Thursday, May 18, 201712:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
This lecture has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We hope to reschedule the event for a future date.
Suggested readings, courtesy of the speaker:
The Kremlin's Trojan Horses
Will Populist Leaders Make Voters Love Putin?
Putinism and the European Far Right
Alina Polyakova, PhD, is the Director of Research for Europe and Eurasia for the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center and Senior Fellow for the Future Europe Initiative at the Atlantic Council. She is the author of The Dark Side of European Integration (2015), a monograph that examines the rise of far-right populism in Europe. Dr. Polyakova is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a frequent media commentator on developments in Ukraine, Russia, and Europe. Her writings have appeared in major publications such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The American Interest, Newsweek, and academic journals. Concurrently, Dr. Polyakova is a Swiss National Science Foundation Senior Research Fellow and coinvestigator on a multi-year project examining the rise of far-right political parties in the European Union. She has been a fellow at the Eurasia Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Fulbright Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), and a Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Bern.
Cost : Free and open to the public. RSVP not required for admission.
Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies