Russia

Nobel Peace Prize lureate and former president of Poland visits the University of Michigan to speak on the global impact of Russia's war on Ukraine. September, 2022.

Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin will provide her thoughts on a series of tectonic shifts in the international security landscape. April, 2022.

Melvyn Levitsky talks to FOX66 & NBC25 about the war in Ukraine and the situation in Russia. February, 2022.

University of Michigan experts can discuss Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine and its implications on global politics, economics and the human scale.

Melvyn Levitsky answers what is essential to know about the rising tensions in eastern Europe and the Ukraine-Russia crisis. February, 2022.

What is essential to know about the rising tensions in eastern Europe and the Ukraine-Russia crisis?

Noted Russian journalist and scholar Yevgenia Albats and Ambassador Susan Elliott, discuss the role of media and information in the evolving relationship between Russia and the United States. Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky moderates.

Melvyn Levitsky professor of international policy and practice at the Ford School of Public Policy has spent 35 years as a U.S. diplomat under eight different presidential administrations.

John Beyrle outlines the current Russian political environment and describes a post-Putin Russia and possible directions. February, 2018.

Former diplomat Melvyn Levitsky, professor at the Ford School of Public Policy who was once officer-in-charge of U.S.-Soviet bilateral relations, discusses the Russian threat to U.S. national security.

Yaroslav Hrytsak, Melvyn Levitsky, Ronald Suny, Yuri Zhukov, and moderator John Ciorciari discuss the future of Ukraine and the Donbass conflict. November, 2015.

John Beyrle, US Ambassador to Russia, discusses current relations between two global leaders: the US and Russia. Beyrle explains what the highly publicized "reset" means and in what areas the Obama administration intends to concent.