This was the first major IGP convening in a new series on the future of Ukraine. The expert panelists and speakers discussed the ongoing battle around NATO assistance to Ukraine, the role of the West in rebuilding the country after the war, and what’s needed to ensure long-term peace, stability, and economic recovery for the Ukrainian people.

Ambassadors Oksana Markarova and Marie Yovanovitch  joined Hillary Clinton, President of Columbia University, Minouche Shafik, historian Timothy Snyder, Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo and others.

Speakers: Ian Bremmer, President of Eurasia Group and GZERO; Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia SIPA (joining virtually) Stephen Biddle, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia SIPA Hillary Rodham Clinton, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; 67th Secretary of State and former Senator from New York; IGP Faculty Advisory Board Chair Yevhen Kudriavets, First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Oksana Markarova, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States Kimberly Marten, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College Irwin Redlener, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar and IGP Affiliated Faculty, Columbia SIPA; Cofounder, Ukraine Children’s Action Project; Founding Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University Minouche Shafik, President, Columbia University Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Yale University; Permanent Fellow, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna Ali Velshi, Host of Velshi and Chief Correspondent, MSNBC Keren Yarhi-Milo, Dean, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs; Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Relations; IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member Marie Yovanovitch, Former US Ambassador to Ukraine; IGP Distinguished Fellow, Columbia SIPA