2 Events

Great Power Politics and the Ukrainian Crisis: Managing Russia's Rivalry in a Political-Economic Context

Seminar - Open to the Public

Great Power Politics and the Ukrainian Crisis: Managing Russia's Rivalry in a Political-Economic Context

Thu., Oct. 2, 2014 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

This seminar assesses the relationship between the West and Russia as the sum of great power reactions to the Ukrainian crisis and, specifically, the annexation of Crimea.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Lights hang in front of a NATO logo during the NATO Summit on Nov. 19, 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal. Britain and the U.S. sought an agreement to hand over responsibility for security in Afghanistan to local forces over the next 4 years.

Seminar - Open to the Public

NATO and the Projection of Partial Democracy: The Eastern Neighborhood, the Western Balkans, Afghanistan, and Libya

Thu., May 16, 2013 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

NATO by its rise as a political actor since the end of the Cold War has emphasized democratization as an increasingly important soft power objective in its relations with third countries. The seminar explains NATO's democratic agenda focusing on two regions and two operations: (1) the 'halted' enlargement vis-à-vis Georgia and Ukraine; (2) the ongoing enlargement process in the Western Balkans; (3) the state-building effort and drawdown from Afghanistan; (4) the 2011 intervention in Libya in the context of the Arab Spring.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.