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Conferences and Workshops

Below is a list of the conferences and workshops sponsored by the CSPCS. Following each conference's title is a short identification, a list of participants, and their respective topics of discussion.

Participants

Professor Vladimir Tismaneanu (Government and Politics, University of Maryland and Editor, East European Politics and Societies

Professor Sorin Antohi (Academic Vice-Rector, Central European University, Budapest )

Professor G. M. Tamas (University of Budapest)

Mr. William McPherson (independent writer and scholar)

Chair, Professor Karen Dawisha (Government and Politics, University of Maryland)

Participants

Professor Vladimir Tismaneanu (Government and Politics, University of Maryland and Editor, East European Politics and Societies

Professor Sorin Antohi (Academic Vice-Rector, Central European University, Budapest )

Professor G. M. Tamas (University of Budapest)

Participants:

Darya Pushkina (GVPT, University of Maryland): International and Domestic Dimensions of Civil Management: The Role of the United Nations.

Steven Deets (GVPT, University of Maryland): Nationalism, Democracy, and the Politics of the Minority Rights in Europe: Methodological and Theoretical Considerations.

Trevor Wysong (GVPT, University of Maryland): The Changing Nature of Interactions Between NGOs and the State of Romania.

Ivanka Nedeva Atanassova (Fulbright Fellow): Kosovo: The Dimensions of Conflict.

Marion Recktenwald (GVPT, University of Maryland): The Communist Party: A Means of Voluntary Reunification? Case of the Ukraine.

Moderator: Vladimir Tismaneanu (CSPCS, University of Maryland)

Anne Pitsch (University of Maryland): "African Development and Its Effects on Policy Decision-Making: The Issue of Human Rights."

PANEL II (11:00 am - 12:00 noon):

Discussant:
Beata Czajkowska, CSPCS, University of Maryland

Papers by:
Bjorn Badersten (George Washington University): "The Informal Institutions of Democracy and the Market. Toward a New Understanding of Post-Communist Transformation."

Noemi Marin (University of Maryland): "The Intellectual of Central and Eastern Europe: A New Rhetorical Persona."

PANEL III (1:00 - 3:00 pm):

Discussants:
Dr. Karen Dawisha, CSPCS, University of Maryland and Dr. Karol Soltan, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland

Papers by:
Angieszka Paczynska (University of Virginia): "Institution Legacies and Policy Choice: Public Sector Reform in Poland and the Czech Republic."

Griff Hathaway (Towson State University): "Presidentialism and Transition in Comparative Perspective."

Betty Brown (University of Maryland): "Agrarian Reform and Its Effects on the Russian Populace."

Moderators:Karen Dawisha and Vladimir Tismaneanu

1. Security/Military

   Michael Lebrun: "The Offense-Defense Balance Created by Military Technology and the Onset of War."

   Steve Guenther: "The Nature of Security Services in Democracies."

   Kevin Kavanaugh: "Traditions of Intelligence Collection and Analysis in Russia."

2. Institutions

   Stacy VanDeveer: "Regionalizing Environmental Policy in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania."

   Mark Walker: "‘Vox Caesaris? Vox Populi!' Why and When Referendums are Called in Russia and Their Effects."

3. Political Change

   Trevor Wysong: "From Presidentialism to Parliamentarism? Towards a Third Stage in Romania's Transition."

   Beata Czajkowska: "The New Left in Power: Anomaly or Expected Reality. A Case of Poland."

4. Economy

   Sean McCluskie: "The Political Economy of Privatization in Eastern Europe: The Cases of the Czech Republic and Poland."

   Agnieszka Paczynska: "The Politics of Privatization in Poland."