22.10.2008
International Conference
40 Years after Andrei Sakharov's Reflections on Progress,
Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom:
Russia Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Friday, October 24 - Saturday, October 25, 2008
Andrei Sakharov always called for constructive dialogue, cooperation,
and convergence between Russia and the West. Despite the recent
conflicts in Russia-West relations, the factors promoting better
relations outweigh the negatives. Russia is a source for oil,
minerals, timber and commodities needed by the West and developing
nations. Russia needs the West as a customer and as a source of
technology and consumer goods. Putin and Medvedev both speak of Russia
as a European country, and Russia is a member of the Council of
Europe, OSCE, the G8, and other multilateral and bilateral
institutions.
The Conference's six panels will discuss reactions to the Sakharov's
essays Reflections on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual
Freedom (1968), The Inevitability of Perestroika (1988), and the
continued relevance of his humanist vision; they will also address
the nuclear issues he was concerned with, and improving relations
between Russia and the West.
Made possible by the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, this conference is a
step to encourage and initiate constructive dialogue when the
administrations of both countries are in the process of change.
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, 2008
8:00 8:45 am Registration and Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 am - Welcome and Opening Remarks
Timothy J. Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government
and Russian Studies; Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian
Studies, Harvard University
9:00 10:30 am Panel 1: Andrei Sakharov's 1968 essay on Progress,
Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom: Reactions and
Consequences
Chairman: Timothy Colton Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of
Government and Russian Studies; Director, Davis Center for Russian and
Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Richard Wilson, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, emeritus, Harvard
University
- Delayed Reaction of Western Scientists, and the Consequences
Pavel Litvinov, Soviet human rights activist; physics and mathematics
teacher (Emeritus), Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY
- Reaction of Soviet Society and Intelligentia to Sakharov's Essay
Yuri Orlov, Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Elementary Particle
Physics, Cornell University
- The Political Ideas of Soviet Scientists in the 1950s and 60s and
their Reaction to Sakharov's Essay
Peter Reddaway, Professor of Political Science and International
Affairs (Emeritus), George Washington University
- The Reaction of the Soviet Authorities to Sakharov's Coming Out as
a Dissident
10:30 11:00 am Morning Break
11:00 am 12:30 pm Panel 2: Andrei Sakharov's 1988 essay The
Inevitability of Perestroika:
The End of the Soviet Union and the Rise of Russia
Chairman: Richard Wilson, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics,
emeritus, Harvard University
Ambassador William G. Miller, Senior Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars
- Soviet-American Relations 1985-1993 with Emphasis on Sakharov's
Influence
Marietta Chudakova, Professor, Gorky Literary Institute, Moscow,
Russia
- The Intelligentsia's Reaction to Perestroika and its Aftermath
Alexei Pankin, columnist, Novosti News Agency, Moscow, Russia
- The Russian Media during Perestroika and its Situation Now
12:30 2:00 pm Lunch Remarks by Elena Bonner, widow of Andrei Sakharov,
chair, the Andrei Sakharov Foundation
2:00 3:30 pm Panel 3: Sakharov the Physicist
Chairman: David Holloway, Raymond A. Spruance Professor of
International History, Stanford University
- History of Sakharov's Work
Bruno Coppi, Professor of Physics, Physics of High Energy Plasma
project, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- The Sakharov-Tamm Paper on the Tokamak and the Quest for Ignition
by Nuclear Fusion
Yuri Orlov, Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Elementary Particle
Physics, Cornell University
- Sakharov's Explanation of the Asymmetric Universe and the Search
for Neutron Electric Dipole Moment
Rainer Weiss, Professor of Physics (Emeritus), Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
- Sakharov's Ideas about the Anisotropy of the Cosmic Background
Radiation
3:30 4:00 pm Afternoon Break
4:00 5:15 pm Documentary Film "My Husband Andrei Sakharov"
5:15 - 6:00 pm Reception
6:00 7:30 pm Panel 4: Andrei Sakharov: Nuclear Legacy
Chairman: Paul M. Doty, Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry
(Emeritus), Harvard University
Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor and Principal Investigator, Project
on Managing the Atom, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
- Requirements for a Safe, Secure, and Peaceful Nuclear Energy
Revival
Frantiшek Janouch, Professor of Nuclear Physics, Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm;
Chairman, Charter 77 Foundation, Prague
- Nuclear Power in Eastern Europe
Evgeny Miasnikov, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Arms Control,
Energy, and Environmental Studies, Moscow Institute of Physics and
Technology
- Nuclear Weapon Reduction Achievements
Pavel Podvig, Research Associate, Center for International Security
and Cooperation,
Stanford University
- Sakharov's discussion of anti ballistic missile systems
7:30 9:30 pm Dinner
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008
9:00 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 11:00 am Panel 5: Russia Today and Tomorrow
Chair: Marshall I. Goldman, Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of
Russian Economics (Emeritus), Wellesley College; Senior Scholar, Davis
Center, Harvard University
- The Russian Economy Today and Tomorrow
Anton Burkov, Kapitza Scholar, University of Cambridge, Staff
Attorney, the Urals Centre for Constitutional and International Human
Rights Protection
- The Attitudes and Roles of Russians under 35 - Human Rights and
Rule of Law Issues Today and Tomorrow
Andrei Illarionov, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and
Prosperity, Cato Institute
- The Attitudes and Role of the Russian Liberal Intelligentsia Today
and Tomorrow
Thomas F. Remington, Professor of Political Science, Emory University;
Visiting Scholar, Davis Center, Harvard University
- Russian Politics Today and Tomorrow
11:00 11:30 am Morning Break
11:30 am 1:00 pm Panel 6: Russia and the West: Improving Relations
Chairman: Ambassador Jack F. Matlock, Research Fellow, Institute for
Advanced Studies, Princeton, NJ
- Problem Issues in Russian-Western Relations Since 1993
Ambassador William G. Miller, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson
International Center, Washington, DC
- Possible Solutions to Problem Issues in Russian-Western Relations
Vladimir Pechatnov, Chairman, American and European Studies
Department, Moscow State Institute of International Relations,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
- Russian Views on Russian-Western Relations
Aleksandr Lebedev, President, Techsnabeksport, Moscow, Russia
- Recent History and Future of Russian-Western Business Relations
1:00 2:30 pm Lunch Remarks by Tatiana Yankelevich, Director, Sakharov
Program on Human Rights, Davis Center, Harvard University
2:30 4:00 pm Round Table: Sakharov's Legacy Today
Nicholas Daniloff, Professor of Journalism, Northeastern University
Loren R. Graham, Professor of the History of Science, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (Emeritus)
Mark N. Kramer, Director, Cold War Studies Project, Harvard University
Joshua Rubenstein, Northeastern Regional Director, Amnesty
International USA
4:00 pm Closing Remarks
Ambassador William G. Miller
For further information please contact [1]daviscenter@fas.harvard.edu
Ссылки
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