How will the Russia-Ukraine war end and how will it affect Europe and the South Caucasus? What role will NATO and the EU, potential new alliances and security guarantees play in the future European Security Architecture? How will Russia's status and conflict resolution in general in the Post-Soviet Space change? Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised new questions and given new urgency to other ones. For the conference “After the War in Ukraine: Prospects and Implications for Europe and South Caucasus”, the University of Georgia's Security Platform has invited international experts to discuss these questions and find answers. PRIF's Stefan Kroll will participate by facilitating “Session Two: Working Grups Discussion. Working Group One - European Security Architecture” and attending in “Session Three: Panel discussion - Major Findings and Conclusions”.
When: June 9th 2023, 9:30 am - 16:10 pm
Where: Pullman Tbilisi Axis Towers, 37M Chavchavadze Ave, Tbilisi 0179 Georgia
9:30-10:00 am: Participants/guests registration welcoming coffee
10:00-10:10 am: Welcoming Remarks - Konstantine Topuria - Rector of the University of Georgia
10:10-10:20 am: Key-note speaker - Volodymyr Ogrysko (online) CEO of the Centre for Russian Studies, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2007-2009)
10:20-11:50 am: Session One: Panel Discussion - Options of Military Outcome and Respective Politcal-Economic Consequences
Where: Ballroom 3
Moderator:
- Inna Dubinsky, Business Development and Training Project Manager, the U.S. Agency for Global Media
Speakers:
- Margarita Asenova, Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation
- Dr. Thornike Gordadze, Professor at Paris Institute of Political Studies and Associate Fellow at Jacques Delors Foundation
- Andrei Kolesnikov, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Dr. Yevgeniya Gaber (online), Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Turkey and the Center in Modern Turkish Studies, Carleton University
11:50-12:10 pm: Coffee break
12:10-1:40 pm Session Two: Working Groups Discussion
Working Group One - European Security Architecture
Where: Ballroom 1
Participants:
- Rimvydas Baltaduonis, Associate Professor at Gettysburg College Economics, International & Global Studies Co-Director, Gettysbrug Lab for Experimental Economics
- Revan Topuria, University of Georgia, UGSP Senior Fellow
- Megi Benia, Directorate-General of Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration, MFA
Facilitator: Stefan Kroll, Head of Science Communication and Senior Researcher at PRIF
Working Group Two - Russia and Post-Soviet Space
Where: Ballroom 2
Participants:
- Dalia Bankauskaite, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Partnership Associate Professor at Vilnius University
- Dr. John Kennedy, Research Leader in the Defence and Security Group at RAND Europe
- Konstantine Ioseliani, The University of Georgia, UGSP Senior Fellow
- Gia Japaridze, Professor, The University of Georgia, Chavchavadze Center Senior Fellow
Facilitator: Nikoloz Vashakidze, Professor at the Caucasus University, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
Working Group Three - Conflict Resolution in Post-Soviet Sace
Where: Meeting room 4
Participants:
- Dr. Roland B. Wilson, Founder and Director, Peace and Conflict Studies Center Asia (PACSC Asia), Professor and Program Coordinator, Conflict Analysis and Resolution Program, George Mason University Korea
- Dr. Malkhaz Saldadze, Associate Professor at Ilia State University
- Nino Gozalishvili, Head of the Nationalism and Ethnicity Studies Center at the University of Georgia
Facilitator: Nino Kukhianidze, Peace Studies Researcher, Lecturer and Practitioner
1:40-2:40 pm: Lunch
Session Three: Panel discussion - Major Findings and Conclusions
When: 2:40-4:10 pm
Where: Ballroom 3
Paticipants:
- Stefan Kroll, Head of Science Communication and Senior Researcher at PRIF
- Nikoloz Vashakidze, Professor at Caucasus University, Former Deputy of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
- Nino Kukhianidze, Peace Studies Researcher, Lecturer and Practicioner
- Robert Hamilton, Research Professor of Eurasian Studies Strategic Studies Institute US Army War College
Moderator: Shalva Dzebisashvili, Head of the International Relations and Political Science Programs at the University of Georgia
4:10-6 pm: Standing Dinner
For further information and registration, see the UGSP website.