In light of the war between Russia and Ukraine and the ongoing international political crisis, Pushkin House is organising a panel discussion for experts to explore various aspects of the situation.
Scholars, journalists and commentators are trying to answer the most urgent questions.
What is going to happen next?
What are the less obvious contexts in which major decisions are made?
What are the options?
Join us for an informed conversation between prominent experts, moderated by Grigor Atanesian from BBC News Russian. See the full list of speakers below.
Pushkin House is an independent cultural organisation and as such we condemn all forms of military aggression.
Speakers:
Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman is Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London. He was Professor of War Studies from 1982 to 2014 and Vice-Principal from 2003 to 2013. He has written on international history, strategic theory and nuclear weapons issues, as well as commenting on current security issues. Among his recent books are Strategy: A History (2013), The Future of War: A History (2017), Ukraine and the Art of Strategy (2019) and, with Jeff Michaels, the 4th edition of The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy (2019). He is currently working on a book on the Politics of Command.
Aliona Hlivco is a political analyst and a political risk consultant focusing on former Soviet Union states. She is a strategic relations manager at the Henry Jackson Society, prior to which she was a guest lecturer at Regent’s University London.
Aliona is a regular contributor at Chatham House Russia & Eurasia Programme roundtables and events, as well as British media, based on her extensive political career in Ukraine. She was a one of the leaders of one the biggest political parties in Ukraine, an activist during both Orange revolution in 2004 and Maidan in 2014 and an elected Member of Regional Parliament in Ukraine.
Dr Julie Newton is Principal Investigator (Director) of the University Consortium, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, bringing together six universities in the US, the EU and Russia – Harvard, Columbia, Oxford, Sciences Po, MGIMO, and HSE – to promote engagement between Russia and Western countries.
She is also a Research Fellow at the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, where her research focuses on Russian politics and Russia-US-EU relations. She holds a BA from Princeton University, a Master's from Columbia University, and a DPhil from Oxford.
She is an Associate Professor at the American University of Paris; in the US, she is a Visiting Professor at Colorado College; and in Russia, she is a regular lecturer for the MGIMO-MGU International Master’s Program in Post-Soviet Politics. Besides published articles, books include: Russia, France, and the Idea of Europe (Palgrave, 2003), Institutions, Ideas, and Leadership in Russian Politics (Palgrave, 2011) with Dr William Tompson.
Moderator:
Grigor Atanesian is a journalist with BBC News Russian and a former Esquire Russia editor. He received his MA from the University of Missouri School of Journalism via a Fulbright grant.