Інстытут палітычных даследаванняў "Палiтычная сфера"
THE FIRST WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ON BELARUS
Revising Relations: Legacies and Outlooks for U.S.-Belarus Ties, April 4, 2017
Headquarters of the German Marshall Fund of the United States 1744 R Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20009
Belarusian Institute of America (USA), the German Marshall Fund of the United States (USA), Institute of Political Studies “Political Sphere” (Belarus, Lithuania)
PROGRAM*
(Due to recent developments in Belarus the program was changed)
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Arrivals and Registration
9:30 a.m. – 9.35 a.m. Introductory remarks
Andrei Asadchy, Executive Director, Belarusian Institute of America
Joerg Forbrig, Director, Fund for Belarus Democracy, and Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
9:35 a.m. – 11.15 a.m. Panel I: Legacies and outlooks: Missed opportunities, key challenges, mutual interests and differences in U.S.-Belarus relations.
Moderator: Jonathan D. Katz, Resident Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Andrei Kazakevich, Research Director, Belarusian Institute of America; Director, Institute “Political Sphere” (Belarus)
Kenneth Yalowitz, former U.S. Ambassador to Belarus in 1994-1997
David Kramer, Senior Director for Human Rights and Human Freedoms, McCain Institute
Scott Rauland, Senior Advisor, U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Coffee break
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Panel II: Recent developments in Belarus and their impact on ties with the United States.
Moderator: Sofya Orlosky, Program Manager, Eurasia, Freedom House
Joerg Forbrig, Director, Fund for Belarus Democracy, and Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
David Marples, President, North American Association for Belarusian Studies
Valery Kavaleuski, Senior Analyst, Belarusian Institute of America
Francisak Viacorka, Editor of New Media, Belarus Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
To RSVP please contact Sophie Arts at +1 202 683 2603 or [email protected]
Belarusian Institute of America
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
