Brief Presentation of Back to Containment: Dealing with Putins

Regime by David J. Kramer with Kurt Volker

Moderator:
David J. Kramer Florida International University

Panelists:
Keti Khutsishvili Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF)
Stefan Meister European Council on Foreign Relations TBILISI INTERNATIONAL
Salome Samadashvili United National Movement
Christopher Walker National Endowment for Democracy CONFERENCE
Andrew Wood Chatham House

20:00
Farewell Dinner hosted by the McCain Institute for
International Leadership and EPRC (by invitation only)
at Rooms Hotels Garden (for international conference speakers only)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
DEPARTURE DAY

SEPTEMBER 12-13, 2017

ROOMS HOTEL TBILISI

CONFERENCE AGENDA
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 18:00 18:30
Session III Conversation on Energy in the Region: Where Are
14:00 14:45
Conversation with General Philip M. Breedlove USAF (Ret.)
CONFERENCE FIRST DAY We Now? and former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO with Kurt
Volker
Moderator:
12:00 13:30 Batu Kutelia Atlantic Council
Lunch for Conference Speakers at Rooms Hotel Restaurant 14:45 16:00
Discussants: Session VI Panel: The Future of Transatlantic Relations,
13:30 14:00 Edward Chow CSIS Europe, the EU and NATO
Welcome Coffee & Registration Gediminas Kirkilas Former Prime Minister of Lithuania
Moderator:
Ian Bond Centre for European Reform
14:00 14:10 19:00 21:00
Welcome by Kurt Volker the McCain Institute for International Reception hosted by H.E. Giorgi Margvelashvili President of Panelists:
Leadership (confirmed) Georgia (confirmed) at Presidential Palace Bridget Brink Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department
(for international conference speakers only) Christian Danielsson Director General for Enlargement,
14:10 14:40 European Commission
Conversation with H.E. Giorgi Margvelashvili President of Levan Izoria Minister of Defense of Georgia
Georgia Thomas Mayr-Harting Managing Director for Europe and
with Kurt Volker the McCain Institute for International Leadership WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Central Asia in the European External Action Service

CONFERENCE SECOND DAY

14:40 - 15:10 16:00 16:30
Conversation with H.E. Giorgi Kvirikashvili . Prime Minister of . Coffee Break
Georgia 09:30 10:00
with David J. Kramer Florida International University Welcome Coffee & Registration 16:30 17:30
Session VII Panel: Ukraine: Moving Forward or Verging on
15:10 16:30 10:00 11:15 Crisis?
Session I Debate: Georgia Now and in the Future Session IV Panel: U.S. Foreign Policy Under the Trump Adminis-
tration Moderator:
Moderator: Donald Jensen - CEPA, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Alexandra Hall Hall Atlantic Council Moderator:
Randy Scheunemann Orion Strategies Panelists:
Panelists: Andrius Kublilius Former Prime Minister of Lithuania
David Bakradze Former Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia Panelists: Serhiy Leshchenko Member of Parliament, Ukraine
Ian Kelly U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Ian Brzezinski Atlantic Council Oleh Shamshur Ambassador of Ukraine to France
Irakli Kobakhidze Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia James Nixey Chatham House James Sherr Chatham House
David Usupashvili Former Chairman of the Parliament of Zygimantas Pavilionis Member of Parliament, Lithuania
Georgia Ketevan Tsikhelashvili State Minister of Georgia for
Reconciliation and Civic Equality 17:30 18:40
Session VIII Panel: Democracy, Human Rights and Security
16:30 16:45
in Georgias Neighborhood: Getting the Balance Right
Coffee break 11:15 12:30
Session V Panel: Germany-France-UK: Whither Europe?
Moderator:
16:45 18:00 Michael Weiss CNN
Session II Panel: The Future of Liberalism, Democracy, and Moderator:
Populism Diana Janse Moderaterna, Sweden
Panelists:
Knut Abraham Federal Chancellery, Germany
Moderator: Panelists:
Zeki Levent Gumrukcu Ambassador of Turkey to Georgia
Christopher Walker National Endowment for Democracy Benjamin Haddad Hudson Institute
Thomas O Melia George W. Bush Institute Fellow
Ali Aslan TV Presenter and Journalist
Peter Van Praagh Halifax International Security Forum
Panelists: James Kirchick Brookings
Daniel Fried Atlantic Council Justin McKenzie Smith UK Ambassador to Georgia
Alina Polyakova Atlantic Council 18:45 19:45
Robin Shepherd Halifax International Security Forum 12:30 14:00 Session IX - Panel: Addressing the Challenge of Putins
David Sikharulidze Atlantic Council Lunch Russia