The war in Ukraine: How will it end?
with
Ambassador John Herbst, Nina Krushcheva, and others TBD
Moderated by Jane Harman
Thursday, March 31st, 2022
5:00 pm ET
Putin’s unprovoked war on Ukraine is unfolding in human tragedy and enormous change to the world order. To help break down how the war may end or drag on - and what the ramifications are to Ukraine, Europe, the US and the globe, we are honored to host Ambassador John Herbst, US ambassador to Ukraine from 2003 to 2006, Nina Khrushcheva, granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev and expert on Russia at the New School, and our moderator Congresswoman Jane Harman, who served on the House Intelligence Committee.
Join The Common Good on March 31st.
About the Speaker:
Nina Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs at The New School, as well as a Contributing Editor to Project Syndicate: Association of Newspapers Around the World. She is also the granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev, the former Soviet leader famous for denouncing Stalin. She had a two-year appointment as a research fellow at the School of Historical Studies of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and then served as Deputy Editor of East European Constitutional Review at the NYU School of Law. Khrushcheva was a fellow at the World Policy Institute where she directed the Russia Project. She is a member of Council on Foreign Relations, a recipient of Great Immigrants: The Pride of America Award from Carnegie Corporation of New York in 2013 and of a 2019 Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage from Trinity College Dublin.
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Ambassador John Herbst is senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and served for thirty-one years as a foreign service officer in the US Department of State, retiring at the rank of career minister. He was US ambassador to Ukraine from 2003 to 2006, when he worked to enhance US-Ukrainian relations, help ensure the conduct of a fair Ukrainian presidential election, and prevent violence during the Orange Revolution. Prior to that, he was ambassador to Uzbekistan (2000-03), where he played a critical role in the establishment of an American base to help conduct Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He also promoted improved US-Uzbek relations, in part by encouraging the government in Tashkent to improve its human rights record.
Congresswoman Jane Harman is President Emerita of the Wilson Center, one of the world’s most highly regarded think tanks, and a former long-time member of Congress who served on the House Intelligence Committee and the Homeland Security Committee's intelligence subcommittee. She is an internationally recognized authority on U.S. and global security issues, foreign relations, and lawmaking. Harman is also the author of the recent book Insanity Defense which chronicles how four administrations have failed to confront some of the toughest national security policy issues and what we can do to keep the nation safe.
