On Friday 28 April 2006 Ms Oksana Antonenko, IISS Senior Fellow (Russia and Eurasia), will give an Address on "Russia and the West: partners or rivals in Eurasia".
Tea and coffee will be served from 10:00. The Talk will begin at 10:30 with a Q & A session from 11:15. The discussion period will also cover political and security developments in Ukraine, following the parliamentary elections. The meeting will conclude at 12:00 noon.
This event will be exclusively for Corporate and Institutional Members of the IISS and a few Special Guests.
Ms Antonenko is a graduate of Moscow State University and the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. From 1990-1993, Ms Antonenko worked at the Moscow office of the Harvard Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project, which promoted Russian-US dialogue and provided assistance to Russian domestic reforms. From 1998-2000, Ms Antonenko was the Director of the IISS research and seminar programme on military reform in Russia and the CIS, focusing among other issues on the foreign assistance to Russia for re-training and resettlement of redundant officers. In 1999-2003 Ms Antonenko headed a research and seminar programme on Russia’s regional perspective on foreign and security policy focusing on Russia’s relations with Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. In 2004-2005 Ms Antonenko worked on a research project on Russian-EU relations and co-edited the book Russia and the European Union: Prospects for a New Relationship. In 2005 Ms Antonenko facilitated Track Two meetings between Georgian and South Ossetian senior officials and experts with the aim of promoting conflict resolution in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. She is also working on the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation and security issues in Central Asia.
If you would like to attend this address, please contact Lorna Williams on e-mail: corporateevents@iiss.org or Tel: + 44 (0)207 395 9120 
