The UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies subscribes to the statements condemning the war in Ukraine by the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. If you would like to donate to Ukrainian causes, our colleagues at The UC Berkeley Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies have compiled a vetted list of organizations which can be found here.
Recorded Feb 28, 2022
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, IES held a Rapid Response Event to discuss the immediate and long-term consequences of the invasion for NATO and the European Union. IES Director Jeroen Dewulf, IES Associate Director Akasemi Newsome, Sören Urbanksy, Head of Office of the German Historical Institute-Pacific Regional Office, and Zachary Shore, Professor of History at the Naval Postgraduate School and Senior Fellow at IES, analyzed the latest developments and took questions from the audience.
Recorded March 2, 2022
The Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at UC Berkeley invites you to join us for a panel discussion on recent events in Ukraine with Professor Steven Fish (Political Science, UC Berkeley), Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko (Economics, UC Berkeley), and Dr. Edward Walker (ISEEES, UC Berkeley). Each speaker will deliver remarks on the current situation in Ukraine, which will be followed by a moderated Q&A session.
Posted November 28, 2022
IES Senior Fellow Zachary Shore (Professor of History, Naval Postgraduate School) outlines four potential outcomes of the war in Ukraine in his piece for Discourse entitled "A Stable Peace in Ukraine May Come With Costs."
Posted November 11, 2022
In his article in Analyse and Kritik, IES Senior Fellow Matthew Specter seeks to historicize both the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the debate on realism occasioned by Russian aggression in Ukraine since 2014. Read more