill, Predoctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
Research Topic: “Development and Ideological Struggle in the Kyrgyz Republic” (PDF download)
Discussion leader: Herbert Ellison, Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington and Director, Eurasia Policy Studies, The National Bureau of Asian Research

10:45 – 11:45 am
II. Presenter: Brian Grodsky, Predoctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan
Research Topic: “Direct versus Indirect Pressures for Human Rights Accountability: Lessons from Uzbekistan” (PDF download)
Discussion leader: Herbert Ellison, Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington and Director, Eurasia Policy Studies, The National Bureau of Asian Research

11:45 – 12:00 pm
Break

12:00 – 1:00 pm
III. General Discussion on Asian Regionalism

Discussion leader: Herbert Ellison, Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington and Director, Eurasia Policy Studies, The National Bureau of Asian Research

1:15 – 2:15 pm
Lunch
Rod and Reel Restaurant

2:30 – 3:30 pm
IV. Presenter: Matthew Light, Predoctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, Yale University
Research Topic: “Regional Migration Policies, Freedom of Movement, and Citizenship in the Russian Federation” (PDF download)
Discussion Leader: Gil Rozman, Professor, Department of Sociology, Princeton University

3:30 – 4:30 pm
V. Presenter: Irene Wu, Director of Research, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Research Topic: “The Information Revolution Effect: Re-aligning Hierarchies of Knowledge and Understanding”
Discussion Leader: Gil Rozman, professor, Department of Sociology,
Princeton University

4:30 – 4:45 pm
Break

4:45 – 5:45 pm
VI. Presenter: Gardner Bovingdon, Assistant Professor, Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University - Bloomington
Research Topic: “Xinjiang as Part of the Central Asian Region”
Discussion Leader: Roger Kangas, Professor, Central Asian Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Strategic Studies

6:00 pm
Dinner
Rod and Reel Restaurant

Saturday, April 9, 2005

8:00 am
Breakfast
Rod and Reel Restaurant

9:00 – 10:00 am
I. Presenter: Payam Foroughi, Instructor and Recruiter, Department of Political Science, University of Utah
Research Topic: “The Political Economy of Transitional Societies: An Analysis of Democracy and Inequality in Post-Communist Central Asia”
Discussion Leader: Gary Bertsch, Director, Center for International Trade and Security and University and Professor of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia

10:00 – 11:00 am
II. Presenter: Matthew Nelson, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Bates College
Research Topic: “Making Modern Muslims: Markets and the Meaning of 'A Good Education' in Pakistan”
Discussion Leader: W. Kendall Myers, Special Advisor for analyst
training and Senior Analyst for Europe, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Department of State and Adjunct Professor, European Studies, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

11:00 – 11:15 am
Break

11:15 – 12:15 pm
III. Presenter: Irina Liczek, Predoctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, New School University
Research Topic: “Gender Policy in Central Asia at Crossroads: Integrating International Obligations with Renascent Islamic Orientations”
Discussion Leader: Gary Bertsch, Director, Center for International Trade and Security and University and Professor of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia

12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch
Rod and Reel Restaurant

1:45 – 2:45 pm
IV. Presenter: Jacqueline Fewkes, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
Research Topic: "Global Memories, Local Accounts: Regional Trade Networks in Ladakh (North India), 1920-47”
Discussion Leader: Roger Kangas, Professor, Central Asian Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Strategic Studies

2:45 – 3:45 pm
V. Presenter: Charles Krusekopf, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Austin College
Research Topic: “Common Property Management and Economic Development in Asia”
Discussion Leader: W. Kendall Myers, Special Advisor for analyst
training and Senior Analyst for Europe, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Department of State and Adjunct Professor, European Studies, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

3:45 – 4:45 pm
VI. General Discussion: “Geopolitics: Security and Energy in Asia”

Discussion leader: Gary Bertsch, Director, Center for International Trade and Security and University and Professor of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia

4:45 – 5:15 pm
VII. Wrap Up Session

6:30 pm
Dinner
The Westlawn Inn
9200 Chesapeake Avenue
North Beach, MD

Sunday, April 10, 2005

8:00 - 9:00 am
Breakfast

Morning
Junior Scholar Departures

Monday, April 11, 2005

9:00 – 10:15 am
Preparation for Senior Scholar Debriefing for INR Staff
IREX office
2121 K Street, NW
#700
Washington, DC 20037

Preparation of Symposium conclusions and policy recommendations.

10:30 am - Noon
Informal Policy Debriefing by Senior Scholars for INR Staff at
US Department of State

Afternoon
Senior Scholar Departures