The Regional Policy Symposium Program, initiated in 2000 as a new model for supporting scholarship, provides US students, scholars, and professionals with a forum to examine and discuss current policy research on the countries of Eurasia and Central and East Europe from multi-disciplinary and multi-regional approaches. The research ultimately results in the development and dissemination of policy
recommendations to academic and policy communities.
PROGRAM GOALS
The program, funded by the Title VIII Program of the US Department of State, has three primary goals:
* To enable US junior and senior scholars to work together in analyzing complex issues affecting the countries of Eurasia and Central and East Europe from multi-disciplinary and multi-regional approaches.
* To encourage the cross-fertilization of ideas and networking opportunities among scholars with similar regional interests.
* To provide policymaking communities with knowledge of current research on evolving regions and valuable policy conclusions drawn from intensive interaction among scholars.
PROGRAM ACTIVITY
2008 Regional Symposium Grants: Frozen Conflicts and Unrecognized States in Southeast Europe and Eurasia
IREX, in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Kennan Institute (WWC), will be administering a research Symposium that will examine the frozen conflicts and unrecognized states in Southeast Europe and Eurasia from political, historical, economic, cultural, and security perspectives. The Symposium will bring junior and senior scholars and members of the policy community together to study and discuss timely topics including: security and military cooperation;
economic trends; environment and safety; human rights; cross-border ethnic issues; trade development; legal reform; and foreign relations. Research focus areas include: Abkhazia; Kosovo; Nagorno-Karabakh; Republika Srpska; South Ossetia; and Transnistria.
Junior scholars will be chosen based on a national competition to present their current research on the topic of the Symposium. Grants will be awarded to approximately 10 junior scholars. The Regional Symposium is scheduled to take place in late March 2008 in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and will involve two full days of reviews of current research projects, roundtable discussions, and the
development of policy recommendations.
For more information, eligibility requirements, and application materials, please visit the IREX website at: www.irex.org/ programs/ symp/index. asp
http://www.irex. org/programs/ symp/index. asp
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