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Originally Published in The Conversation April 8, 2022 A clearly anguished Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on April 5, 2022, castigated the U.N. Security Council members
The Otto and Fran Walter Memorial LectureTuesday, April 26, at 12:00 noon EST At this critical moment in history, political scientist Ivan Krastev helps us understand how
Two foreign and defense policy. In particular, it has agreed to substantially raise its military spending, as well as to give substantial weaponry to the Ukrainians to assist them to defend themselves. Recently installed, Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it “Zeitenwende,” a “watershed” or perhaps more literally an “epochal transformation.” It’s been noted that this watershed development has also taken place with three women in the top security and defense jobs in the new German government: at defense Christine Lambrecht, minister of foreign affairs Annalena Baerbock, and interior affairs Minister Faeser.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has created a military stalemate, perhaps soon to be called a quagmire, and a humanitarian crisis of a magnitude last
Invites you to the first event of the Spring series: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERSAND THE SHRINKING OF CIVIC SPACES Date: Thursday, March 31 2022Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m (EDT)
Marcus Brand, International IDEA’s Head of Programme for Myanmar and former UN Development Programme Ukraine Director, speaks with Ralph Bunche Institute Director John Torpey about the parallels between the military coup in Myanmar and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including unexpected resistance, humanitarian crises and massive refugee flows, and possible optimism about what it means for the future of democracy.
Friday 1 April 2022. Noon-1:15 PM (Eastern Daylight Time) “Ukrainian Scholars on War, Genocide, and the Holocaust” Russia’s attack on Ukraine has resulted in the destruction of
How can previous conflicts inform what is happening in Ukraine? What is the credibility of the UN in conflict mediation? What should the stance of