Ralph E. Winnie Jr.'s talk at the Washington Times Symposium on China and Russia

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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