Global Affairs Expert Webinar: The War in Ukraine and U.S.-Russia Relations

Stephen Sestanovich, George F. Kennan senior fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies at CFR and Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis professor of international diplomacy at Columbia University, leads the conversation on the war in Ukraine and U.S.-Russia relations.

Speaker
Stephen Sestanovich
George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Council on Foreign Relations

Presider
Irina A. Faskianos
Vice President, National Program and Outreach
Council on Foreign Relations

Background Readings

Prepare for the webinar by exploring the following resources:

• Jack Watling, “Ukraine Must Turn the Tide Before It Can Negotiate: To Gain Leverage, Kyiv Needs a Stable Front in the Donbas—and Western Security Guarantees,” ForeignAffairs.com, October 21, 2024.

• Molly Carlough and Paul B. Stares, “Why the U.S. Presidential Election Matters for Ukraine,” Expert Brief, Council on Foreign Relations, October 9, 2024.

• Liana Fix, Thomas Graham, and James M. Lindsay, “The Russia Challenge,” The President’s Inbox, Podcast, Council on Foreign Relations, September 17, 2024.

• Julian G. Waller, “Putin the Resilient: Predicting the Collapse of His Regime Is Wishful Thinking,” ForeignAffairs.com, August 14, 2024.

• Stephen Kotkin, “The Five Futures of Russia: And How America Can Prepare for Whatever Comes Next,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 2024.

• “Defining an Acceptable Outcome in Russia’s War in Ukraine,” Mini Simulation, CFR Education, May 9, 2022.

• “Defending Ukraine,” Mini Simulation, CFR Education, March 16, 2022.

• “Russia and NATO in the Baltics in 2016 (NSC),” Simulation, CFR Education.

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