George H. W. Bush / Axel Springer Fellow Class of Fall 2008 Angela Stent Professor at the School of Foreign Service and Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University American Academy Project: Dueling Narratives: How the United States, Europe and Russia Interpret the Collapse of the USSR and the Rise of the Post-Soviet Era Biography Professor Angela Stent is an analyst par excellence of post-Soviet affairs with a keen intellectual temperament and the talent for addressing the key issues of the complex and often problematic relationship between Russia and the West. Currently the director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University, Professor Stent has held positions at the US Department of State’s Office of Political Planning, and at the National Intelligence Council. At the Academy, she will focus on a book project entitled “Dueling Narratives: How the United States, Europe and Russia Interpret the Collapse of the USSR and the Rise of Post-Soviet Era.” The project will analyze what the West has learned from its involvement during and after the USSR’s collapse, raise the question of why ties are no less strained than in 1991, and make cautious predictions for the future. Program Activity Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Politics Lisa and Heinrich Arnhold Lecture Russia and the West -- A Way Forward (II) Angela Stent Professor at the School of Foreign Service and Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University, Location: Festsaal, Rektorats-Villa der TU Dresden, Mommenstrasse 11, 01069 Dresden Registration: (0351) 476 900 or [email protected] .