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Subject: [BASEES-MEMBERS] BISA RUSSIAN & EURASIAN SECURITY WORKING GROUP
CONFERENCE 24 JUNE

The BISA Working Group on Russian and Eurasian Security and Foreign Policies
is holding a one-day conference on 24 June 2011 at King's College, London.
Space is limited, and the conference is open to academics, practitioners,
and postgraduate research students (doctoral), working in this area.
To reserve a place please contact Dr Natasha Kuhrt by MONDAY 6 JUNE, latest.
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Conference programme is below

Kind Regards
Dr Natasha Kuhrt and Dr Valentina Feklyunina
Co-convenors, BISA Working Group on Russian and Eurasian Security and
Foreign Policies.


Dr Natasha Kuhrt
Lecturer
Dept of War Studies
King's College, London
WC2R 2LS
Tel.: +44 (0)20 7848 7275
Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 2026
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BISA Working Group on Russia & Eurasian Security & the Post Soviet Space
Research Group, War Studies
Are pleased to host an expert conference on Friday June 24 2011:

Twenty Years On: The Former Soviet Union, Security Challenges in the
Post-Cold War World'. 

Location: War Studies Meeting room (k6.07)
King's Building, Strand Campus, Dept of War Studies
King's College, London
WC2R 2LS

Provisional programme

9.30-11.00 Panel One 'Russia and the West'.  Chair: Dr Natasha Kuhrt

Professor Anatol Lieven (King's College, London) 'The West's Strategic
Competition with Russia Since the End of the Cold war'

Dr Ruth Deyermond,(King's College, London) 'The Changing Role of Arms
Control in US-Russia relations since the end of the Cold War'

Professor Ol'ga Malinova, (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) 'Russia
between Westernism and anti-Westernism: Current Discourse about Collective
Identity in Historical Perspective'

Dr Jenny Mathers, (University of Aberystwyth) 'Who is Leading Whom? Russia's
Relations with the US Since the End of the Cold War'

11.00-11.30 TEA/COFFEE

11.30-13.15  Panel Two 'Central Asia'. Chair: Dr Ruth Deyermond

Dr David Lewis,(University of Bradford) 'Competing Discourses on Peace and
Security in Central Asia'

Dr Aida Abzhaparova, (University of the West of England) 'Region, Religion
and (in) Security in Post-Soviet Central Asia'

Dr Anna Matveeva, (International Crisis Centre, LSE) 'State Fragmentation in
Kyrgyzstan and Regional Security Implications'

Dr Stefanie Ortmann,(University of Sussex) 'Russia's Involvement in Central
Asia'

Dr Domitilla Sagramoso, (King's College, London) 'Russia's Policies in the
South Caucasus and Central Asia'


13.15-14.30		LUNCH

14.30-16.00  	Panel Three 'Security and Foreign Policy in the FSU' Chair:
Prof Anatol Lieven

Dr Natasha Kuhrt, (King's College, London) 'Changing Notions of Security in
the Russian Far East and Implications for Russian Foreign Policy'

Dr Aglaya Snetkov (Centre for Security Studies, Zurich) 'Social
Constructivism and the Narrative of the "Rising Powers"'

Dr Valentina Feklyunina (Newcastle University) and Professor Stephen White,
(University of Glasgow): 'Constructing (In)Security: Perceptions of Security
Threats in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus'

Dr Tracey German, (Defence Studies Dept; King's College London) 'Bridging
the Gap: the South Caucasus and Energy Security'



16.00-16.30			TEA/COFFEE

16.30-18.00 Panel Four: 'Russia and Europe'.  Chair: Prof Stephen White
(Glasgow)

Dr Derek Averre,(University of Birmingham) 'Security Governance in the Wider
Europe: Common Challenges, Common Understandings'

Dr Paul Flenley (University of Portsmouth) 'Russia and the EU: Tensions of a
Partnership or Fundamental Contradictions?'

Dr Andrew Monaghan (NATO Defence College, Rome) 'Russia and European
Security Architecture'

Dr Elena Kropatcheva (Institute for Peace Research and Security at the
University of 
Hamburg), 'Russia and the Role of the OSCE in European Security'

18.00-19.00 		DRINKS RECEPTION

*Space at the conference is limited and open to academics (including
doctoral students) and practitioners working in this area. Please contact Dr
Natasha Kuhrt (King's College London) for further information:
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