U.S.-Russia Relations: Pushing the “Reset” Button

HOUSTON, TX—March 18, 2009  Angela Stent and Eugene Rumer will offer recommendations on foreign policy and security issues in evolving U.S.- Russian relations at a World Affairs Council dinner on Wednesday, March 18.

Eugene Rumer and Angela Stent serve on the steering committee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences U.S. Policy toward Russia initiative.  Because Russia is such a large exporter of fossil fuels, understanding how U.S.-Russian relations are changing is important to cities like Houston that thrive on the energy industry. 

Eugene Rumer is a senior fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the National Defense University. He has also worked for the U.S. Department of State, the staff of the National Security Council, and the Rand Corporation. He has written extensively on Russia and other former Soviet states.

Angela Stent is the director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She has served in the U.S. Department of State, at the National Intelligence Council, and was a Fulbright scholar at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Her publications on Russia include Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification, The Soviet Collapse and the New Europe, and Restoration and Revolution in Putin’s Foreign Policy.

Media Contact: Kirsten Davis, media@wachouston.org  (713) 522-7811
Event Details: Wednesday, March 18^th Westin Oaks Hotel, The Roof
Presentation: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., Open to the Public. Members $40 Non-Members $50

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