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On Thursday, May 16, Carnegie Senior Associate Martha Brill Olcott chaired a discussion with Dr. Vladimir Mau on "Contemporary Russia: Revolutionary Past and Post-Industrial Future." Dr. Mau is a prolific writer, economist, and commentator. He is the recent co-author of the highly received, The Challenge of Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2001 with Irina Starodubrovskaia).
Listen to audio from the event.
Special advance screening presented by the Carnegie Endowment and Paramount Pictures.
The clash between liberals and conservatives in China is not unique. Reform in socialist-totalitarian states involves liberal factions, which in turn trigger a conservative backlash. Consequently, liberal-conservative conflict is necessarily a feature of reform in socialist regimes.
Special book luncheon
Event with US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Russian Minister of Atomic Energy Alexander Rumyantsev, co-sponsored by the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Audio is available.
A stable set of connections between Russia and the United States exists, ranging from student exchanges to cooperation in space. Included within this set of connections are the relations between the Parliament of Russia and the U.S. Congress. Close contact between the two legislative bodies was initiated in December 1996.
Representatives of the World Bank, the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Consumers International, and the World Wildlife Fund meet in Geneva.
Mikhail Dmitriev, First Deputy Minister, Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, outlines the Putin government's plans to reform Russian civil service.
Mikhail Dmitriev, First Deputy Minister, Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, outlines the Putin government's plans to reform the Russian civil service.