04
May 2023
Past Event
Global Reverberations of Russia’s War on Ukraine: Perspectives on Africa

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Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Global Reverberations of Russia’s War on Ukraine: Perspectives on Africa

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May 04, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Egyptian President Abdel Fattal el-Sisi, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the plenary meeting of the Russia-Africa Summit on October 24, 2019, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Egyptian President Abdel Fattal el-Sisi, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the plenary meeting of the Russia-Africa Summit on October 24, 2019, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
04
May 2023
Past Event

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Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Speakers:
Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Ebenezer Obadare

Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Vice President, Africa Center, United States Institute of Peace
Joseph Sany, PhD

Vice President, Africa Center, United States Institute of Peace

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Joshua Meservey

Senior Fellow

Moderator:
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

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Though some African countries strongly denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many African states have declined to condemn the Kremlin in United Nations resolutions. This reticence surprised Western policymakers, but it shouldn’t have.

As Russia’s aggression in Ukraine continues to reverberate in Africa, please join Hudson Senior Fellows Peter Rough and Joshua Meservey as they welcome Joseph Sany of the United States Institute of Peace and Ebenezer Obadare of the Council on Foreign Relations to analyze the historical, economic, and diplomatic complexities that shape the varied African perspectives on Russia.

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