MIT Focus on Eurasia: Putin’s War Against the West: A Conversation with the Former US Ambassador to the Russian Federation

A conversation with John J. Sullivan,&nbsp;former US deputy secretary of state and former US ambassador to the Russian Federation.&nbsp; &nbsp; Speaker:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/people/s/john-sullivan?tab=overview">Ambassador John J. Sullivan</a>&nbsp;is the former US deputy secretary of state and former US ambassador to the Russian Federation. His career spans four decades in public service in prominent diplomatic and legal positions under five US presidents. He is a non-resident distinguished senior fellow with the National Security Law Program as well as a partner in Mayer Brown’s Washington DC and New York offices. He co-leads the firm’s National Security practice. &nbsp; Co-chairs: <a href="https://cis.mit.edu/our-people/carol-saivetz">Carol Saivetz</a>&nbsp;is a senior fellow in the MIT Security Studies Program at the Center for International Studies (CIS). She is the author and contributing co-editor of books and articles on Soviet and now Russian foreign policy issues. &nbsp; <a href="https://cis.mit.edu/our-people/elizabeth-wood">Elizabeth Wood</a>&nbsp;is Ford International Professor of History at MIT. She is the author most recently of&nbsp;Roots of Russia’s War in Ukraine&nbsp;as well as articles on Vladimir Putin, the political cult of WWII, right-wing populism in Russia and Turkey, and U.S.-Russian Partnerships in Science. She is director of the MIT-Ukraine Program at CIS. &nbsp; This event is co-sponsored by the&nbsp;<a href="https://cis.mit.edu/">Center for International Studies</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://cis.mit.edu/regions/europe/mit-eurasia">MIT-Eurasia</a>&nbsp;program,&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="https://ssp.mit.edu/">MIT&nbsp;Security Studies Program (SSP).&nbsp;</a> &nbsp; This event is part of our&nbsp;<a href="https://cis.mit.edu/events-seminars/focus-eurasia">Focus on Eurasia speaker series</a>. Each semester, the series brings together the MIT community and the general public&nbsp;to investigate ongoing issues in Eurasian domestic and foreign policy.&nbsp;Join our mailing&nbsp;<a href="https://cis.mit.edu/connect-us">list</a>&nbsp;here&nbsp;to learn about upcoming seminars in the series.&nbsp;

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