Dr. Celeste Wallander is President and CEO of the U.S.-Russia Foundation. She served as Special Assistant to President Obama and Senior Director for Russia/Eurasia on the National Security Council (2013-2017). She's held several teaching positions as professor at American University … Read more
Join us for a panel discussion examining media disinformation and manipulation strategies that have been attributed to and orchestrated by Russia vis-á-vis the U.S. and Ukraine. The panelists will address Russian Twitter bots, the state of media and journalism in contemporary … Read more
Jack Matlock served as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 and 1991 and Ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1981 to 1983. Jack Matlock entered the Foreign Service in 1956 and became an expert in Soviet affairs during some of … Read more
A year ahead of the March 2018 presidential elections, the Kremlin is engaging in two risky strategies. First, it projects that President Putin would win re-election with seventy percent of the vote and seventy percent turnout, a very high bar … Read more
Dr. Serhii Plokhii's talk will be based on his 2015 book, The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, which details the complex history of Ukraine in light of the current crisis in the country. It specifically examines the history … Read more
In celebration of World on Fire in Flames of Blood: Narratives of the Russian Revolution, an exhibition inspired by the André Savine Collection (January 21 – May 14, 2017), CSEEES Director Donald J. Raleigh will deliver the talk "Russia 1917: Why Did … Read more
What explains the surge in President Vladimir Putin’s popular support that followed Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea? To shed light on this question, Dr. Henry E. Hale (George Washington University) will discuss public opinion surveys that interviewed a nationally representative … Read more
