[Discussion] The Illusions of Transition

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CONF./WORKSHOP- Illusions of Transition in Central Asia and the South=20
Caucasus

The Illusions of Transition: Which Perspectives for Central Asia and the
South Caucasus?
Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
17 March 2004

The Graduate Institute of International Studies-PSIO and CIMERA Geneva
invite you to attend the Conference/Workshop "The Illusions of
Transition: Which Perspectives for Central Asia and the South Caucasus?"
organized on 17 March 2004 at the GIIS (HEI) in Geneva.

10:00 - 11:30 - Key Note Address

Dr. Catherine Poujol-Fourniau, INALCO, Paris
Central Asia in the 20th Century: how useful is the concept of=20
"Transition" to explaining the history of this region?

11:45 - 13:30 - PANEL 1 (10 min./person + 30 min. discussion)

- The Political System in the South Caucasus, Vicken Cheterian
- L'=E9tat et ses chantiers id=E9ologiques en Asie Centrale, Fr=E9d=E9riq=
ue Gu=E9rin
- Bouleversements et reconfiguration r=E9gionale, Thierry Kellner
- Water in Central Asia: a Case Study of Regional (Non)-Cooperation,
  J=E9r=E9my Allouche

14:30 - 16:00 - PANEL 2

- The Political Economy of Violence in the Caucasus and Central Asia,
  Achim Wennmann
- From Planned Economy to Poverty: Macro and Micro Aspects of Economic
  Development in the Caucasus, Dr. F. Lapeyre
- The Desolate State of Civil Liberties in Central Asia, Gerald Staberock
- The Disillusions of Donors? The Case of Switzerland, Luigi De Martino

16:30 - 18:00 Roundtable Discussion

Scenarios for the Future: a Roundtable Discussion with the Panelists

18:00 Reception

The conference will be held at the Graduate Institute of International=20
Studies in Geneva, 132, rue de Lausanne, P.O. Box 36, 1211 Geneva 21,=20
Room 1.

The conference's languages will be English and French. There will be no=20
translation. The papers presented at the conference will be published as=20
Conference Proceedings.

Contact:
Mr. Luigi De Martino
CIMERA, Geneva
8 Av. De l'Ath=E9n=E9e
P.O. Box 4741211 Geneva 12
Tel: 022 347 52 06
E-mail:luigi.demartino@cimera.org

Ms. Fr=E9derique Gu=E9rin
Project Coordinator
Program for the Study of International Organization(s)
Graduate Institute of International Studies
Tel: 022 908 57 43
E-mail: guerinf1@hei.unige.ch.