July 23, 2018
Cold War Redux
CNAS CEO Victoria Nuland participates in the Aspen Security Forum panel on the "Cold War Redux". Relations between the US and Russia, and Russia and the West as a whole, are at their lowest point since the Cold War. What are Putin’s aims, and can he be stopped in his quest to achieve them?
Nina Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs, The New School
Victoria Nuland, Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Andrew Weiss, Former Director, Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs, National Security Council
Moderator: Julia Ioffe, Correspondent, GQ
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