Please join the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project for the second part of a panel series on future financial, humanitarian, and military support for the reconstruction of Ukraine. A new joint assessment released late last month by the Government of Ukraine, the World Bank Group, the European Commission, and the United Nations, estimates that the cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine has grown to US $411 billion - almost 2.6 times the country’s estimated 2022 GDP. We will be joined by Natalie Jaresko, former Finance Minister of Ukraine; Matteo Patrone, Managing Director, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Vladyslav Rashkovan, Alternative Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund; and Daniel F. Runde, Director of the Project on Prosperity and Development at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. This conversation will be moderated by Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with General Glen VanHerck, Commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM. General VanHerck will join us virtually to discuss homeland defense in the context of today’s dynamic strategic environment, as well as address the necessary steps to ensuring security for the United States and its interests. Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project, will moderate.

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Please join the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project and Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D) for a seminar on the future of arms control with Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins, the current U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Under Secretary Jenkins will discuss strengthening disarmament and non-proliferation at a time of challenges to the multilateral arms control architecture with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This conversation will be co-moderated by Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project, and Jacqueline White Menchaca, MPP '23 Student and Belfer Young Leader Fellow.

Please join the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project and Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship for a seminar on the current European security landscape with Audra Plepytė, Ambassador of Lithuania to the US; Kristjan Prikk, Ambassador of Estonia to the U.S., and Māris Selga, Ambassador of Latvia to the U.S. The Ambassadors will discuss how Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has affected transatlantic and regional security as well as increasing threats to critical infrastructure in the Baltic states. This conversation will be moderated by Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project.

Please join the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project and the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association for a seminar on the prosecution of Russian war crimes in Ukraine with Counselor for War Crimes Accountability at the Department of Justice (DOJ), Mr. Eli M. Rosenbaum. Mr. Rosenbaum will discuss how DOJ is committed to holding the perpetrators of such grave crimes fully accountable. This conversation will be moderated by Ambassador Paula J.  Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project.

Please join the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project for a two-part seminar on the reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine. Ukraine’s economy has been devastated due to Russia’s brutal full-scale invasion since February 2022. The World Bank estimated back in September 2022 that the current cost of Ukraine’s reconstruction is $350 billion, while some economists estimate the costs to be much higher. The reconstruction efforts will take decades and will require strong collaboration among Ukraine’s international partners as well as the private sector. Furthermore, it will require committed legal action to hold Russia accountable for its actions.

In this inaugural seminar, the panel will be discussing proposals for the seizure of Russian state assets to provide support for Ukraine. We will be joined by former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Lawrence H. Summers; the White Burkett Miller Professor of History at the University of Virginia, Dr. Philip D. Zelikow; and former Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, Stephen Rademaker. The conversation will be moderated by Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project and former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Erika Mouynes, Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow at Harvard and former Foreign Minister of Panama; Ambassador P. Michael McKinley, former U.S. Ambassador to Peru, Brazil, Afghanistan, and Colombia; Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project and former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, on the role of Latin America in today's shifting international order. While most countries in Latin America voted in favor of UN General Assembly resolutions condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and others refuse to join sanctions against Russia or give aid to Ukraine. What does the future of the Western Hemisphere look like in a time of increasing global competition and great power conflict? Negah Angha, Institute of Politics Fellow and former Director for Multilateral Initiatives at the National Security Council, will moderate.

Please join the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project and Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship for a seminar on Türkiye’s current global role with H.E. Hasan Murat Mercan, Ambassador of Türkiye to the U.S., and Sir Peter Westmacott, former Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Türkiye, the U.S., and France. Ambassadors Mercan and Westmacott will discuss a range of regional issues, including the war in Ukraine and NATO as well as Turkish-American relations. This conversation will be moderated by Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project and Harvard Kennedy School’s Ukraine Caucus for a conversation with Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, who will be joining virtually. The discussion will be moderated by Belfer Center Co-Director Eric Rosenbach and Ambassador Paula Dobriansky (PhD '91), a Senior Fellow at the Future of Diplomacy Project.

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Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Ivan Duque who served as President of Colombia from 2018 to 2022. President Duque will discuss three major trends affecting Latin American countries: defending and promoting democratic values; addressing the climate crisis and protecting biodiversity; and developing compassionate and sensible migration policies. This event will be moderated by Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow at the Future of Diplomacy Project.

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