UCI’s Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, and International Studies Program present

“International Implications of Conflicts in the Caucasus”
with Sergey Markedonov, Visiting Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

Markedonov has worked as head of the Interethnic Relations Group and deputy director at the Institute for Political and Military Analysis in Moscow, and has held teaching positions at the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow State University and Diplomatic Academy. In his presentation, Markedonov will talk about the Caucasus as a focal point in Eurasian, European and Transatlantic Security.  He will discuss Russian, U.S. and European strategies regarding the de facto states of Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and about recent Middle East events and their impact on Caucasus security.

For more information, please contact Paula Garb, pgarb@uci.edu or 949-824-1227.