The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, invites you to a Forum:

“Does the U.S. have a Caspian Policy?”


Featuring


Dr. Brenda Shaffer, School of Political Science and Department of Asian Studies, University of Haifa

Ambassador C. Boyden Gray, Gray & Schmitz LLP, Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union

Dr. Svante E. Cornell, Research Director, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program, editor of CACI Analyst

Alexandros Petersen, Associate Director, Eurasia Energy Center, Atlantic Council

Thursday, February 11, 2010
5-7 PM
Rome Auditorium, 1st Fl., The Rome Building
SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

Many factors combine to make the Caspian region of strategic importance to the West. However, in the past several years there have been mounting signs that America is disengaging from the region. From the vantage point of Tbilisi, Baku, Astana or Tashkent, and in fields as diverse as security cooperation to the regional economy, the U.S. currently appears ever less relevant. Which leads us to ask: is this the deliberate result of some new U.S. policy towards the region or of no policy at all?

The Forum opens with a reception and refreshments at 5 PM. The program will begin promptly at 5:30 PM and conclude at 7 PM. RSVP for this event is mandatory and will not be accepted after 10 AM on the day of the event. To register, please send an email with your name and affiliation to SAISCACIForums@jhu.edu<mailto:SAISCACIForums@jhu.edu> or call 202-663-7723.

The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is the primary institution in the United States for the study of the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Caspian Region. The Institute, affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, forms part of a Joint Center with the Silk Road Studies Program, affiliated with the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. Additional information about the Joint Center, as well as its several publications series, is available at www.silkroadstudies.org.