Columbia SIPA, The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies,and the Harriman Institute of Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies present

Expert Panel: Putin’s Annexations and His War of Wills with the West

Columbia’s top experts on Russia, Ukraine, China, and military strategy will examine the implications of Putin’s annexations in eastern Ukraine. Key issues include prospects for an escalation of the war—including nuclear options; potential diplomatic off-ramps; Putin’s domestic challenges; and whether this war has influenced Chinese thinking about Taiwan.

Moderated by by Keren Yarhi-Milo, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Wednesday, October 12, 2022
6:00pm-8:00pm
Low Library Rotunda

This event is in-person for CUID holders only. The livestream link for non-CUID holders and the public is here.

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Panelists:

Stephen Duane Biddle, Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs; Director, International Security Policy Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs

Richard K. Betts, Leo A. Shifrin Professor of War and Peace Studies, Department of Political Science

Elise Giuliano, Senior Lecturer in Political Science; Director of the MARS-REERS Program; Director of the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations

Kimberly Marten, Professor, Department of Political Science, Barnard College

Thomas J. Christensen, James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations; Director, China and the World Program, School of International and Public Affairs

Peter Clement, Interim Director, Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies