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Assessing the Collapse of the Soviet Union Twenty Years Later

A two-day international conference, October 21 - 22. Sponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies and the Communist and Post-Communist Studies journal, with support from CSU Long Beach College of Liberal Arts and the UCLA International Institute.

Friday, October 21, 2011
9:00 AM
UCLA Faculty Center, California Room

2011 marks the 20th anniversary of Soviet Union’s disintegration. In recognition of the extraordinary transformations  that led to and resulted from the collapse of the Soviet Union, this conference aims to reflect on the political, economic and socio-cultural changes that have taken place in Russia and the other successor states. Participating speakers include international experts in the fields of political science, economics, international relations, history, sociology, and journalism. To learn more, read "Upcoming conference reflects on 20 years since fall of Soviet Union."
 


 
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
 
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21
 
8:00      Breakfast
 
9:00      Opening Remarks
 
9:15       Keynote address
 
Lilia Shevtsova, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Moscow Carnegie Center
The Demise of the Soviet Union: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
 
10:15     Break
 
10:30     Panel 1: Political Implications of the Collapse
 
Stephen Hanson, College of William and Mary, Reves Center for International Studies
The Evolution of Post-Soviet Regimes: What Can Twenty Years Teach Us?
Steven Fish, UC Berkeley, Political Science
Democracy, Dictatorship, and Demophily
Valerie Bunce, Cornell University, Government
Old and New Forms and Practices of Authoritarianism
 
Moderator: Gail Kligman, UCLA, Sociology
 
12:30    Lunch Break
 
1:30      Panel 2: Economic Implications of the Collapse                
 
Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
The Economic Causes of the Collapse of the Soviet Union
Vladimir Mau, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Economic Policy: Post-Communist Transformation and Modern Challenges
Daniel Treisman, UCLA, Political Science
The Economic Transition in the Former Soviet States at Twenty
 
Moderator: Ivan Berend, UCLA, History
 
3:30        Break
 
3:45         Panel 3: The Political Economy of Oil and Gas in a Post-Soviet World
 
Adnan Vatansever, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Russia Between an Energy Superpower and a Rentier Economy?
Michael Ross, UCLA, Political Science
Has Oil Eroded Russian Democracy?  A Look at the Cross-National Evidence
Adam Stulberg, Georgia Institute of Technology, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Russia's Energy Security Dilemmas: Myths and Realities of Resurgent Resource Nationalism
 
Moderator: Daniel Treisman, UCLA, Political Science
 
 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22
 
8:00      Breakfast
 
9:00       Panel 4: Successor States and the Legacies of Leninist Nation Building
 
Charles King, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service
Soviet Federalism and the Unfinished Business of State-Building
Ronald Suny, University of Michigan, History
Toward the End of Empire: Failing the Tests of Glasnost’ and Perestroika
 
Moderator: Rogers Brubaker, UCLA, Sociology
 
10:45     Break
 
11:00     Panel 5: Perspectives from Journalism
 
Adam Michnik, Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza
Russia after the Collapse of the Soviet Union – The View from Poland
Valery Naydenov, Founding Editor-in-Chief, 24 chasa
The "Ivan the Terrible" Newspaper: A Comparative Look at Changes in Newspaper Style
 
Moderator: Carol Williams, Los Angeles Times   
          
1:00       Closing Remarks
 
 
 
Parking is available in Lots 2 or 3 (Parking map, Parking at UCLA)

For more information please contact

Liana Grancea
lgrancea@international.ucla.edu

Sponsor(s): Center for European and Eurasian Studies, UCLA International Institute, Communist and Post-Communist Studies journal, CSU Long Beach College of Liberal Arts