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CNS Programs: NISNP

Russian "Nuclear Regionalism" and Challenges for U.S. Nonproliferation Assistance Programs

A Workshop

Sponsored by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies
at the Monterey Institute of International Studies
based on a joint project with the Center for Policy Studies in Russia (PIR Center)

Washington, DC, April 5, 2002

Agenda

8:30 - 8:40 Introduction and Opening Remarks Dr. Clay Moltz, CNS
8:40 - 9:00 Key Actors in Russian Center-Periphery Relations Dr. Vladimir Orlov, PIR Center
9:00 - 9:20 Current Politics of Regionalism in Russia Dr. Adam Stulberg, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Session One Chair: Jon Wolfsthal, Carnegie Endowment
9:20 - 9:40 Minatom's Regional Policy (and Nuclear Issues at the Federal Level) Dr. Sonia Ben Ouagrham, CNS
9:40 - 10:00 Economic Status of the Closed Cities Dr. Gregory Brock, Georgia Southern University
10:00 - 10:20 The Closed Nuclear Cities: Federal Control vs. Local and Regional Influences Elena Sokova, CNS
10:20 - 10:40 Implementation of the NCI Program in Russia's Closed Cities Margot Mininni, U.S. Department of Energy
10:40 - 11:00 Discussion
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
  Session Two Chair: Dr. Clay Moltz, CNS
11:15 - 11:35 The Military and Russia's Regions Michael Jasinski, CNS
11:35 - 11:55 Russia's Northwest: Problems and Achievements at Military Facilities Ivan Safranchuk, CDI, Moscow Office
11:55 - 12:15 Russia's Far East: Problems and Achievements at Military Facilities Cristina Chuen, CNS
12:15 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 12:45 Lunch (Buffet)
  Session Three Chair: Leonard Spector, CNS
12:45 - 1:05 Status of DOE Programs in Russia Amb. Linton Brooks, U.S. Department of Energy
1:05 - 1:25 U.S. Implementation of CTR Programs in Russia's Regions Gen. Thomas Kuenning, U.S. Defense Department
1:25 - 1:45 Russian View on U.S. CTR and DOE Programs Oleg Novikov, Russian Embassy
1:45 - 2:00 Discussion

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