Join Columbia's Harriman Institute and the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs for a discussion of why conflict drags on in Ukraine.

The war in east Ukraine seems to have turned into another frozen conflict in post-Soviet Eurasia. While the Minsk II agreement has more or less functioned to reduce violence on the ground in the east, neither Russia nor Ukraine has made progress toward implementing the terms of the agreement. Why? This talk will address the causes of the Ukraine crisis and the reasons for its persistence by examining the interests and motives of both Ukraine and Russia. The talk will also discuss domestic politics in Ukraine, in particular the ways in which Poroshenko’s government has disappointed the population’s hopes following the Maidan revolution. Giuliano will present research on popular opinion in Ukraine based on field research she conducted in east Ukraine. Finally, she will address what these developments mean for U.S. and European support for Ukraine going forward.

Speaker:

Elise Giuliano, Lecturer in the Political Science Department at Columbia University and Director of Graduate Studies of the MA program at The Harriman Institute