Global Perspectives | UK-Russia Relations
Relations between the United Kingdom and Russia have remained at a freezing point following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and intervention in eastern Ukraine, the Skripal poisoning, and subsequent western sanctions, among a host of other issues. In the UK’s Integrated Review released in March 2021 Russia is bluntly referred to as “the most acute threat” to the UK’s security. However, both the UK and Russia have mutual interests in a variety of issues including climate change, arms control and nonproliferation, strategic stability, and public health. Are tense relations between the UK and Russia here to stay? Might there still be room for bilateral or multilateral dialogue? On October 15, join us for a conversation with Andrew Monaghan on the state of UK-Russia relations and what the future might hold.
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Speaker
Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute, London; Non-Resident Associate Fellow, NATO Defense College
Moderator
President and CEO, US Russia Foundation
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Kennan Institute
The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange. Read more
Global Europe Program
The Global Europe Program is focused on Europe’s capabilities, and how it engages on critical global issues. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues. We examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our initiatives include “Ukraine in Europe”—an examination of what it will take to make Ukraine’s European future a reality. But we also examine the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE, Europe’s energy security, transatlantic trade disputes, and challenges to democracy. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media. Read more