How can diplomatic history help us decode the origins of the Ukraine-Russia conflict and navigate a new era of global instability? Dr. Michael C. Kimmage has spent copious amounts of time thinking about this question as a leading scholar on U.S.-Russian relations and a practitioner holding the Russia-Ukraine portfolio for the U.S. Department of State's Policy Planning staff. In this forum, Kimmage will share his insights on the historical events that led to the current conflict and reflect on its cascading effects across the globe.
About the Speaker
Dr. Michael C. Kimmage specializes in the history of the Cold War, twentieth-century U.S. diplomatic and intellectual history, and U.S.-Russian relations since 1991. From 2014 to 2016, he served on the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State, holding the Russia/Ukraine portfolio. Dr. Kimmage is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and Director of the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He has authored five books, the most recent of which is Collisions: The War in Ukraine and the Origins of the New Global Instability (2024).is a prolific commentator in public policy forums, and has written articles and book reviews for the New York Times, Washington Post, and the New Republic, among others. Kimmage holds a PhD in American Studies from Harvard University.