Join the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) for a conversation on Russia’s influence activities in the UK, Europe and Europe’s southern neighborhood. The talk will feature Dame Karen Pierce DCMG, British Ambassador to the United States, and Luke Harding, foreign correspondent and investigative journalist for The Guardian, on the occasion of a newly released CSIS report on Russian and Chinese influence activities in Europe and the Indo-Pacific. Introduced by Heather A. Conley, Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia and the Arctic, and moderated by Rachel Ellehuus, CSIS Europe deputy director and senior fellow, this conversation will examine the objectives and tactics behind Russia’s influence activities in the UK, Europe and beyond; discuss the activities which were and were not considered successful; and discuss steps that the United Kingdom has taken to be more resilient and less susceptible to Russian efforts at home and abroad.

Registration is required; info can be found on the event page. 

Speakers:

Dame Karen Pierce DCMG, British Ambassador to the United States

Luke Harding, foreign correspondent and investigative journalist for The Guardian

Heather A. Conley, senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia and the Arctic, CSIS

Rachel Ellhuus, deputy director and senior fellow, CSIS Europe