Ukraine continues to present a complex challenge for U.S. foreign policy. While many Americans and international allies still back Ukraine’s struggle to maintain its independence from Russia, the current administration’s stance has been inconsistent, often emphasizing the financial and strategic costs of providing support and showing indications that it’s prepared to side with Russia. What lies ahead for Ukraine and its relationship with the U.S. remains uncertain. What does the future look like?
Speakers:
Timothy Frye is the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy. He received a B.A. in Russian language and literature from Middlebury College, an M.I.A. from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia. His research and teaching interests are in comparative politics and political economy, focusing on the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. His most recent book is Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin’s Russia. He also edits Post-Soviet Affairs.
Oxana Shevel is an associate professor of political science at Tufts University and director of the Tufts International Relations Program. She is co-author (with Maria Popova) of a book on the root causes of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States (Polity, 2023). Her earlier book Migration, Refugee Policy, and State Building in Postcommunist Europe (Cambridge, 2011) won the American Association of Ukrainian Studies (AAUS) prize for best book in the fields of Ukrainian history, politics, language, literature, and culture. Shevel serves as Vice President and President-Elect of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) and Vice President of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN). She’s also a country expert on Ukraine for the EU Global Citizenship Observatory, a member of the PONARS Eurasia scholarly network, a board member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, and an associate of both the Davis Center and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Prof. Shevel holds a Ph.D. in government from Harvard, an M.Phil. in international relations from the University of Cambridge, and a B.A. in English and French from Kyiv State University.
Gideon Rose is an Axel Springer Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. He is also an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and an adjunct professor of political science at Columbia University. He served as the editor of Foreign Affairs from 2010-2021 and managing editor from 2000-2010. He was associate director for Near East and South Asian affairs on the staff of the national security council and is the author of How Wars End. His most recent articles are “Get Ready for the Next Nuclear Age” (Foreign Affairs, March 8) and “Ending War is Hard to Do” ( Foreign Affairs, January 21).
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