Ukraine and Russia: Where Are We Now, Where Are We Headed?
February 24 marks the third anniversary of Russia's war on Ukraine. Prior to February 2022, some observers predicted that Ukraine did not stand a chance if Russia invaded, and Kyiv was expected to fall in three days. Yet they did; and it didn't. What has happened, and how has the war changed over the years? And what will be the impact as Donald Trump returns to the White House as the 47th President of the United States in 2025? Join Penn State Behrend Political Science Professor and JES Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Lena Surzhko-Harned for a discussion of these questions and many more.
Location: Jefferson Educational Society - 3207 State St, Erie, PA 16508
Date/Time: Monday, February 24, 7pm to 8:30pm
Admission: $10/person; $15 with guest
Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D., is an associate teaching professor of Political Science. She is also the associate director and a faculty affiliate of the Public Policy Fund at Penn State Behrend. Her primary research interests are in the field of comparative politics.
She is an author of several papers dealing with issues of nationalism and ethnic conflict, identity politics, electoral politics, comparative democratization, and political behavior in the post-communist states of Eastern Europe.
Her co-authored book, Post-Soviet Legacies and Conflicting Values in Europe: Generation WhY, was published in 2017 and examines the intergenerational conflict and consequences in post-Soviet Ukraine and Russia.
