[Daviscenter-list] Updated Conference Agenda: Reassessing Post-Soviet Energy Politics

Conference co-sponsored by The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies *Reassessing Post-Soviet Energy Politics Ukraine, Russia, and the Battle for Gas from Central Asia to the European Union 7--8 March 2008* *Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge St., Case Study Room S020, Cambridge, MA Register at: http://www.huri.harvard.edu/calendar.html#2008_3_7-8 * *Session 1. Actors and Interests in the Aftermath of the 2006 Gas Crisis Friday, March 7, 2008 9:15 a.m.--12:00 noon* *Chair: Oxana Shevel* Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Tufts University Associate, Ukrainian Research Institute and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies *Welcome and Opening Remarks* Timothy Colton Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies *"The Gas Crisis of 2005-2006: A Retrospective View"* Lubomyr Hajda Associate Director, Ukrainian Research Institute *"In the Wake of the 2006 Ukrainian--Russian Gas Agreement: New Rules of the Game"* Margarita M. Balmaceda Associate Professor, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University Associate, Ukrainian Research Institute and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies *"Russia and the Rise of Gazprom"* Rawi Abdelal Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Faculty Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies *"RosUkrEnergo: The Unexpected Guest Settles in for a Long Stay"* Roman Kupchinsky formerly Coordinator of Corruption Studies, RFE/RL, Inc., Prague *"The Missing Pieces? Central Asia and Its Neighbors"* Carol Saivetz Center Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies *Session 2. Gas Trade and Energy Schemes: Their Role in National and International Politics Friday, March 7, 2008 2:30--5:00 p.m.* *Chair: Lisbeth Tarlow* Associate Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies *"Current Issues and Challenges in Ukraine's Energy Economy"* Volodymyr Saprykin Director of Energy Programs, Ukrainian Centre for Political and Economic Studies, Kyiv *"How the Gas Issue Plays in Ukrainian Politics and How Ukrainian Politicians Play the Gas Issue"* Taras Kuzio President, Kuzio Associates (an independent consultancy and government communications company), Washington DC and Kyiv. *"Private Interests and the Russian State: Gazprom and Power"* Mikhail Zygar Energy Specialist, Special Correspondent, Kommersant, Moscow *"Energy: A Case Study in Russia's Political Gamesmanship"* Marshall Goldman Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Russian Economics (Emeritus), Wellesley College former Associate Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies *"Gas Trade and Politics: The Chain of Political and Econonomic Interests from Central Asia to the European Union"* Martha Brill Olcott Senior Associate, Russian and Eurasian Program,Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC *"Main Current Issues in European--Russian Energy Relations"* Ferdinand Pavel Research Associate, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin Member, German Advisory Group with the Ukrainian Government, Kyiv *"The Former Soviet Union and European Energy Security: A View from Washington"* Gene Fishel Senior Analyst, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State (on leave). *Session 3. From Producer to Consumer: Pricing Mechanisms, Transit, and Informal Institutions Saturday, March 8, 2008 9:30--12:00 noon* *Chair: Lubomyr Hajda * Associate Director, Ukrainian Research Institute *"Putting a Price on Gas: Pricing Mechanisms---Transparent and Opaque"* Andrei Konoplyanik Deputy Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat, Brussels *"Getting the Gas from There to Here: Transit and Transit Competition"* Christof van Agt formerly Office of Non-Member Countries, International Energy Agency, Paris *"Transition, Weak Institutions, and Intermediary Companies: Filling Gaps, Filling Pockets"* Margarita M. Balmaceda Associate Professor, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University Associate, Ukrainian Research Institute and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies *"Plus a change: Continuity or Change in Intermediary Company Schemes?"* Alla Yeremenko Senior Correspondent, Section of Economic Security, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia / Zerkalo Nedeli, Kyiv *Concluding Remarks* Margarita M. Balmaceda Associate Professor, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University Associate, Ukrainian Research Institute and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Lubomyr Hajda Associate Director, Ukrainian Research Institute -- ---------------------------------------------- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 301 Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617.495.4037 Fax: 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu