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Slavic Research Center

Regions Past and Present in Slavic-Eurasian Countries

January 25-26, 2001

( Room 423 at the Slavic Research Center * )
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January 25
9:30-12:00Session 1 What are "Gateway regions"? : Subnational factors in Russian foreign relations [in English / Russian]
1) Нефть Северного Каспия и политические стимулы правящих элит российских регионов вдоль нефтепровода Тенгиз-Новороссийск (сравнительный анализ)





Arbakhan Magomedov (Ul'yanovsk State Technical University; Visiting Fellow of the SRC)

[in Russian with English interpretation]
2) The effect of local Russian initiatives on relations with China: border demarcation and regional partnership


Akihiro Iwashita (Yamaguchi Prefectural University)
3) Russia's western regions and Europe


Jakob Hedenskog & Ingmar Oldberg (Swedish Defence Research Agency)
Commentators : Hideo Kojimoto (Waseda University), Ingmar Oldberg
Chair : Shigeki Hakamada (Aoyama Gakuin University)
12:00-13:15Lunch Break
13:15-15:15 Session 2 Inter-regional flow of financial resources in Russia [in English]
1) The distribution of oil and gas export earnings among Russian regions


Shinichiro Tabata (SRC)
2) Moscow and the Central Economic Area under globalization of economy


Akira Uegaki (Seinan Gakuin University)
Commentators : Toshihiko Shiobara (Kochi University), Sadayoshi Ohtsu (Kobe University)
Chair : Yoshiaki Nishimura (Hitotsubashi University)
15:30-17:30Session 3 Federalism in the Balkans and Russia [in English]
1) Federalism and administrative reform of the president Putin in the context of democratic transition in Russia


Irina Busygina (Moscow State University For International Relations; Visiting Fellow of the SRC)
2) The decay of federalism in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, from 1998 to the present


Reneo Lukic (Laval University; Visiting Fellow of the SRC)
Commentators : Shigeru Kodama (Mie University), Taro Tsukimura (Kobe University)
Chair : Hiroshi Kimura (International Research Center for Japanse Studies)

18:00-20:00Reception Party ( Aspen Hotel )


January 26
9:30-11:30 Session 4 Historical aspects of Russo-Japanese relations [in Russian]

1)

 Гражданская война и иностранная интервенция в Сибири и на Дальнем Востоке в 1917-1922 годах и некоторые вопросы российско-японских отношений





Boris N. Slavinsky (Institute for World Economy and International Relations,Moscow)

2)

 Русские эмигранты в Японии (К вопросу о взаимовлиянии культур)


Kazuhiko Sawada (Saitama University)
Commentators : Yoshikazu Nakamura (Kyoritsu Women's University), Teruyuki Hara (SRC)
Chair : Haruki Wada (Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University)
11:30-13:00Lunch Break
13:00-15:00Session 5 Regional economic problems in the Russian Far East [in English]

1)

 Globalization, economic transformation and regional change in Russia: the case of Sakhalin


Michael Bradshaw (University of Leicester)

2)

 The "Center-Regions" financial flows in Russia : the case of the Russian Far East


Andrei Belov (Fukui Prefectural University)
Commentators : Vladimir Ivanov (Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia), Nobuo Arai (Sapporo Interanational University)
Chair : Takashi Murakami (SRC)
15:15-17:15Session 6 Regionology expands: Regional identities and politics in Ukraine and Croatia [in English]

1)

 All Kuchma's men: the reshuffling of Ukrainian governors and the presidential election of 1999


Kimitaka Matsuzato (SRC)

2)

 Istria: The Historical context of its regional identity


Shinichi Ishida (Atomi Gakuen Women's University)
Commentators : Reneo Lukic, Megumi Suezawa (Japan Institute of International Affairs)
Chair : Tadayuki Hayashi (SRC)


January 27

10:00-16:30 After Seminar (Room 423 at the SRC)
"Regional / Subregional Politics in Post-Communist Countries "

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