Origins of the War: A Conversation with Patrick Travers
A conversation with Patrick Travers, former advisor to the Canadian Prime Minister, on the origins of the war, on policy choices made by Canada and its allies and on assessments of Russia's motivations for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Origins of the War: A Conversation with Timothy Snyder
A conversation with Timothy Snyder, a professor at the University of Toronto, and author of many pioneering books on the history of Eastern and Central Europe. This conversation focuses on the status of Ukraine in Europe, on the evolution of Russian foreign policy under President Vladimir Putin and the reasons for Russia's invasion of Ukraine first in 2014 and then, on a much larger scale, in 2022.
Origins of the War: A Conversation with Dara Massicot
A conversation with Dara Massicot, of the Carnegie Endowment, on the evolution of the Russian military after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the development of Russian strategy and the various conflicts, from Chechnya to the annexation of Crimea in 2014, that laid the foundation for Russia's decision, in 2022, to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Origins of the War: A Conversation with Stephen Sestanovich
A conversation with Stephen Sestanovich, of the Council on Foreign Relations, on the long arc of U.S. policy toward Russia, the evolution of Eastern and Central Europe after the end of the Cold War and the motivations held by Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine in February 2022.
Artwork by Kazimir Malevich and Wassily Kandinsky