Please join us for a panel discussion on the state of US-Russia foreign relations, the most important political and economic issues impacting Russia today, and its current and future place in the international system. In attendance will be many of the Russia trek participants in conversation with our expert panelists (bios below). Refreshments provided.
Maxim Boycko is visiting lecturer in economics at Harvard University and senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Mr. Boycko has a broad range of experience working for the Russian government, nonprofits, and business. During President Yeltsin’s second term he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Chief of Staff. Mr. Boycko played a principal role in the design and implementation of the Russian voucher privatization program in 1992-1994 and macroeconomic stabilization program in 1995. In 1998-2010 he was a partner at Video International, Russia's largest private media and advertising group.
Brigadier General Kevin Ryan (U.S. Army retired) is Director, Defense and Intelligence Projects at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is a member of the Board of the American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS) and a member of the Belfer Center Board of Directors. He is a member of the Kennedy School’s MPA Admissions Committee. Ryan was the founding director of the center's U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism, where he continues to facilitate U.S.-Russian cooperation and lead the “Elbe Group.” He was previously Executive Director for Research of the Belfer Center from 2010 to 2013.
