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Academy Forum | The Transatlantic Relationship and the Russia-Ukraine War

January 9, 2025
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. ET
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Veronica Anghel and Erik Jones, with discussant Paul Pillar, will discuss transatlantic relations and the Russia-Ukraine War. Moderated by Marylena Mantas, with a welcome from Robert Y. Shapiro. 

Join live to ask questions and meet the authors of “The Transatlantic Relationship and the Russia-Ukraine War”—from the Winter 2024-25 issue of Political Science Quarterly. 

The Russia-Ukraine war triggered a new burst of solidarity across the Atlantic. The reactivation of the battered NATO alliance came easily under the pressure of an external shock. Yet, pulling together to react to Russia's belligerence is not sufficient to announce a new era of transatlantic partnership. The reason lies in the different interests that underpin American and European policies such as reliance on economic sanctions, the promotion of democracy, NATO strategy towards Russia, and economic coordination. Loosely sharing common values is not enough to reinforce the transatlantic relationship. Neither is a decision to stop the atrocities that Russia is committing against Ukrainians. At a time when the United States shows signs of retreating to isolationism and the European Union shows an increasing desire for strategic autonomy, authors Veronica Anghel and Erik Jones point out the need for a coherent vision of Western interests.

Authors

VERONICA ANGHEL is Assistant Professor at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. Her research focuses on European integration and democracy building and has been published in West European Politics, Political Communication, the Journal of European Public Policy, and the European Journal of Political Research amongst others.

ERIK JONES is Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. He specializes in European integration and international political economy, and his work has appeared in Comparative Political Studies and International Affairs amongst others.

Discussant

PAUL PILLAR retired in 2005 from a 28-year career in the U.S. intelligence community, in which his last position was National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia. Earlier, he served in a variety of analytical and managerial positions, including as chief of analytic units at the CIA covering portions of the Near East, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. His most recent book is Beyond the Water’s Edge: How Partisanship Corrupts U.S. Foreign Policy.

Welcome

ROBERT Y. SHAPIRO is President of The Academy of Political Science and Editor of Political Science Quarterly. He is also the Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government in the Department Political Science and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Moderator

MARYLENA MANTAS is Associate and Managing Editor of Political Science Quarterly and Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs at Sacred Heart University.

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