Past Events

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Join two leading economists as they discuss the unexpected trajectories of Ukraine's and Russia's wartime economies and the forces shaping them as the conflict moves into a new phase.

President, Kyiv School of Economics; Former Minister of Economic Development, Trade, and Agriculture of Ukraine

Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Executive Director, Davis Center

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This panel revisits the dramatic end of the USSR, featuring firsthand accounts from top U.S. diplomats who navigated the complexities, challenges, and hopes of that transition in the Soviet/post-Soviet republics.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia (1997-2001)

Retired Career Diplomat; Adjunct Professor, U.S. Naval War College

Ret. U.S. Ambassador to the USSR

Ashton B. Carter Visiting Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Senior Fellow and Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

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Nazi policy in occupied Crimea and the North Caucasus was pulled in two different directions, creating a unique chance for survival for local groups associated with Jewish ancestry or Judaism.

Recording Available

Associate Professor, Ariel University (Israel)

Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies, Boston College; Chair, Seminar on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center

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Why do foreign fighters join wars in other countries? Moving beyond characterizations of foreign fighters as either profit-driven mercenaries or transnational terrorists, this event develops a theory of foreign fighters motivated by vicarious identification and ontological security.

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Hampton University

Chair, Georgian Studies Seminar, Davis Center

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Join us for a seminar that reassesses the history of dramatic arts in the Soviet bloc through the lens of gender and surveillance.

Recording Available

Theater Researcher, University of the Arts, Targu-Mures, Romania

Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center