Monday June 18, 2001
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A panel talks about the agenda and outcome of President Bush's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. Likely topics include missile defense and the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, economic issues, the nature of the U.S.-Russia relationship, and the legacy of the previous administration in Russia.
Ariel Cohen, research fellow at the Heritage Foundation
Peter Reddaway, professor emeritus of political science at George Washington University and author of works on the Soviet dissident movement and Russian politics.
Andrew Kuchins, director, Russian and Eurasian Program and senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Journalist Erna Paris examines the different ways nations have dealt ith the most painful episodes of their past. In her new book she discusses examples including the U.S. and slavery, Germany and the Holocaust, and South Africa and apartheid - and the extent to which today's leaders and citizens have come to terms with these traumatic events.
Erna Paris, author and journalist