Report Launch: Russia Policy For The Trump Administration

Featuring:

Andrew Kuchins, Senior Fellow, Georgetown University

E. Wayne Merry, Senior Fellow for Europe and Eurasia, American Foreign Policy Council

Nikolai Zlobin, President, Center on Global Interests (moderator)

Donald Trump arrives in the White House with U.S.-Russia relations at the lowest point since the Cold War. Disagreements over Ukraine, Syria, and the future of European security, not to mention the recent cessation of nuclear cooperation agreements and Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election, have pushed ties to the brink of open conflict. Should the Trump administration maintain the current policy of isolation and pressure through sanctions, attempt a new reset on new terms, or try something different altogether?

CGI invites you to the launch of its latest report, 'Elevation and Calibration: Russia Policy for the Next Administration," authored by Andrew Kuchins. The report is informed by more than 40 interviews with top U.S. and Russian experts and policymakers.

Copies of the publication will be distributed at the event at no cost.

Q&A and wine recpetion will follow the discussion. This event is on the record.

About the Speakers:

Andrew Kuchins is Senior Fellow and research professor at the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) at Georgetown University and senior associate (non-resident) of the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Russia and Eurasia Program. He formerly served as director of the Carnegie Moscow Center and held senior positions at the MacArthur Foundation, Stanford Universtiy and the Universtiy of California-Berkeley.

E. Wayne Merry is Senior Fellow for Europe and Eurasia at the American Foreign Policy Council. He was formerly the diplomat in charge of political analysis on the breakup of the Soviet Union and the early years of post-Soviet Russia at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

Nikolai Zlobin is the founder and President of the Center on Global Interests. A prominent historian and political observer, Zlobin has advised the governments in both Moscow and Washington and is a permanent member of the Valdai International Discussion Club.