Registration link: https://forms.gle/LvjNBY6irui2raYd7
Format: roundtable
Working languages: Russian and English (with simultaneous interpretation)
In the 1980-1990s, numerous newly invented concepts were meant to reflect the post-Cold War international reality. For example, the idea of cooperative security was expected to pave the way for a “Europe whole and free”. And the concept of the post-Soviet space was widely seen as a reference to a group of countries united by both the communist past and the democratic future.
Three decades later, these and other concepts from the post-Cold War era remain heavily present in international relations parlance. Yet, how relevant and instrumental are they as the international system is going through a major transformation? Can we register emerging trends behind the overall uncertainty that invite new concepts and definitions?
The Minsk Dialogue Virtual Roundtable will address these questions while assessing recent regional security developments in Eastern Europe and comparing the evolutionary trajectories of the former Soviet republics.
Agenda
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14.00-14.05 |
Welcome remarks
Yauheni Preiherman Director, Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, Belarus
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Session 1. East European Security in 2021: Balkanisation in progress?
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14.05-14.20 |
Presentation of the Minsk Dialogue annual paper on the state of East European security. Dzianis Melyantsou Programme Coordinator, Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, Belarus Siarhei Bohdan Fellow, Friedrich Meinecke Institute of History, Freie Universität Berlin; Expert Council member, Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, Germany-Belarus
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14.20-15.40 |
Expert discussion
Speakers: Olga Oliker Programme Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group, USA Yulia Nikitina Associate Professor and Research Fellow, Centre for the Post-Soviet Studies, MGIMO University, Russia Paul Hansbury Associate Fellow, Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, UK Philipp Dienstbier Desk Officer for Transatlantic Relations, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Moderator: Alisiya Ivanova Junior Analyst, Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, Belarus
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Session 2. Three Decades Later: Is the post-Soviet space concept still relevant?
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16.00-16.15 |
Presentation of the Minsk Dialogue study that has applied machine learning algorithms to assess the trajectories of post-Soviet transformation. Anton Boltachka Analyst, Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, Belarus
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16.15-17.30 |
Expert discussion
Speakers: Alexander Iskandaryan Director, Caucasus Institute, Armenia Paul Révay Member of the Board of Trustees, “Friends of Europe” (Belgium), France Volodymir Fesenko Chairman of Board, Penta Centre, Ukraine Andrey Rusakovich Professor, Belarusian State University, Belarus Boris Kuznetsov Director, Centre of International and Regional Policy, Russia Moderator: Yauheni Preiherman Director, Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, Belarus |
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17.30-17.35 |
Concluding remarks |
