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

May 2023

Past Event

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

Past Event

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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)

May 2023

Past Event

Speakers:

Ebenezer Obadare

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

Joseph Sany, PhD

Vice President, Africa Center, United States Institute of Peace

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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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