CSC Panel 1: Friday, November 3--10:15 AM-12:00 PM: FB1
Lessons from the Post-Communist Transition
Chair: Terry D. Clark, Graduate Program in International Relations, Creighton University

Papers:

1. Jessica Lynch, Graduate Program in International Relations, Creighton University. "Using fQCA and SEM to Test Hypotheses of Democratic Consolidation in the Post-Cold War Era"
2. Danielle Pressler, Graduate Program in International Relations, Creighton University. "Privatization in the Transitioning Economies of Eastern Europe and Post-Soviet States"
3. Terry D. Clark, Graduate Program in International Relations, Creighton University and Ramunas Dilba, Vilnius University. "Deputy Behavior in the Lithuanian Seimas: Does Mandate Type Matter?"

Discussants:

1. Nicole Gudikunst, Graduate Program in International Relations, Creighton University.
2. Jim Martin, Graduate Program in International Relations, Creighton University.

CSC Panel 2: Friday, November 3--3:30-5:15 PM: FD1
Russia and the Near Abroad: Politics, Economics, and Security
Chair: Kurt W. Jefferson, Westminster College

Papers/Talks:

1. Kurt W. Jefferson, Department of Political Science, Westminster College. "President Putin's use of oil as a foreign policy tool"
2. Jerry D. Morelock, Senior Editor-in-Chief, Armchair General. "NATO today"
3. Juris Pupcenoks, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware. "Changing identities of Baltic Russophones"
4. Liis Vahemaa, Department of Political Science, Eastern Illinois University. "Problems with European Union expansion: The case of Estonia"

CSC Panel 3: Saturday, November 4--8:15-10:00 AM: SA2
A Roundtable Discussion: State Sovereignty and Security: The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations
Chair: Robin Remington, Peace Haven International

Panelists:

1. Kathy Dewein, Regional Psychologist, Missouri State Division of Youth Services
2. Rose Procter, Executive Director, International & Educational Trust (IMET)
3. Waverly de Bruijn, International Coordinator, Global Action to Prevent War

CSC Panel 4: Saturday, November 4--10:15 AM-12:00 PM: SB2
Rethinking National Security: Globalization, Codependency, and Regime Change.
Chair: Robin Remington, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia and Peacehaven International

Papers/Talks:

1. Robin Remington, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia and Peacehaven International. "Contradictions Between Theory and Practice"
2. Byron T. Scott, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia. "Courtship and Codependency: Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania Chase EU Membership"
3. David J. O'Brien, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Missour-Columbia and Valery V. Patsiorovsky, Institute for Socio-Economic Studies of Population at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. "Comparing the Quality of Life of Russian Villagers in the Yeltsin and Putin Years: Alternative Paths to Household Adaptation in a Global Economy"

CSC Panel 5: Saturday, November 4--1:30-3:15 PM: SC1
Challenges in Education: Recent Developments at Moscow State University.
Chair: Byron Scott, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia

Panelists:

1. Fritz Cropp, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia
2. Stuart Loory, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia
3. Mike McKean, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia
4. Hans Ibold, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia

Conference Ends

Questions? Contact: Kurt W. Jefferson, President
2005 Central Slavic Conference
Department of Political Science
501 Westminster Avenue
Fulton, MO 65251-1299
573/592-5294 (Office)
Email: jefferk@westminster-mo.edu