Haborcreek Satellite: Ukraine and Russia: Where Are We Now, Where Are We Headed?
On Feb. 24, 2022, Russia attacked and invaded Ukraine, declaring war on the sovereign nation. Prior to February 2022, some observers predicted that Ukraine did not stand a chance if Russia invaded, and Kyiv was expected to fall in three days. Yet they did; and it didn't; and peace talks have been in discussion for months. What has happened, and how has the war changed over the years? What has the impact been as Donald Trump returned to the White House as the 47th President of the United States in 2025? Is peace possible? And what might that look like? Join Penn State Behrend Political Science Professor and JES Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Lena Surzhko-Harned for a discussion of these questions and many more.
Location: Harborcreek Twp Building - 5601 Buffalo Rd, Harborcreek 16421
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 23, 6-7:30PM
Admission: FREE
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Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D., is an associate teaching professor of Political Science. She is also the associate director and a faculty affiliate of the Public Policy Fund at Penn State Behrend. Her primary research interests are in the field of comparative politics.
She is an author of several papers dealing with issues of nationalism and ethnic conflict, identity politics, electoral politics, comparative democratization, and political behavior in the post-communist states of Eastern Europe.
Her co-authored book, Post-Soviet Legacies and Conflicting Values in Europe: Generation WhY, was published in 2017 and examines the intergenerational conflict and consequences in post-Soviet Ukraine and Russia.
