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Moscow School of Political Studies Council of Europe ORGANISED AND SUPPORTED BY: MOSCOW SCHOOL OF POLITICAL STUDIES COUNCIL OF EUROPE OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT PROGRAM (HESP) CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION ROLF GROUP OF COMPANIES CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW-YORK GOVERNMENT OF FINLAND PIPE AND METALLURGICAL COMPANY (TMK) SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY (SIDA) U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION INFORMATION CENTER OF MSPS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FOR CIVIL EDUCATION The Moscow School of Political Studies was established in 1992 as a non-governmental organisation with its mission to promote development of democratic institution and civil society in Russia Sunday, June 5th 9.30 – 10.00 Opening ceremony: Elena Nemirovskaya, Founder, Moscow School of Political Studies Larisa Mishustina, Senior Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation 10.00 – 11.30 Session: Law and politics Representation: problems and changes in modern democratic societies Vladimir Pligin (Russia) 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee-break 12.00 – 13.30 Session: Mass Media and society Power, impotence and irresponsibility: the dilemmas of the modern media Quentin Peel (United Kingdom) 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 16.00 Session: The West and the Russian Federation XXIst century: the era of individual freedom James Elles (European Parliament) 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee-break 16.30 – 18.00 Session: History and society Trust: money, markets and society – from historical point of view Geoffrey Hosking (United Kingdom) 18.00 – 18.30 Coffee-break 18.30 – 20.00 Session: Society and culture History of Russia. 20th century. 20 years after the fall of the USSR Andrey Zubov (Russia) 20.00 – 21.00 Dinner 21.00 – 22.30 Project “Civic life”: Civil Society – Civic Nation Alexander Sogomonov (Russia) 2 Monday, June 6th 10.00 – 11.30 Session: Politics and economy How emerging markets are changing the shape of world industry? Sir Geoffrey Owen (United Kingdom) 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee-break 12.00 – 13.30 Session: Economy and politics How does industrial renaissance influence the centers of power in the world politics? Vladislav Inozemtsev (Russia) 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 16.00 Session: Politics and culture Between Multilateralism and Multiculturalism – living together in the XXIst century Sonja Licht (Serbia) 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee-break 16.30 – 18.00 Session: Politics and culture Civic culture and administration in Russia: regional dimension Michael Savva (Russia) 18.00 – 18.30 Coffee-break 18.30 – 20.00 Session: Politics and culture Institutional traps of Russian capitalism Kirill Rogov (Russia) 20.00 – 21.00 Dinner 21.00 – 22.30 Project “Civic life”: To be a Citizen in democracy Alexander Sogomonov (Russia) 3 Tuesday, June 7th 9.30 – 11.00 Session: Politics Local politics in Finland and the European Union Matti Anttonen (Finland) 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee-break 11.30 – 13.30 Session: Politics and culture Urban politics and local democracy Robert Herrmann (France) 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 16.00 Session: Law and politics Perspectives for Russian modernization: factors and chances Alexander Auzan (Russia) 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee-break 16.30 – 18.00 Session: Army, the state and civil society Army in modern society: security and civic control Alexander Sharavin (Russia) 18.00 – 18.30 Coffee-break 18.30 – 20.30 Session: Dialogue Alexander Voloshin (Russia) 20.30 – 21.30 Dinner 21.30 – 23.00 Project “Civic life”: Citizen in public policy Alexander Sogomonov (Russia) 4 Wednesday, June 8th 10.00 – 11.30 Session: Society and politics Russian public opinion on current political changes Lev Gudkov (Russia) 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee-break 12.00 – 13.30 Session: Economy and society Economic growth and its social preconditions Michael Sohlman (Sweden) 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 16.00 Session: Economy Economic crisis? Which crisis? William Keegan (United Kingdom) 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee-break 16.30 – 18.00 Session: Politics and culture European Union and United Kingdom, from national to multinational Baroness Shirley Williams (United Kingdom) 18.00 – 18.30 Coffee-break 18.30 – 20.00 Session: Politics Is there any threat of political crisis in Russia? Vladimir Ryzhkov (Russia) 20.00 – 21.00 Dinner 21.00 – 22.30 Project “Civic life”: Statesman in democracy Alexander Sogomonov (Russia) 5 Thursday, June 9th 10.00 – 11.30 Session: Economy and politics State regulation of national business Michael Susov (Russia) 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee-break 12.00 – 13.30 Session: International relations Writing the international relations history after the Wikileaks Thomas Gomart (France) 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 16.00 Session: Economy and the state Norwegian state ownership in the globalized economy Knut Hauge (Norway) 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee-break 16.30 – 18.00 Session: Politics and economy Modernization from above versus from below: technologies or institutes Evgeny Yassin (Russia) 18.00 – 18.30 Coffee-break 18.30 – 20.00 Session: Culture and society The lost movie by Sergei Eisenstein “Bezhin lug” Naum Kleiman (Russia) 20.00 – 21.00 Dinner 21.00 – 22.30 Project “Civic life”: Civic education in the school Alexander Sogomonov (Russia) 6 Friday, June 10th 10.00 – 11.30 Session: Economy Western economies after the crisis Ross Walker (United Kingdom) 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee-break 12.00 – 13.30 Session: International relations Russian foreign policy and the question of Power Fedor Lukianov (Russia) 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 16.00 Session: Politics Russian region in the modern politics Nikita Belykh (Russia) 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee-break 16.30 – 18.00 Session: Politics and culture The global crisis of simulative democracy and its Russian peculiarities Emil Pain (Russia) 18.00 – 18.30 Coffee-break 18.30 – 20.00 Session: Politics and culture Geography, culture or institutions: why do nations prosper? Maxim Trudolubov (Russia) 20.00 – 21.00 Dinner 21.00 – 22.30 Project “Civic life”: Citizenship and elections Alexander Sogomonov (Russia) 7 Saturday, June 11th 9.30 – 11.00 Session: Politics and culture Nostalgic modernization: Past as a historical horizon Ilya Kalinin (Russia) 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee-break 11.30 – 12.30 Performance: Extracts from “The Letters” of Peter Tchaadaev Raphael Kleiner (Russia) 12.30 – 13.00 Coffee-break 13.00 – 14.30 Session: Politics and society How new technologies will change the society Arkady Dvorkovich (Russia) 14.30 – 15.30 Lunch 15.30 – 17.00 Session: Politics Modern Russia: postsoviet capitalism in the new global context Andrey Ryabov (Russia) 17.00 – 17.30 Coffee-break 17.30 – 19.00 Session: Politics and civic culture Civic education today Alexander Sogomonov (Russia) Yuri Senokossov (Russia) Evgeny Barabanov (Russia) 19.00 – 20.00 Closing ceremony: Elena Nemirovskaya, Founder, Moscow School of Political Studies Igor Knyazev, Director for development, Moscow School of Political Studies Alexander Shmelev, Internet Projects Supervisor, Moscow School of Political Studies 20.30 Closing dinner 8 EXPERTS ANTTONEN, Matti Ambassador of Finland to the Russian (Finland) Federation AUZAN, Alexander President of the Institute of national project (Russia) “Social Contract” BARABANOV, Evgeny Art critic, philosopher, culturologist, (Russia) Doctor of Theology of the Tübingen Catholic University, an expert in contemporary art BELYKH, Nikita Governor of the Kirov region (Russia) DVORKOVICH, Arkady Assistant to the President of the Russian (Russia) Federation ELLIS, James MEP, European Parliament; Founder (European Parliament) of the Transatlantic Policy Network GOMART, Thomas Director of the Russian/NIS Center at (France) IFRI, The French Institute of International Relations GUDKOV, Lev Director, «Levada-centre» (Russia) HAMPSON, Keith Consultant, «Democracy (United Kingdom) International» Ltd. MP United Kingdom Parliament (1974 to 1997) HAUGE, Knut Ambassador Extraordinary and (Norway) Plenipotentiary of Norway in Russian Federation HERRMANN, Robert First Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg (France) 9 HOSKING, Geoffrey Professor of Russian History, School (United Kingdom) of Slavonic and East European Studies – University College London INOZEMTSEV, Vladislav Professor of Economics Director, Centre (Russia) for Post-Industrial Studies (Moscow), Publisher and Editor, “Svobodnaya Mysl’” monthly KALININ, Ilya Editor in chief, « Neprikosnovennyi zapas: (Russia) debates on politics and culture» magazine Saint-Petersburg State University and European Institute in Saint-Petersbourg KEEGAN, William Senior economics commentator, (United Kingdom) “The Guardian”, “Observer” KLEIMAN, Naum Manager of the Moscow State Central (Russia) Cinema Museum, Eisenstein-Centre director, actor and filmmaker KLEINER, Raphael Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (Russia) KNYAZEV, Igor Director for the development, Moscow (Russia) School of Political Studies LICHT, Sonja Founder and President, Belgrade Fund (Serbia) for Political Excellence LUKIANOV, Fedor Chief-editor of the «Russia in Global World» (Russia) magazine MISHUSTINA, Larisa Senior Assistant to the President (Russia) of the Russian Federation NEMIROVSKAYA, Elena Founder, Moscow School of Political (Russia) Studies 10 Sir Geoffrey OWEN Senior Fellow at the Institute (United Kingdom) of Management, London School of Economics PAIN, Emil Director of the Center of Ethnopolitical (Russia) Studies in Moscow Professor of the State University Higher School of Economics PEEL, Quentin International editor, “The Financial Times” (United Kingdom) PLIGIN, Vladimir Chairman, State Duma Committee (Russia) on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction State Duma Deputy
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