Event Summary
Amid a growing global recession and financial and energy challenges, a new U.S.-Russia relationship offers promise for new models of cooperation aimed at long-term solutions. On March 23, Brookings hosted a panel of Russian and American experts to discuss international cooperation on energy security, the financial architecture, and other key challenges.
Event Information
When
Monday, March 23, 2009
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Where
Saul/Zilkha Rooms
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
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Andrey Vavilov, chairman of the Institute for Financial Studies in Russia, member of the Russian Federation Council and former first deputy minister of finance of Russia, provided keynote remarks. A discussion led by Russian Federation Council members Lyudmila Narusova and Valentin Zavadnikov, together with Clifford Gaddy and Barry Ickes of Brookings, followed. Brookings President Strobe Talbott gave introductory remarks, and NYU Professor Jonathan Eaton provided closing remarks.
Also at the event, Barry Ickes introduced a joint Russian-American research and policy initiative being conducted under the auspices of the Center for Research on International Financial and Energy Security (CRIFES), based at Pennsylvania State University.
Participants
Introduction
President, The Brookings Institution
Featured Participants
Lyudmila Narusova
Chair, Commission for Information Policy of the Russian Federation Council
Andrey Vavilov
Chairman, Institute for Financial Studies, Russia
Member, Committee on Budget Issues of the Russian Federation Council
Valentin Zavadnikov
Chair, Committee for Industrial Policy of the Russian Federation Council
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development
Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University
Closing Remarks
Jonathan Eaton
Professor of Economics and Director of the C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University