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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging discussion with Ambassador of Estonia t
 o the U.S. Kristjan Prikk and Director of the Freeman-Spogli Institute Mic
 hael McFaul on:\n\nRussia's War in Ukraine and its Implications on Europea
 n Security: Why should America care?\n\nMore than ten years into Russia's 
 war against Ukraine and more than two years after Moscow launched a full-s
 cale aggression\, there is still no end in sight to the largest military c
 onflict in Europe after WWII. What are the implications of this war on the
  security of Europe but also on the United States? What would it take to e
 nd the war and in what kind of a world will we all live on the day after i
 t's all over? The event will feature a discussion on the possibility of a 
 viable Western strategy for success that not only saves Ukraine but also s
 trengthens the United States' role as the leader of the free world.\n\nEst
 onia's Ambassador to the U.S. Kristjan Prikk started his mission in Washin
 gton\, D.C. in May 2021. He is a graduate of the US Army War College and h
 as served as the National Security Coordinator to the Prime Minister. Prio
 r to arriving in D.C.\, he was the Permanent Secretary of the Estonian Min
 istry of Defense. Among his previous assignments are two other tours in Wa
 shington as an Estonian diplomat and work on NATO-Russia and NATO-Ukraine 
 topics at a time when these relationships were considerably less charged t
 han today.\n\nMichael McFaul is Director at the Freeman Spogli Institute f
 or International Studies\, the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor 
 of International Studies in the Department of Political Science\, and the 
 Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He joined th
 e Stanford faculty in 1995. He served for five years in the Obama administ
 ration\, first as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director f
 or Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council at the Wh
 ite House (2009-2012)\, and then as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federat
 ion (2012-2014).\n\nOpening remarks will be delivered by Amir Weiner\, Ass
 ociate Professor of History and Director of Stanford's Center for Russian\
 , East European and Eurasian Studies.\n\nThe hybrid event is free and open
  to the public. To attend in person\, RSVP is requested.\n\nThis event is 
 part of Global Conversations\, a series of talks\, lectures\, and seminars
  hosted by Stanford University Libraries and Vabamu with the goal of educa
 ting scholars\, students\, leaders\, and the public on the benefits of but
  also challenges related to sustaining freedom.
GEO:37.426631;-122.167086
LOCATION:Hohbach Hall\, Room 122
SUMMARY:Russia's War in Ukraine and its Implications on European Security: 
 Why should America care?
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/russias-war-in-ukraine-2024
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