First Annual SIIS/IDL Student Conference

10:00, April 21: Conference opening and video conference with Ambassador Alexander Vershbow
11:00 Section 1: International Security and Arms Control
Panel	Panelist	University	Panel
I-Security	Natalia Shurshikova	Tyumen SU	"UN Security Council: Expansion Debate"
I-Security	Sergei Temnikov	Amur SU	"Ballistic Missile Defense: Essence, Challenges, Future"
I-Security	Vyacheslav Holmogorov	Yakutsk State University	"The use of armed forces in the resolution of political conflicts"
I-Security	Alina Syunkov	Stanford University	"The Responsibility to Protect: The Evolution of Russia's Stance on the UN Peace and Security Mandate"
I-Security	Ksenia Kitaeva	Amur SU	"Comparative Analysis of Sufficiency of the UN Peacekeeping Operations in Sudan and Haiti"
I-Security	Olga Korolkova	Amur SU	"The US Facing the 21^st Century: a problem of strategic positioning"
I-Security	Oleg Borisov	Petrozavodsk SU	"The Legal aspects of humanitarian intervention"
12:30 Break for Lunch
14:30 Section 2: Regional Conflict and International Security
I-Security	Albert Zulkharneev	Ural SU	"The Iranian Policy and Security in Central Asia"
I-Security	Elena Gaidysheva	Amur SU	"Neutrality as an element of Contemporary International System"
I-Security	Elena Cherepnina	Tyumen SU	"Conflict between China and Taiwan"
I-Security	Victoria Popova	Tyumen SU	"A new role for Europe in the new world order"
I-Security	Oriana Mastro	Stanford U	"Impact of China's Domestic Politics on its Position on Disarmament and Nuclear Proliferation"
16:30	END OF DAY 1		END OF DAY 1
April 22
10:00 Section 3. Challenges of International Terrorism
Terrorism	Anna Borisova	Yakutsk SU	"How does the counter terrorist spiral work?"
Terrorism	Angelina Karavaeva	NOSU	"The US Counter Terrorism Legislation: balance between security needs and civil liberties"
Terrorism	Lyubov Yaroshenko	Yaroslavl	"The perception of terrorism in the US"
Terrorism	Denis Konovalov	Tyumen SU	"Slavery in the Modern World"
Terrorism	Svetlana Skibina	Petrozavodsk	"The Sources of Terrorism"
11:00 Section 4. Focus on Russia and the CIS
Russia	Sardana Zakharova	Yakutsk SU	"Putin's Russia: democracy or what?"
Russia	Elena Krylova	Ural SU	"Russian Media and Terrorism"
Russia	James Madsen	Stanford	"The Terror Subsidy: New Consequences of Old State Behavior"
Russia	Nadezhda Varlamova	Yakutsk SU	"Racism in Modern Russia"
Russia	Seepan Parseghian	Stanford	"Rational Democratization: The Role of Nationalities and Ethnic Conflict: Case Studies of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia"
Russia	Anna Bybko	Saratov SU	"Nationalist Movements and Conflict Prevention Management in Modern Ukraine"
Russia	Denis Volkov	Saratov SU	"Russian Military Expenditures in the War on Terror"
12:30 BREAK FOR LUNCH
14:30 Section 5 Environmental Security
Environment	Maria Agaltsova	SUSU	"The Pros and Cons of Kyoto Protocol"
Environment	Ekaterina Akhmadeeva	Ural SU	"Public Participation in the Environmental Decision Making"
Environment	Yulia Kuzmenchuk	PetrSU	"Environmental Problem of Karelias Forests"
Environment	Alexander Glotov	NOSU	"Genetically Modified products: pros and cons"
END OF DAY 2
April 23
10:00 New Challenges to International Security
Challenges	Yulia Suchkova	SUSU	"Psychological causes of Terrorism"
Challenges	Madina Gurieva	NOSU	"Terrorism as a Moral Issue"
Challenges	Ivan Appel	SUSU	"Terrorism and the corporate world order"
Challenges	Anna Lomteva	Yaroslavl	"Categorizing International Cooperation"
Challenges	Ekaterina Andreevskaya	PetrSU	"Terrorism and Islam"
Challenges	Dan Berkenstock	Stanford	"Missile Cooperation: Policy Failures and Potentials"
Challenges	Anna Smirnova	Yaroslavl	"Russia and US over Iraq: Attitudes and decision making"
12:30 BREAK FOR LUNCH
14:30 New faces of International Terrorism
Terrorism-N	Maria Latukhina	SUSU	"Human Rights and freedoms as reflected in mass consciousness"
Terrorism-N	Egor Kudrin	Ural SU	"Islamic Law in the Context of War Against Terror"
Terrorism-N	Valeria Tsigoeva	NOSU	"Biological Weapons: how can we oppose their proliferation?"
Terrorism-N	Anna Yarmarkova	MHSE	"Female Terrorism"
Terrorism-N	Dmitry Semenov	MHSE	"Male Terrorism"
Terrorism-N	Dina Catson	Saratov SU	"Children Suicide Bombers in the Middle East"
Terrorism-N	Alexandrova	MHSE	"Terrorism and Liberalism"
16:00 Discussion Seminar led by professor Coit D. Blacker
18:00 END OF DAY 3

April 22

END OF DAY 2

April 23