Presents
Flashpoint: Crimea
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
1:30 P.M.–3:30 P.M.
The University Club of Washington, D.C.
Second Floor Conference Room
1135 Sixteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
In the aftermath of the withdrawal of Ukrainian military forces, the security situation in Crimea is still unstable. Nearly 300,000 Crimean Tatars reside on the strategic Black Sea peninsula, and the security situation there continues to unravel as the status of Crimean Tatars remains uncertain. Various reports are emerging of a refugee crisis as Crimean Tatars flee the Russian occupation. Now, as Moscow begins the complicated and expensive process of integrating Crimea into the Russian Federation, the Crimean Tatars again feel under threat.
Meanwhile, Russia has for weeks massed tens of thousands of troops on the border with Ukraine, and it is yet to be seen whether or not they will all be demobilized soon—as Vladimir Putin has claimed—or if they are the vanguard of an invading force about to enter Eastern Ukraine. In an effort to better understand the turbulent situation in Crimea, The Jamestown Foundation has assembled a panel of distinguished experts on the region. Please join our disucssion, which will cover the wide-ranging effects of the Anschluss of Crimea, its impact on Ukraine, and the consequences for European security. What happens now in Ukraine has direct implications for all the countries in the region, so understanding how this complex and potentially explosive situation will develop is crucial for developing a strategy that can prevent war or outcomes damaging to the West.
Agenda
Welcome
Glen E. Howard
President, The Jamestown Foundation
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“No Small Mischief: Why What Happens to the Crimean Tatars Matters to the World”
Paul Goble
Window on Eurasia
“Crimean Crisis in the Making: 1997–2014”
Idil P. Izmirli
Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor, George Mason University
“Will Russia Invade Eastern Ukraine?”
Pavel Baev
Research Director and Professor, Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
“How Europe and the United States Can Respond”
Stephen Blank
Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council
Moderator: Janusz Bugajski
U.S. Foreign Policy Analyst
Q & A
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Closing Remarks