Echoes of Greatness

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Description

Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000 determined to restore Russia's great power status. At first, he hoped to work with George W. Bush to establish the kind of world structure that had existed during the Cold War. When that failed, he sought to (re)create Russian hegemony in the post-Soviet space and to push into the Middle East and Asia. Now, after three years of war in Ukraine, Russia has to recalibrate its fortunes--never abandoning its aspirations for world status. One crucial question is whether, in light of the war and its foundering economy, Russia can continue the push outward.

The participants on this round table will each address this question of echoes of the past and of greatness in their respective regional areas of expertise. Given the fluidity of international events, a round table is the most appropriate format for this very important discussion.

Sub Unit

• International Relations, Security Studies, Foreign Policy

Chair

• Carol R. Saivetz, MIT

Roundtable Speakers

• Stephen Jerome Blank, Foreign Policy Research Institute

• Aurel Braun, U of Toronto (Canada) / Harvard U

• Peter Clement, Columbia U

• Robert Owen Freedman, Johns Hopkins U

• Elizabeth Anne Wishnick, Columbia U