Panelists:
- Rajan Menon: Director, Grand Strategy Program, Defense Priorities
- Liana Fix: Fellow for Europe, Council on Foreign Relations
- Alexander Cooley: Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University
Moderator:
- Zachary Paikin: Research Fellow, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy; Researcher, Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels)
In the wake of Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive, Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions and decision to conduct a mobilization campaign represent a grave escalation of the conflict. The prospect of nuclear weapons use has been invoked and a political settlement between Moscow and Kyiv now appears highly unlikely, if not impossible.
How should Western countries tailor their response to reduce the risk of further escalation? What might Europe’s future security system look like as a result of the latest developments? And with Ukraine’s sovereignty having been brazenly compromised, what sort of international norms can be envisioned for relations between states — both big and small — in the emerging international order? |
