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How Does Polarization in the US Impact Foreign Policy?

Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Please join the Belfer Center’s Russia Matters for a discussion on the impacts of polarization on America’s foreign policy in general and on U.S. policies toward Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia in particular.

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Summit of EU leaders and Zelenskyy with Donald Trump
President Donald Trump, center, participates in a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, seated at the table from center left, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and from foreground left, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, from background left, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, listen in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Please join the Belfer Center’s Russia Matters for a discussion. From the top levels of Washington to the general public, polarization has become an inescapable fact of life in the U.S. During this discussion, the speakers will discuss the impacts of polarization on America’s foreign policy in general and on U.S. policies toward Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia in particular.

In-person option is open for Harvard University ID holders only. Webinar option is open to the public. 

In-person registration here (Harvard University ID holders only). Webinar registration here.

Speakers:

  • Gordon M. Friedrichs, senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg.
  • Ivan Arreguín-Toft, editor, Russia Matters.

Moderator:

  • Angelina Flood, managing editor, Russia Matters.