From the “Evil Empire,” through “Upper Volta with Rockets” and then to the “Wild East,” outsiders have time and again tried to come to terms with Russia, its domestic trajectory, and its place in the world. Suddenly, Moscow’s relations with the West are souring and there is talk of a new Cold War, of a geopolitical Great Game. Join CGA Clinical Professor of Global Affairs and leading expert on Russian security affairs Mark Galeotti for a series of three conversations, featuring experts with distinctive perspectives on Russia who will discuss the current state of the country, its future, and the role it is likely to play in the world.
Special series co-sponsored by the NYU School of Professional Studies.
Should we be surprised that the West find itself locked in a new struggle with Russia fought through espionage, subversion and political manipulation? Is Moscow really engaged in such an aggressive campaign of spying and even murder in the West, or is this just hype? The third session of this series, Galeotti is joined by Victor Madeira, senior fellow of the Institute for Statecraft in London and author of Britannia and the Bear — an insightful study of the interwar intelligence struggle between Bolshevik Russia and Britain — discusses today’s events in the light of the historical record, and the prospects for a new Cold War.
