Russia, Romania and Norway: Changing Constellations and Perspectives
Workshop organized by the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway and
Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest
This workshop is part of the research project EEA35/2021, “Interdisciplinary Research on Russia’s Geopolitics in the Black Sea and the Arctic Ocean”, Funded by the EEA Financial Mechanism.
Oslo, 8-9 June, 2023
Program
Thursday, 8th of June
08.00: Departure from Hotel Scandic Helsfyr
09.00 – 11.00. Breakfast seminar:
Perspectives on the security situation on NATO’s eastern flank and the Black Sea region
Venue: Romanian embassy, Oscars gate 51 (phone 22 44 15 12)
Welcome by Ambassador Cristian Bădescu
Keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Comments by
Jakub M. Godzimirski
Marius Diaconescu
Radu Carp
Iver B. Neumann
Open discussion moderated by Arild Moe
12.00: Norway’s security situation in light of the experience of World War II.
Special talk by Director Lars Rowe, Norwegian home resistance museum
Venue: Akershus castle.
13.00: Project planning meeting
Friday, 9th of June
08.30: Departure from Hotel Scandic Helsfyr
Workshop
Venue: Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Fridtjof Nansens vei 17, Lysaker.
9.30-1100: 1st Panel
Dr. Marius Diaconescu: The Romanian-Soviet Negotiations for the Delimitation of Continental Shelf in the Black Sea
Dr. Anna Adashinskaya: The Existential Choice between East and West: the Political Interpretation of Prince Alexander Nevsky in Russian Political Discourse
Dr. Bogdan Ceobanu: Romanian Foreign Policy in Eastern Europe at the Beginning of the 1990s. A British Perspective
11.00-11.30: Coffee Break
11.00-12.30: 2nd Panel
Dr. Iver Neumann: The End of Russia as a Great Power’?
Prof. Dr. Radu Carp: Future Security Configurations for the Black Sea and Azov Sea Regions – Reflections upon the Proposals Made in the Framework of the Crimea Platform
Dr. Jakub M. Godzimirski: How the War has Changed Perceptions of Security in the Black Sea Region and in the High North?
12.30-14.00: Lunch
14.00-15.30: 3rd Panel
Arild Moe: Regional Cooperation with Russia in the High North – the Establishment of the Barents Region: Motivation, Assumptions, Lessons
Anne-Kristin Jørgensen and Laurențiu Pleșca: Geopolitics and Fisheries Management in the Black Sea and Barents Sea Regions
Robert Țicălău: From Electoral-Authoritarianism to Soviet Totalitarianism: Brief Notes on the Evolution of the Belarusian Regime after the Referendum to Amend the Constitution
15.30-16.00: Conclusions and remarks
List of participants:
Dr. Anna Adashinskaya, Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania ( adashik@gmail.com)
Prof. Dr. Radu Carp, Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania (radu.carp@unibuc.ro)
Dr. Adrian-Bogdan Ceobanu, Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania (bogdan.ceobanu@yahoo.com)
Dr. Marius Diaconescu, Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania (mariusdiaconescu@istorie.unibuc.ro)
Dr. Jakub M. Godzimirski, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo, Norway (jmg@nupi.no)
Dr. Anne-Kristin Jørgensen, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway (akjorgensen@fni.no) Phone: +47 905 26 312
Dr. Arild Moe, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway (amoe@fni.no) Phone: +47 926 96 167
Dr. Iver B. Neumann, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway (ibneumann@fni.no) Phone: +47 924 20 903
Laurențiu Pleșca, PhD student, Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania (plesca.laurentiu@fspub.unibuc.ro)
Robert-Gabriel Țicălău, PhD student, Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania (ticalau.robert-gabriel@fspub.unibuc.ro)
Prof. Dr. Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania (mihairazvan.ungureanu@istorie.unibuc.ro)
