The Eurasia Peace Studies Exchange Network
Summer School
“Searching for paths to peace in post-Soviet Eurasian space”
Odessa I. Mechnikov National University
Frantsuzskyboulevard, 24/26, room 307
Wednesday, June 13
10:00 – 10:45 Ethnic Identity, Nation building and Democratization in Kyrgyzstan
CholponChotaeva (American University of Central Asia)
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 Trust your neighbor, but…: what data tells us about trust in the South Caucasus
Archil Abashidze(Ilia State University)
11:45 – 12:45 The Black Sea region: security challenges
Sergii Glebov, Volodymyr Dubovyk (Odessa Mechnikov University)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 EU as conflict manager at the Eastern Partnership area
Iryna Maksymenko (Odessa Mechnikov University)
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 PhD students present about their current research
Welcome to Odessa dinner (time and location TBC)
Thursday, June 14
Trip outside of Odessa (Akkerman fortress and Shabo wine distillery)
Friday, June 15
10:00 – 11:00 The role of OSCE (session 1)
Cornelius Nolen, Marinka Franulovic (OSCE SMM)
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:00 The role of OSCE (session 2)
Elena Kropatcheva (University of Hamburg)
12:00 – 12:45 Peace-keeping: problems and prospects
Hanna Shelest (“UA: Ukraine Analytika”)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Ukraine-Russia
Olga Brusilovska, Volodymyr Dubovyk (Odessa Mechnikov University)
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:00 Understanding Russia’s Post-Soviet Foreign Policy: Change or Continuity?
G. Gvalia(Ilia State University)
16:00 PhD students present about their current research
Group dinner (time and location TBC)
Saturday, June 16
10:00 – 10:45 The mediation efforts
Natalia Krestovska (Odessa International Humanitarian University)
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 The role of NGOs: “Renaissance foundation”
Yevhen Popov (head of regional office, “The Renaissance foundation”)
11:45 – 12:30 Back to the Future – Arms Control, Military Transparency and the Forgotten Treasures of Security Politics
B. Schaller (University of Tromso)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 PhD students present about their current research
Walk through the central part of Odessa
Farewell dinner (time and location TBC)
