St Antony's College Oxford,
with
The Oxford Society for Central Asia (TOSCA)

TURKMENISTAN WORKSHOP

18 and 19 June 2004

PROGRAMME

Friday 18 June

Welcome and introduction: Paul Bergne, St Antony's College

SESSION 1. HISTORY AND CULTURE
Chair: Tom Welsford, All Souls, Oxford

Dr Georgina Herrman, University College, London
Perestroika and Beyond, a decade of exploration at Merv

Victoria Clement, Ohio State University
Language and Education in Turkmen Foreign and Domestic Policy

Additional presentation: Turkmenistan Helsinki Initiative
Education in Turkmenistan

Dr Shokhrat Kadyrov, Bergen, Norway
Ethnos, state and political struggle [In Russian *]

SESSION 2 THE ECONOMY
Chair: Professor Michael Kaser, St Antony's College, Oxford

Dr Najia Badykova, George Washington University
The Turkmen Economy: Challenges and Opportunities

Atul Gupta, Burren Oil
Hydrocarbon development in Turkmenistan. Background, Problems and Prospects

Professor William Butler, University of London
Law Reform and Foreign Investment in Turkmenistan

Dr Zvi Lerman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Agrarian Reform and Institutional Change in rural Turkmenistan

Followed by Film: "Ravnina Turkmenistan PV 2003". Shepherds in E. Turkmenistan. Christopher Lunch, Insight.

Saturday 19 June

SESSION 3. POLITICS
Chair: Stina Torjesen, St Antony's College, Oxford

Dr Paul Geiss, German Institute for Middle East Studies, Hamburg
Regionalism and Statehood in Soviet and Independent Turkmenistan

Annette Bohr, Manchester University
Current Internal Situation in Turkmenistan

Vitalyi Ponomarev, "Memorial" Moscow.
The activity of the Turkmen opposition from 1992 to the present - including the attempted coups d'etat of 1994 and 2002 [In Russian *]

Erika Dailey, OSI
Human Rights and International Leverage

Paul Brummell, British Ambassador to Turkmenistan
Turkmen Foreign Policy

CONCLUSIONS
Chair: Paul Bergne, St Antony's College, Oxford

Dr Michael Ochs, Professional Staff Adviser, Helsinki Commission, US Congress:
Summary, conclusions and prospects.

SPEAKERS
Dr Najia Badykova, George Washington University
Annette Bohr, Manchester University
Paul Brummell, British Ambassador, Ashgabat
Professor William Butler, University of London
Victoria Clement, Ohio State University
Erika Dailey, OSI, Budapest
Dr Paul Geiss, Institute for Middle East Studies, Hamburg
Atul Gupta, Burren Oil
Dr Georgina Herrman, UCL
Dr Shokhrat Kadyrov
Dr Zvi Lerman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Christopher Lunch, Insight
Dr Michael Ochs, Helsinki Commission, US Congress
Vitalyi Ponomarev, Memorial, Moscow

PARTICIPANTS
Elvira Akunova, Reading University
Yovshan Annagurban, RFE/RL
Berdi Berdyev, Cambridge University
Michael & Carole Blackwell, Ex-IMF
Bess Brown, ex-OSCE
Jen Coolidge, University College, Oxford
Felix Corley, Forum 18
Geoffrey Cromwell, British East-West Society
Michael Denison, Leeds University
Robbie Gibbons, Oriel College, Oxford
Michael Hall, ICG
Nurmuhammad Hanamov, Turkmen Republican Party
John Heathershaw, LSE
Stuart Horsman, FCO
Rico Isaacs, LSE
Ibrat Jumaboyev, BBC World Service
Carol Kerven, Macarthur Foundation
John Kinahan, Forum 18
Kate Mallinson, Control Risks
Aidan Mantekelow, Oxford Analytica
Neil Melvin, Leeds University
Ya'ara Morris, SOAS
Saule Mukhammadrakhimova, IWPR
Rachel Quillen, British East-West Society
Dr Domitilla Sagramoso, King's College London
Anna Sunder-Plassman, Amnesty International
Rebecca Taylor, FCO
Elizabeth Teague, FCO
Colin Thubron, Writer
Farid Tukhbatullin, Turkmenistan Helsinki Initiative
Shahida Tulyaganova, BBC TV
Mike Welch, FCO
Lara Zimina, International Alert