![]() ![]() ![]() The event was organized in thematic panels hosted on campus at UBCO, UNC 200, on topics such as the following: The Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science brought together a roster of distinguished speakers to address these questions and to provide a wider historical context for current events. How do these events challenge assumptions about international politics after the Cold War, particularly when dealing with authoritarian regimes and dictatorships? What are the political and economic implications as the boundaries of the old international order are redrawn? How should we assess the responses of liberal democracies to the invasion of Ukraine? What roles have key international organizations, such as the United Nations, NATO, and the EU, played in the unfolding crisis? To keep the conflict from spiralling out of control and support Ukraine in its struggle, the Western world has made rapid and consequential decisions involving national states and international-military actors. Since February 2022, Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has created a new and shocking global reality: the potential that the regional conflict between Ukraine and Russia could escalate into a wider war, perhaps including attacks with nuclear weapons. The 2022 Roger Gale Symposium convened on another urgent topic of our times: the war in Ukraine, the authoritarianism which motivated it, and its implications for the future of democracy and peace in the world. ![]() Who: Norman Naimark (historian, Stanford University), Barbara Falk (political scientist, Royal Military College of Canada), Adam Jones (political scientist, UBC), Marco Sassoli, (international human rights lawyer, Geneva University), Stephen Turner (philosopher, USF), Serhy Yekelchyk (Ukraine area studies – University of Victoria) and Seva Gunitsky (Associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto). What: The war in Ukraine, the authoritarianism which motivated it, and its implications for the future of democracy and peace in the world. ![]()
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