THE SECOND ANNUAL
American-Russian Student Conference For Better Understanding and Nuclear Disarmament
August 14 & 15, 2021
THE SECOND ANNUAL
August 14 & 15, 2021
This conference will bring together 10 American and 10 Russian high school students to discuss US-Russian nuclear disarmament policy utilizing a "Model U.N." debate format. During the two-day conference, Pavel Palazhchenko, Assistant to President Gorbachev, will be involved in overseeing the activities.
Ten American students shall be selected to participate in the up-coming conference. We are looking for students who have an interest in international relations and experience in "Model U.N." or speech and debate.
Ever since I was 13, I have been in love with foreign policy. It all started the summer before 8th grade as I began to work on a submission for the National History Day competition. I initially struggled to come up with a subject area; however, after reading about Russian interference in the US election, I decided to make a documentary about the fall of the Soviet Union and the liberalization of its policies. I wanted my film to include many perspectives on this issue, and I knew that the best way to do so was through interviews. After months of work on my documentary, I was able to interview US Secretary of State George Shultz, assistant to President Mikhail Gorbachev, Pavel Palazhchenko, and President Mikhail Gorbachev, himself. These interviews changed my life and inspired me to create the International Student Conference on Global Affairs.
-Jonathan Bogen, ISCGA Founder
In 2019, a conference featuring American and Russia experts on nuclear non-proliferation and arms control was held in Moscow. This conference, which was organized in part by the Gorbachev Foundation, was the first of its kind. Jonathan Bogen, an American high school student from Coral Springs, Florida, was invited by the Gorbachev Foundation.
Inspired by the Moscow conference, Jonathan Bogen created the International Student Conference on Global Affairs, Inc., ("ISCGA") which is a non-profit entity. The ISCGA was created for the purpose of having students from the United States and other countries meet to discuss issues that affect us all. These events will bring together students from the United States and other countries and give them an opportunity for open discourse and greater understanding of each other.
Students will research and discuss global affairs
Participating students will learn from subject matter experts and speakers
Students will have the opportunity to work together and make new friends
The International Foundation for Socio-Economic and Political Studies (The Gorbachev Foundation) was founded by Mikhail S. Gorbachev, former President of the USSR, in December 1991. The Gorbachev Foundation started its work in January 1992. The Gorbachev Foundation is an international non-governmental non-profit organization. Legal entities and individuals from any country may take part in the Foundation’s activities in a voluntary capacity.
The Gorbachev Foundation has developed links of close cooperation with leading universities, foundations, international organizations, government bodies and non-governmental organizations in various countries all over the world.
The International Student Conference on Global Affairs, Inc., seeks to work with the Gorbachev Foundation in its up-coming conferences.
To learn More visit www.gorby.ru.
Jonathan Bogen is a Senior at American Heritage School in Boca/Delray. He currently serves as President of the AHS Speech and Debate team and Treasurer of the largest community service club on campus, Education Rocks. He is a nationally ranked Congressional debater and finalist at the Tournament of Champions. Jonathan was a Florida Senate Page, a member of the Congressional Youth Cabinet with Congressman Ted Deutch, a national AP scholar, and is very active in the Palm Beach County Food Bank along with raising awareness of the importance of saving Florida’s honeybees.
Camille Esin is a fifteen-year-old sophomore at Cypress Bay High School. She often enjoys fencing, selling girl scout cookies, coding, and competing in speech and debate.
Elena Martinez is a senior at American Heritage School Boca/Delray. She is also a senior Girl Scout, an ice dancer. In terms of global affairs, she is proud to be a part of the group from the Armenian Assembly of America which lobbied for the passage of HR 296, marking the first United States recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Emilin Mathew is a junior attending American Heritage School. Some of her involvements/passions include Lincoln Douglas Debate, Model UN, Womxn in Debate, competitive science research, HOSA, English Honor Society, FBLA, philosophy, and neuroscience.
Gianna Brier is a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. She is on the MSD Debate Team, President of the Criminal Law Club, member of the MSD Band program (trumpet) and serves as a board member of the Tri-M Music Honors Society. This year, she was selected to be on the Congressional Youth Cabinet with Congressman Ted Deutch. Gianna also plays lacrosse as a defender on a competitive travel team called Chaos and plays on the varsity lacrosse team at her school.
Justin is a junior at NSU University School. He is a part of his school’s Model United Nations Team, a member of the Congressional Youth Cabinet of Congressman Ted Deutch, and a National Honors Society Member. He received the award for Outstanding Social Sciences Scholar from his school.
Nicholas Randazzo is a Junior at American Heritage School. He is Vice President of Competition for HOSA and founder and co-president of Hand in Hand, a club that assists a local homeless shelter. He is interested in studying medicine and becoming an activist to promote causes like global denuclearization and multilateralism.
Odin Farkas attends American Heritage School in South Florida. Some activities he enjoys are Public Forum debate and being on the swim team at his school.
Paul Aversa is a senior at Fort Lauderdale High School. Over the past several years, he has taken part in numerous organizations, including as a bureau member for Montessori Model United Nations, as President of his local Surfrider chapter, Chief Financial Officer of the Make a Friend Be a Friend Foundation, and as a class officer at his high school. He is proud to dedicate his time to environmental causes affecting his community, including solving for marine ecosystem degradation and the emergence of plastic pollution.
Prateek Gupta is a rising junior at American Heritage School Plantation in South Florida. Some of his favorite things to do are participate in Speech and Debate and volunteer inside his culture community.
Ilia Kolesnik is a student Bauman Moscow State Technical University studying mathematics and computer sciences. In 2017 he and his fellow teammates won a trip to the US in the Fort Ross Quest Contest – “Journey from Fort Ross”. He won the conference “Engineers of Future -2020” and was the first prize holder in the program “Engineering Holidays -2019” and the excellent performer in the pre-professional exam on IT, in addition to other honors.
Anfisa Semenova is a student at State University of Management. Anfisa is interested in the field of Economics and is studying innovation processes in business and society. She was a semi-finalist of the Russian American Video Contest in 2019. In 2020 she studied math at Economic Mathematical School of Moscow State University and received the qualifications of an IBM Operator and a clerk of court.
Daria Lunysheva is student at the State Budgetary Educational Institution of Moscow City No. 1208. a versatile person who is able to focus on different things, such as writing stories, studying languages, learning history, playing the piano, performing on stage and even exploring psychological sites. Different kinds of activities have drawn her attention: the Linguistic course of Cambridge Gardens College 2019, Preliminary English Exam from Cambridge, Chatham House Summer School program 2020.
Dasha Lunicheva a student at Russian state University for the Humanities. She is passionate about art and drawing. This hobby helped her to be a semi-finalist in the Russian American Video Contest in 2018 and a participant in the literature program “Between the Lines” from the University of Iowa.
Denis Kovyrkov is a student at the Higher School of Economics – National Research University and is specializing in economics. He has concentrated his efforts on becoming a professional specialist at Economics. He took part in a start-up business weekend from the Moscow City Government in 2020 and was a semi-finalist of the Russian American Video Contest in 2019. He is fond of alpine skiing, English, Math and Sociology.
Ekaterina Tararykova is a student at Bauman Moscow State Technical University specializing in ammunition and fuses. She has consistently excelled in Physics and Mathematics. She also enjoys learning Geography and languages, especially German. She has been involved in a great range of school contests and projects from Rosatom and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
Julia Suskina is a student at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. She is interested in tennis and music, English and French, Art and IT, biology and physics. She was a semi-finalist of the Russian American Video Contest in 2019 and a participant in the literature program “Between the Lines” from the University of Iowa. She is currently studying Sociology. She is interested in analyzing social processes and being a part of international academic community.
Lidia Zvezdochkina is a student at the State Budgetary Educational Institution of Moscow City No. 1517. Lidia is a capoeira dancer, a participant of the Drama Youth Festival ‘Smiles” and the winner of the International Children’s festival of Fine and Applied Arts. She was a finalist of the International Technical Olympiad from Moscow Aviation Institute and a prize-taker of All-Russian Olympiad in “Analytics.
Roman Ashchekin is a student at the State Budgetary Educational Institution of Moscow City No. 962. He is a travel lover who has visited almost all European countries. His wanderlust is based on a strong interest to history of foreign countries. He enjoys exploring their traditions and culture. Asia occupies a special place in his studies, especially North and South Korea’s relations. That is why in 2019 he finished the school of young orientalist at the Institute of Asia and Africa, Moscow State University. In 2020 he took the lecture course “Russia in global affairs” at Russian State University for the Humanities. He hopes to build up a successful career in a political or economic sphere and work in South Korea one day.
Timur Termirkhanov is a student at State University of Management and is specializing in advertising and PR. Timur is interested in rock music and playing the guitar. His own band has performed at school concerts several times and released an album, as well. Timur is also interested in Sociology and Public Relations.
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