A conversation with Samuel Charap, of the Rand Corporation, on the origins of the war, with a focus on the development of Russian foreign policy after 2012, on the European security architecture after 1991 and on the place of Ukraine in U.S. foreign policy. This conversation emphasizes questions of nuclear strategy and nuclear non-proliferation in relation to the origins of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

A conversation with Constanze Stelzenmueller, of the Brookings Instittuion, on the origins of the war, with particular focus on the evolution of European policy toward Eastern and Central Europe after 1991 and on the role of Germany in "Minsk" diplomacy in 2014 and 2015. This conversation places the origins of the war in a European and transatlantic context.

A conversation with sociologist Ekaterina V. Klimenko, affiliated scholar at the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University, on the uses of medieval history in Russian politics and Russian foreign policy. Alicja Curanovic, professor at the University of Warsaw, will serve as a respondent.