Is Russia Undermining Democracy in the West? Conference
Join University of Pennsylvania's Department of Russian and East European Studies for a full-day conference on Russia's role in undermining Western democracies. Amid new revelations of the extent of Russian interference in American elections, how should we appraise Russia’s role in undermining democracy not just in America, but throughout the West – and are there perils in exaggerating its successes? This conference, through a series of panels, will address these questions, as well as other related topics. Registration is free and can be accessed through the event page.
Speakers:
Michael Carpenter, senior director, Penn Biden Center
Samuel Charap, senior political scientist, RAND Corporation
Nikolas Gvosdev, senior fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Marlene LaRuelle, research professor of international affairs, George Washington University
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
Clint Watts, distinguished research fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Bob Hamilton, associate professor of Eurasian studies, US Army War College
Alina Polyakova, David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution
Rudra Sil, professor of political science, University of Pennsylvania
Adrian Basora, senior fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Claire Finkelstein, professor of law, professor of philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
Mitchell Orenstein (also moderator), professor of Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania
John Haines (moderator), senior fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Anna Mikulska (moderator), senior fellow & lecturer at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania