On February 19 the XVIII Meeting of CASE Board members took place in Moscow

The meeting was held in Moscow office of MacArthur Foundation.

Among the participants of the event:

• Deana Arsenian, Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Alexander Chubarian, Institute of general history, Russian Academy of Science
• Mark Johnson, Colorado College
• Andrei Kortunov, ISE Center
• Robert Legvold, Columbia University
• Blair Ruble, Kennan Institute
• Michael Strikhanov, Russian Mnistry of Education
• Tatiana Zhdanova, The Catherine  T. and John D. MacArthur Foundation, Russia

Observers:

• Sergei Gubin, Federal State Science Institute „Interfizika“
• Irina Laktionova, ISE Center
• Tatiana Vagina, ISE Center
• Megan Yasenchak, Kennan Institute

The Board members discussed the analytical report of Mark Johnson, prepared as a result of the CASE monitoring, as well as the strategies of future CASE development, staff and administrative issues.