Meeting the Moment: Reflections on the Founding of the Kennan Institute in 1974
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This event will focus on the individuals and events at the founding of the Kennan Institute in 1974. The challenge we face with Russia today is not unlike 1974, in that the national conversation about the region focuses entirely on politics and security. The Kennan Institute’s cofounders—George Kennan, James Billington, and S. Frederick Starr—established the Institute to counter that trend—to provide not just a resource for advanced academic research, but to connect the scholars doing it with policymakers so that better research and better policy would result. That mission is as important today as back then, and this event will enable participants to hear about the thoughts and perspectives from that earlier time.
Speakers
John Lewis Gaddis
Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University
S. Frederick Starr
John Van Oudenaren
Chief, European Division, Library of Congress
Introduction
Ambassador John J. Sullivan
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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
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