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The Ukrainian Research Institute and
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University


The Ukrainian–Russian Gas Crisis and Its Aftermath:
The Economic, Political, and International Ramifications


Sunday and Monday, February 5 and 6, 2006

Session 1: Economic Aspects of the Crisis: Players, Agendas, Outcomes.
February 5, 2006.

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Michael S. Flier
Director, Ukrainian Research Institute

Chair: Lubomyr Hajda
Associate Director, Ukrainian Research Institute
"Introductory Remarks: The Background to the Crisis"

"Player One at the Table: Ukraine"
Margarita M. Balmaceda
Associate Professor, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University; Associate, Ukrainian Research Institute and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

"Player Two at the Table: Russia"
Marshall Goldman
Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Russian Economics (Emeritus), Wellesley College
Associate Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
"Supporting Players: Central Asia and the Caucases"
Carol Saivetz
Research Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

"The Unexpected Guest: RosUkrEnergo"
Roman Kupchinsky
Coordinator of Corruption Studies, RFE/RL, Inc., Prague

Session 1: Economic Aspects of the Crisis: Players, Agendas, Outcomes.
February 5, 2006. (continued)

"The Ukrainian-Russian Gas Agreement: Analysis and Alternatives"
Ferdinand Pavel
Research Associate, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin
Member, German Advisory Group with the Ukrainian Government, Kyiv
Commentator
Serhiy Teriokhin
Former Minister of Economy of Ukraine
Rapporteur
Oleh Havrylyshyn
Deputy Director and Special Advisor, Office of Internal Audit, International Monetary Fun

Session 2: The Political Fallout in Ukraine. February 6, 2006.

Chair: Oxana Shevel (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Purdue University, University, and Eugene and Daymel Shklar Research Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute)

"Energy, Interest Groups, and Politics in Ukraine"
Margarita M. Balmaceda
Associate Professor, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University
Associate, Ukrainian Research Institute and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
"The Political Context of the Crisis: The Split in the Orange Coalition, Constitutional Reform, Parliamentary Election"
Gene Fishel
Acting Division Chief, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State

"The Governmental Crisis: Kto kogo, or Who Is Getting Whom?"
Taras Kuzio
Visiting Professor, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University

Commentator
Serhiy Teriokhin
former Minister of Economy of Ukraine

Rapporteur
Oleh Havrylyshyn
Deputy Director and Special Advisor, Office of Internal Audit, International Monetary Fund

Session 3: International Dimensions of the Gas Crisis. February 6, 2006.

Chair: Lubomyr Hajda (Associate Director, Ukrainian Research Institute)

"Ukrainian-Russian Relations: Beyond the Gas"
Paul D'Anieri
Associate Professor of Political Science, and Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas

"Europe and the Ukrainian-Russian Gas Crisis: Political Lessons"
John Gillingham
Professor of History, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Senior Visiting Scholar, Ukrainian Research Institute

"Europe and the Ukrainian-Russian Gas Crisis: Economic Lessons"
Ferdinand Pavel
Research Associate, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin
Member, German Advisory Group with the Ukrainian Government, Kyiv

"The Central Asian Factor"
Carol Saivetz
Research Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Session 3: International Dimensions of the Gas Crisis. February 6, 2006. (continued)

"The Central Asian Factor" (continued)
Carol Saivetz
Research Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
"The View from Washington"
Gene Fishel
Acting Division Chief, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State

Commentator
Serhiy Teriokhin
former Minister of Economy of Ukraine

Rapporteur
Oleh Havrylyshyn
Deputy Director and Special Advisor, Office of Internal Audit, International Monetary Fund

Concluding Remarks
Margarita M. Balmaceda
Associate Professor, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, and Associate, Ukrainian Research Institute and Davis Center
Timothy J. Colton
Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies


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