Wednesday, March 2, 2022Perry World House Expert Briefing: War in Europe: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Wednesday, March 2nd, 4 pm- 5 pm ET
Diplomatic efforts by the West to reduce the risk of war have failed. Russian troops have advanced into Ukrainian territory by land, air, and sea, with reports of heavy fighting and bombing of military and civilian targets across the country. Join Perry World House and the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics to hear from experts Trudy Rubin, The Philadelphia Inquirer’s foreign affairs columnist, who has just returned from a reporting trip to Ukraine and Lithuania; Rudra Sil, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania; and Alexander Vershbow, former Deputy Secretary General of NATO. This discussion will be moderated by Jane Vaynman, Lightning Scholar at Perry World House and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Temple University.