The question, "Where Is Russia headed?" has become
a central preoccupation on the world stage. Is Russian democracy at bay? Is a
new Cold War beginning? This forum brings together world-class U.S. scholars,
journalists, diplomats, and Russian leaders to discuss these issues frankly.
Participants:
Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial
Times
Erik
Berglöf, Chief Economist and Special Adviser to the President, European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Padma
Desai, Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Comparative Economic
Systems, Columbia
University
Yegor Gaidar,
Director, Institute for the Economy in Transition and former Prime
Minister of Russia
Jack
F. Matlock Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Adjunct
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
