Putin's War in Ukraine: Causes and Consequences

Join us for an insightful evening with former U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul as he discusses the causes and consequences of Putin's War on Ukraine. This in-person event will take place on Monday, October 30, 2023 at Strand Union Building, Ballroom A, Montana State University Bozeman, MT.
Michael McFaul is the Director at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies in the Department of Political Science, and the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1995.
Dr. McFaul also is an International Affairs Analyst for NBC News and a columnist for The Washington Post. He served for five years in the Obama administration, first as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council at the White House (2009-2012), and then as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014).
He has authored several books, most recently the New York Times bestseller From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia. Earlier books include Advancing Democracy Abroad: Why We Should, How We Can; Transitions To Democracy: A Comparative Perspective (eds. with Kathryn Stoner); Power and Purpose: American Policy toward Russia after the Cold War (with James Goldgeier); and Russia’s Unfinished Revolution: Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin. He is currently writing a book called Autocrats versus Democrats: Lessons from the Cold War for Competing with China and Russia Today. 
His teaches courses on great power relations, democratization, comparative foreign policy decision-making, and revolutions. 
Dr. McFaul was born and raised in Montana. He received his B.A. in International Relations and Slavic Languages and his M.A. in Soviet and East European Studies from Stanford University in 1986. As a Rhodes Scholar, he completed his D. Phil. in International Relations at Oxford University in 1991. His DPhil thesis was Southern African Liberation and Great Power Intervention: Towards a Theory of Revolution in an International Context. 
Whether you are a student, a researcher, or simply curious about the impact of this war on geo-politics, this is a unique opportunity to hear from an expert to expand your knowledge, engage in meaningful discussions, and gain a deeper understanding of the complexities surrounding this critical threat to global security.
 

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