The End of Peace: How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine is Transforming Europe and Transatlantic Relations

The Otto and Fran Walter Memorial Lecture
Tuesday, April 26, at 12:00 noon EST

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At this critical moment in history, political scientist Ivan Krastev helps us understand how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine impacts the balance of power in Europe, transatlantic relations, and the future of democracy. How does the war change existing divisions, and what should the role of NATO, and by extension the U.S. government, be? Krastev, author of the recent New York Times op-ed “We Are All Living in Putin’s World Now,” sheds light on these questions as the situation changes rapidly on the ground.

Krastev is the chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, IWM Vienna, and the author of The Light that Failed: A Reckoning (with Stephen Holmes), about the backsliding of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989, among other books. He speaks with John Torpey, professor of sociology and history and director of the EU Studies Center.