Virtual Event | What’s Next for Ukraine? A Conversation with Former President of Estonia Toomas Ilves

January 2022

Past Event

Virtual Event | What’s Next for Ukraine? A Conversation with Former President of Estonia Toomas Ilves

Past Event

Online Only

January 28, 2022

Civilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defense unit train on a Saturday in a forest on January 22, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

January 2022

Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

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Speakers:

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Former President of Estonia (2006-2016)

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With more than 100,000 Russian troops poised to invade Ukraine for the second time in the past ten years, the NATO alliance appears worryingly divided on an appropriate response. What are Vladimir Putin’s intentions? Does the West still have the will and capacity to deter Russia? Join Toomas Ilves, former president of Estonia and noted geostrategic analyst, for a conversation with Hudson Institute Walter P. Stern Distinguished Fellow Kenneth R. Weinstein on the Ukraine crisis and prospects for an effective policy response from the West.

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