On June 28th, 2012, Ralph E. Winnie, Jr. was a featured speaker at the Washington Times Symposium on China and Russia.
Introduction
On June 28, the UPF Office of
Peace & Security Affairs
hosted a roundtable on
“Security Cooperation in
Northeast Asia: Russia’s Role in Stability in Eurasia
and the Far East.” Dr. Antonio Betancourt, Director,
hosted the program. The moderator, a prominent
scholar from a DC-based university,
wished to participate without
attribution. The discussion brought
together an array of experts on the
subject from the Center for Strategic
and International Studies, School of
Advanced International Studies
(SAIS) - Johns Hopkins University,
the Eurasian Center, as well as
representatives of the diplomatic
community from the embassies of
Mongolia, Mali, and Lithuania.
Participants included: H. E. Baatar
Choisuren, Minister Counselor and
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of
Mongolia; H.E. Al Maamoun Keita,
Ambassador, Embassy of Mali; James
G. Jatras, former senior foreign policy
analyst for the U.S. Senate Republican
Policy Committee; Arnaud de
Borchgrave, Director and Senior
Advisor, Transnational Threats Project, CSIS; Ralph E.
Winnie, Director, Global Business Development and
the Eurasian Business Coalition's China Program,
Eurasia Center; Dr. Lori Handrahan, Professorial
Lecturer, School of International Service, American
University; Konstantin Krylov, Assistant Secretary-
General, Universal Peace Federation-Eurasia Chapter;
Dr. Mark P. Barry, Advisor to UPF’s Office of Peace
and Security (via Skype); Liana Vazbiene, Political
and Cultural Counselor, Embassy of Lithuania; Lizzie
Shaxuan Shan, master’s candidate in international
relations, Yale University; Vicki Phelps, former
Current Issues Associate Editor, The World & I; Diane
M. Falk, former senior
librarian, The World &
I; Dr. Three Feathers
Kazimi, member,
American Clergy
Leadership
Conference; Dan Fefferman, President, International
Coalition for Religious Freedom; Tomiko Duggan,
Director of Public Affairs, UPF International - DC
Office; and Dr. William Selig,
Deputy Director, Office of Peace
& Security Affairs, UPF.
In his opening remarks, Dr.
Betancourt introduced UPF and
then provided an explanation and
background to the roundtable. He
said: “This roundtable will discuss
prospects for the Russian
Federation to promote stability in
Eurasia and Northeast Asia.
Russia’s chairmanship of this
year’s Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) Summit will
promote domestic economy
integration into a system of
economic ties in the Asia Pacific
Region in the interests of
modernization- and innovationdriven
economic development,
primarily in Siberia and the
Russian Far East.
“These opportunities also bring new prospects for
regional dialogue and integration. In the context of
Russia’s multi-vector foreign policy, security and
stability in Eurasia and Northeast Asia is of growing
importance; it is conditioned by Russia’s belonging to
this dynamically developing region and interest in
harnessing new possibilities in Eurasia and Northeast
Asia through the promotion and realization of
innovative policies for the social, technological, and
economic integration of those regions, and includes
Siberian and Far Eastern development.
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