List of Contributors

David Dusseault is an acting professor for Russian Energy Studies at the Aleksanteri Institute,
University of Helsinki, Finland.
Katsushi Imai is an assistant professor at the School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester,U.K.
Yasuko Kameyama is a senior researcher at the National Institute for Environmental Studies,
Tsukuba, Japan.
Jun Pang is an assistant professor at the School of Natural Resources and Environment, Renmin
University of China, Beijing, PRC.
Vladimir Popov is a professor at the New Economic School in Moscow, Russia, and a visiting
professor at the Institute of European and Russian studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
Osamu Saito is a professor emeritus, Hitotsubashi University, Japan.
Takahiro Sato is an associate professor at the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan.
Yuka Takeda is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda
University, Japan.
Akira Uegaki is a professor at the Department of Economics, Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka,
Japan.

- 201 -The First International Symposium of Comparative Research on Major Regional Powers in Eurasia

The Elusive Balance: Regional Powers and the Search for
Sustainable Development
9 – 10 July 2009Room 403, Slavic Research Center, Sapporo

July 99:45 Opening remarks
Session 1, 10:00-12:00 Economic Reforms and Macro Economic Performance
Chair：NAKAMURA Yasushi (Yokohama National University)
1-1 SATO Takahiro (Kobe University), “Empirical Analysis of Productivity Growth in India andChina”
1-2 UEGAKI Akira (Seinan Gakuin University), “Balance of Payments in Comparative Perspective: Russia, India and China”
Discussant：Harry WU (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Session 2, 13:30-15:30 Searching for Energy Security
Chair: MATSUZATO Kimitaka (SRC)
2-1 HORII Nobuhiro (Kyushu University), “The bottlenecks of China's energy supply and theirchange and outlook in market transition”
2-2 Shebonti Ray DADWAL (Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis, New Delhi), “Energy
Security: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for India”
2-3 David DUSSEAULT, (Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki), “Where has all the Oil
gone? Contradictions among Russia's Socio-economic Development, Political Legitimacy andCorporate Profits”
Discussant: MOTOMURA Masumi (JOGMEC)
Session 3, 15:45-17:45 The Politics of the Environment: Global Warming after Kyoto
Chair： TABATA Shinichiro (SRC)
3-1 KAMEYAMA Yasuko (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan), “Japan in themidst of multilateral negotiation on the future framework for climate change”
3-2 PANG Jun (Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Renmin University),“The environmental problems and policies of China”
3-3 Ambuj SAGAR (IIT, Delhi), “Developing Countries and Climate Change: Exploring the Way
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Discussant: KANIE Norichika (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Reception, 18:30-20:30

At the Sapporo Aspen Hotel:

July 10
Session 4, 10:00-12:00 Artificial Boundaries: The Broken Heart of Eurasia
Chair：YOSHIDA Osamu (Hiroshima University)
4-1 Mushtaq A. KAW (Centre of central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar), “Border
Politics in the Heart of Eurasia: A Case Study of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan”
4-2 A. Ghafoor LIWAL (Regional Studies Center of Afghanistan [RSCA]), “The Area between
Afghanistan and Pakistan, Historical Background and Present Turmoil”
4-3 Sarfraz KHAN (Area Study Centre, Russia, China, Central Asia, Peshawar University, Pakistan), “Special Status of Tribal Areas (FATA): An Artificial Imperial Construct Bleeding Asia”
Discussant: HIROSE Takako (Senshu University)
Session 5, 13:30-15:30 Social Disparity and Poverty
Chair: HORIE Norio (University of Toyama)
5-1 TAKEDA Yuka (Waseda University), “Is Russian Economic Growth Pro-Poor?”
5-2 IMAI Katsushi (Manchester University), “Poverty and Inequality in India and China”
Discussant：MARUKAWA Tomoo (University of Tokyo)
Session 6, 15:45-17:45 Historical Perspectives
Chair: SUHARA Manabu (Nihon University)
6-1 Vladimir POPOV (New Economic School, Moscow and Carlton University), “Why the Westgot rich before China? Another explanation of the Great Divergence story”
6-2 SAITO Osamu (Hitotsubashi University), “Income growth and inequality over the very longrun: England, India and Japan compared”
Discussant：SUZUKI Yoshikazu (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)- 203 -