Past Events

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Through a comparative analysis of the 1944 pronatalist Family Law and Putin’s pronatalist measures, this talk attempts to identify both constant and shifting choices as well as forces that affect the politics of reproduction today. In addition to policymakers, the talk will address the roles of women, doctors, and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Recording Available

Professor, Hokusei Gakuen University

Women's and Gender Studies Historian

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This panel will explore the geopolitical and geoeconomic dynamics of the Western Balkans, highlighting ongoing national divisions and shifting alliances amid global uncertainties.

Recording Available

Assistant Professor of Economics, Bridgewater State University; Fulbright Fellow, Duke University

Research Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics; Taiwan Peace Fellowship Program, Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation

Research Fellow, CERGE-EI

Political Scientist; Project Manager, Center for European Studies at Harvard University

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This conversation with recently released Russian political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza, rescheduled from the fall, will focus on his experience in today's gulag.

Recording Available

Vice-President, Free Russia Foundation; Senior Advisor, Human Rights First; Senior Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights

Editor-in-Chief & CEO, The New Times

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This panel will consider how Washington's changing relations with Brussels and Moscow are affecting the EU’s and China’s engagement in an international transport initiative offering routes that bypass Russia.

Recording Available

Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)

Managing Director, European Neighbourhood Council (ENC)

Independent Foreign Policy Analyst

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

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Join us for the second talk of a new online speaker series, "Kyiv Connection: Disciplinary Dialogues on Ukraine."  

Recording Available

Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University

Professor at the Fletcher School, Tufts University; Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute