Russia’s unprovoked invasion
of Ukraine has triggered one of the biggest global crises in a
generation. A mass exodus of refugees is fleeing westward, and Europeans
face the daunting challenge of conflict on their nations’ borders. This
virtual event brings together scholars living in the region to discuss the
crisis from their perspectives and explore how their home countries are
managing the chaos.
Dr. Przemysław Gasztold is an assistant professor at War Studies University
in Warsaw, Department of Security Threats, and a research fellow at the
Historic Research Office of the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw.
Dr. Iskren Ivanov is a senior lecturer of U.S./Russia Foreign Policy at
the Olmsted Scholar Program, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski.
Dr. Olesea Taranu is an academic from Romania born in the Soviet
Moldavian Republic where she witnessed firsthand the consequences of a Russian
military operation in the short but intense war in Transnistria.
An audience Q&A follows.