
We will dig into this with featured speaker Gerard Toal, professor of international affairs at Virginia Tech. This discussion provides a thick geopolitical description of the Ukraine crisis and illustrates how it is a multiscalar conflict that entangles low intensity war in the Donbas, national identity conflict between Kyiv and Moscow, energy infrastructure and climate, as well as great power perceptions of geo-strategic encroachment. Toal will offer some arguments as to why Russia's leadership decided to initiate the threat of invasion now, and what are its likely consequences.
Join us Wednesday, March 2 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. EST for this virtual discussion. Register below.