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Lecture_transcripts
Putin's Russia and the Elections
Monday, 12 December 2011

After Ethnic Cleansing: Lessons from Bosnia for the Caucasus
Tuesday, 01 November 2011

Death and Redemption: The Gulag and the Shaping of Soviet Society
Thursday, 27 October 2011

A Torba of Cool: Ukrainian Slang Today
Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Elections in Russia: Polling and Perspectives
Thursday, 15 September 2011

Markets and Political Power: The European Response
Monday, 12 September 2011

Knock, Knock, Knocking on Europe's Door: Georgia and the European Union (Georgia's EU Ambassador, Salome Samadashvili)
Thursday, 08 September 2011

Kazakh Torture Victim and Activist Speaks Out Against Torture at the Harriman Institute
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 8:00pm

How the Russian Gay Rights Movement Won the Right to Freedom of Assembly: LGBT Activist Nikolai Alekseyev Speaks at the Harriman Institute
Friday, 29 April 2011, 8:00pm

Maxim Trudolyubov Foresees Change in Russia
Wednesday, 02 March 2011

Declaring Mother's Day in Russia: Laws and Decrees in a Super-Presidential System
Monday, 21 February 2011

The Crisis in Russia's Media
Friday, 19 November 2010

Biases, Borders, and Biohazards: Misconstruing Migrants as a Public Health Threat in the Russian Federation
Thursday, 28 October 2010

The Caucasus: An Introduction (Thomas De Waal Discusses his New Book)
Thursday, 14 October 2010

Russian Roulette: Is it Safe to Bet on Business?
Tuesday, 21 September 2010

In Defense of the "Fathers": A Closer Look at Eugene Gorny and Roman Leibov
Thursday, 20 May 2010

State Failure and Regional Containment:The Case of Central Asia and Afghanistan
Friday, 07 May 2010

Abkhazia Briefing: Alexander Cooley and Lincoln Mitchell Urge the West to Change Its Policy
Thursday, 29 April 2010

Pauline Jones Luong Challenges the Resource Curse
Monday, 19 April 2010

Kakha Bendukidze Analyzes Georgia’s Economic Strategy: How Georgia Handled Its Economy After the War and the Economic Crisis
Wednesday, 07 April 2010

Electoral Politics in Russia: Are Citizens Speaking Up? (on Maria Eismont's Documentary, "Managed Democracy Misfires: How Krasnoturinsk Elected Its Own Mayor")
Thursday, 25 March 2010

Morton Halperin Urges the U.S. to Reconsider its Nuclear Policy Towards Russia and China
Tuesday, 02 March 2010

Minister Temur Yakobashvili and Professor Alexander Cooley Discuss Georgian Strategy Towards Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Monday, 22 February 2010

Kosovo and the Neighborhood: Two Years After Independence
Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Lyudmila Alekseeva Challenges the Authorities on Challenges to Human Rights in Russia
Monday, 08 February 2010

Macedonia and EU Integration: Deputy Prime Minister Vasko Naumovski
Friday, 05 February 2010

Romania Twenty Years After History Changed its Course
Thursday, 28 January 2010

Karinna Moskalenko: The Rule of Law and Human Rights in Russia
Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Anna Kirey: LGBT Rights Advocacy in Central Asia
Wednesday, 02 December 2009

The Orange Revolution: Five Years Since (Panels 2 and 3)
Friday, 20 November 2009

Overcoming Warlords and State Failure: Lessons from Post-Soviet Georgia
Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Brussels and the Western Balkans: Next Steps for the EU Integration Process
Thursday, 29 October 2009

David Engerman: Knowing the Cold War Enemy
Thursday, 22 October 2009

Kristina Touzenis: Trafficking in Persons - International Protection and Legal Framework
Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Ambassador Gábor Bródi: The Foreign Policy Priorities of Hungary
Monday, 19 October 2009

David Bakradze, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia: Recent Developments in Georgia
Friday, 16 October 2009

Douglas Smith, "Former People: The Destruction of the Russian Nobility in the 20th Century"
Thursday, 08 October 2009

In Memory of Natasha Estemirova: A Panel Discussion
Wednesday, 07 October 2009

Sophia Sebastian, "Beyond Dayton in Bosnia: Challenges of International Withdrawal"
Tuesday, 06 October 2009

Ian C. Kelly Department Spokesman, U.S. State Department: An Overview of U.S.-Russia Relations
Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian: Armenian Foreign Policy: Challenges in the Region of the Caucasus
Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Sergei Guriev: Political Economy of (Non-) Diversification in Russia and Other Resource-Rich Transition Economies
Thursday, 24 September 2009

Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov: The Foreign Policy of Azerbaijan: Affecting Factors and Priorities
Tuesday, 22 September 2009

President of Serbia Boris Tadić: Opportunity Amidst Crisis: Consolidating the European Future of the Western Balkans
Tuesday, 22 September 2009

Forecasting the Obama-Medvedev Summit: Will it Reset US-Russian Relations?
Monday, 06 July 2009

Emin Milli: Dynasty and Democracy in Azerbaijan: The Referendum Abolishing Presidential Term Limits
Wednesday, 15 April 2009

Misha Glenny: Unstoppable? Organised Crime and the Financial Crisis
Wednesday, 08 April 2009

Georgia's 'Uncertain Democracy' and the Future of US Democracy Assistance
Thursday, 26 March 2009

The Debate Over the US Military Base in Kyrgyzstan: Political Dynamics and Future Scenarios
Thursday, 19 February 2009

Ukraine and the Crisis in the Caucasus
Monday, 27 October 2008

Displacement in Georgia: Human Impact, Policy Implications, and Lessons Learned
Friday, 03 October 2008

Kosovo: From Occupation to Independence and Beyond
Wednesday, 01 October 2008