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Speaker: Paul D'Anieri, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of California, Riverside
Moderator: Emily Channell-Justice, Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at HURI
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Image: Detail of book cover, Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War, 2nd Edition (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
About the Event
Drawing on research presented in his recent book, Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War, 2nd Edition (2023), this lecture will explore the factors that led to Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. The war has eliminated few of these factors, and has exacerbated many of them. The question we must address is how can peace be maintained in the long term if the underlying causes of the war remain in place? A significant portion of the wars in history are accounted for by the same states fighting over and over. Therefore, and as the failure of the Minsk process shows, merely reaching a cease-fire will likely be insufficient to produce enduring peace. What possibilities exist for establishing long-term security in the region, and what are the most challenging obstacles to reaching that goal? Will redrawing of boundaries help or hurt? What about admitting Ukraine to NATO or providing other security guarantees?
About the Speaker
Paul D'Anieri is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside. Since the early 1990s, his research has focused on Russia-Ukraine relations. His most recent book, Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War, 2nd Edition (Cambridge University Press, 2023), provides a comprehensive explanation of the war between Russia and Ukraine. His other books include The Sources of Russia’s Great Power Politics: Ukraine and the Challenge to the European Order, (2018; with Taras Kuzio); Orange Revolution and Aftermath: Mobilization, Apathy, and the State in Ukraine (editor; 2010); Understanding Ukrainian Politics: Power, Politics and Institutional Design (2007) and Economic Interdependence in Ukrainian-Russian Relations (1999). His textbook International Politics: Power and Purpose in Global Affairs is currently in its 5th edition. In 2017, he was Eugene and Daymel Shklar Research Fellow in Ukrainian Studies at the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University.
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