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SECURITY AND STABILITY IN CENTRAL ASIA:
Differing Interests and Perspectives
When: Jan. 10, 2006

Location:
New York

Co-sponsor:
The National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP)

This event is by invitation only.

Overview:
The historical heart of trade between East and West, Central Asia is once again emerging as the crossroad of Eurasia. Today, Central Asia stands at the nexus of cultural, religious, economic and political philosophies. Everything to everyone, Central Asian nations find themselves at the forefront of the world's most pressing issues. From secularism and fundamentalism, pipelines and energy access, democracy and terrorism, powers from around the global are courting the region. This conference seeks to understand the complexities and nuance of this vital region addressing both questions of internal stability and development and perspectives from external competitors.

 SECURITY AND STABILITY IN CENTRAL ASIA: Differing Interests and Perspectives
Agenda
Tuesday, Jan. 10
8:15-8:45 a.m.
   Continental Breakfast
Introduction to Morning Session
8:45-9:00 a.m.
   Welcoming Remarks
  • Dr. George D. Schwab, Ph. D.,
  • President, NCAFP
  • Prof. Michael Rywkin, Central Asia Project
  • Director, NCAFP
Morning Session
In Search of Internal Stability and Development
Moderator: Professor Michael Rywkin
9:00-10:30 a.m.
   Presentations:
  • Opening the New "Silk Road" (pipelines, roads, railroads, etc.) - Professor Peter J. Sinnott, Director Caspian Sea Project, Columbia University
  • What happens after the current post-independence phase: succession problems, balance and speed of economic and political reforms, etc. - Professor Steven Sabol, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • Facing Militant Islamic Fundamentalism - Zeyno Baran, Director, International Security and Energy Programs, The Nixon Center
  • Democratization at Variable Speeds - H.E. Zamira Sadykova, Ambassador to the United States from the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
10:30-10:45 a.m.
   Break
10:45-12:00 p.m.
   Discussion among Presenters and Attendees
12:00-2:00 p.m.
   Luncheon Speakers:
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza
  • Representative from the Republic of Kazakhstan - Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Kassymzhomart Tokaev or Counselor to the President Karim Massimov
Afternoon Session
Geo-political Perspectives from Competing Points of View
Moderator: Professor Michael Rywkin
9:00-10:30 a.m.
   Presentations:
  • Central Asian Perspective - Murat Laumulin, Deputy Director, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies
  • Russian Perspective - Professor Vitaly Naumkin, President International Center for Strategic and Political Studies and Head of Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Chinese Perspective - Professor Elizabeth Wishnick, Professor Barnard College at Columbia University and Montclair State College
  • Muslim Countries Perspective - Zeyno Baran, Director, International Security and Energy Programs, The Nixon Center
  • U. S. Perspective - Professor Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
3:45-4:00 p.m.
   Break
4:00-5:15 p.m.
   Discussion among Presenters and Attendees
5:15 p.m.
   Adjournment