Europe’s “Eastern Crisis” has witnessed the massing of military forces, armed intervention, and the forceful occupation of territory, combined with harsh rhetoric and outright falsehoods that hinder the pursuit of diplomatic solutions. The situation is eerily reminiscent of the 1930s, when another authoritarian state sought to reverse the consequences of what it perceived as an unfair peace settlement and mounted an aggressive campaign that engulfed the world in a disastrous war. An interdisciplinary panel of Russian, Ukrainian, and US experts will help us understand how we got to this point and what can be done.

Panelists

Mark R. Beissinger, Henry W. Putnam Professor of Politics, Princeton University

Bryn Rosenfeld, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Cornell University

Kateryna Pishchikova, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations, eCampus University

Nicholas Rostow, Visiting Professor of Law, Cornell Law School

Moderator

Matthew Evangelista, President White Professor of History and Political Science, Department of Government, Cornell University

Presented by the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, with co-sponsorship from the Institute of European Studies at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, and the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs, Cornell University.

About the Series

The new Einaudi Center Critical Conversations Series brings together world-class regional, historical, and comparative experts to promote deeper understanding of global current events and emerging crises on the world stage. The stakes for our shared future have never been higher—so please join us for these critical conversations.

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