The 10th Anniversary Debates will take place on December 19, 2019. It will take place in the format of a discussion on three topics between Russian experts of the Russian International Affairs Council/Creative Diplomacy on one side and their American colleagues of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University on the other side. In total, there will be three pairs of participants, with everyone taking a yes/no position on each question.
The 10th Anniversary Debates will take place on December 19, 2019. It will take place in the format of a discussion on three topics between Russian experts of the Russian International Affairs Council/Creative Diplomacy on one side and their American colleagues of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University on the other side. In total, there will be three pairs of participants, with everyone taking a yes/no position on each question.
They will consider the following three questions:
1. Can economic sanctions really change the behavior of governments?
2. Are the United States, Russia, and China doomed for confrontation?
3. Do Russia and the United States currently face an ideological clash?
The participants will include:
1. Ivan Timofeev, Director of Programs at the Russian International Affairs Council (Russia) vs. Daniel Drezner, Professor of International Politics at The Fletcher School at Tufts University (United States)
2. Pavel Kanevsky, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Sociology at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia) vs. Sulmaan Khan, Associate Professor of International History and Chinese Foreign Relations at The Fletcher School at Tufts University (United States)
3. Alexey Naumov, journalist at Kommersant business daily newspaperand expert at the Russian International Affairs Council (Russia) vs. Chris Miller, Assistant Professor of International History at The Fletcher School at Tufts University (United States)