Thursday, April. 3, 2025 | Tucson
Russia's War on Ukraine

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"Russia's War on Ukraine"
with Lt. Col. (ret) Alexander Vindman
Former Director for European Affairs for the U.S. National Security Council
About the Event
In February of 2022, Russia ignited the largest conventional war in Europe since World War II. The war has featured a stunning combination of grueling World War I style trench warfare with an unprecedented use of modern drones and missiles. Ukrainian grit and innovation supported by extensive military aid from the United States and NATO prevented a Russian victory but locked the country in a brutal contest of attrition. Questions about the causes of the war and how it can end are perhaps the most important foreign policy challenges of the new U.S. administration. Alex Vindman, a regional expert who has been at the heart of U.S. strategy, will provide his thoughts on Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Speaker Bio
Alexander Vindman, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, was most recently the director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Russia on the White House’s National Security Council. Previously, he served as the Political-Military Affairs Officer for Russia for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as an attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia. While on the Joint Staff, he co-authored the National Military Strategy Russia Annex and was the principal author for the Global Campaign for Russia. He is currently a doctoral student and senior fellow for the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Pritzker Military Fellow at the Lawfare Institute, executive board member for the Renew Democracy Initiative, senior advisor for VoteVets, and the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, Here, Right Matters. Follow him on Twitter @AVindman.