"Ukraine, Putin, and the New Cold War," featuring TNR's Julia Ioffe. Part 2/2.

The recent crisis in Ukraine has been the leading international event recently and has dominated the news cycle. New Republic Senior Editor Julia Ioffe, among the leading journalists on this crisis, visited Cornell to comment on the issue. She was joined by an All-Star panel of experts. This event was organized by the Cornell University Democrats, with generous cosponsorship from the Government Department, the Cornell History Department, the Policy Analysis and Management Department, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Sociology Department, The Cornell International Affairs Forum, the Cornell University Program Board, the Cornell Republicans, and WVBR radio. The Keynote Speaker: Born in Russia, Julia Ioffe emigrated to the United States at the age of seven. After graduating from Princeton with a stellar academic record and a Fulbright Scholarship, she went on to serve as a Moscow-based correspondent for Foreign Policy and the New Yorker for three years. Her writings have also appeared in Forbes, Fortune, Slate, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Newsweek, and the Columbia Journalism Review. Ioffe, who just returned from the frontlines in both Sochi and Kiev, has distinguished herself as one of the very best reporters in foreign affairs, especially with her recent work on the Olympics and the ongoing Ukrainian crisis. Her February cover story "The Loneliness of Vladimir Putin" was widely regarded as one of the leading analyses of the Kremlin. Her consistent outspokenness and candor have made her a paragon of journalistic excellence and integrity. She has become an invaluable fixture on both CNN and MSNBC and surely will remain so for many years to come. Currently, she is a Senior Editor at The New Republic, a storied magazine especially important to Cornell since its founding owner was of course alumnus Willard Straight, the namesake of the University's student center. A collection of her articles can be viewed here: http://www.newrepublic.com/authors/ju...   / juliaioffe   The Panel: Fredrik Logevall is a Pulitzer Prize winning historian, Cornell's Vice-Provost for International Affairs and the Director of Cornell's Einaudi center. A renowned expert on U.S. foreign policy, Professor Logevall provided unique insight into America's motivation in the current situation. Len Surzhko-Harned is an Assistant Professor of political science at Mercyhurst University. She is an expert in nationalism, ethnic conflict, and political behavior in post-communist states. Kateryna Pishchikova is a visiting scholar at the Cornell Institute for European Studies and associate fellow at FRIDE, a think tank based in Madrid and Brussels. She is an expert on democratization, particularly in Europe. The Moderator: Matthew Evangelista is a professor in the Government Department whose research focuses on international affairs and Russia. He is the author of numerous books including "Unarmed Forced: The Transnational Movement to end the Cold War.