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Gamechanger? Russia’s Growing Aggressiveness with Fiona Hill
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Russia has been amassing troops on the border with Ukraine, threatening a massive invasion. NATO and EU nations have threatened severe economic sanctions, and have moved troops and weapons into Ukraine to help the fledgling democracy's defense. Will we see the outbreak of war in Europe? What will the effect be for the United States and our allies?
Dr. Fiona Hill, former Senior Director for Europe and Russia at the United States National Security Council, is a leading expert on Russia and international affairs. She will discuss recent developments with Russia, Kazakhstan , and Ukraine as well as her excellent book There’s Nothing For You Here.
Moderated by Mary Boies.
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Dr. Fiona Hill is a leading expert on modern Russia, a guardian of U.S. security through smart diplomacy, and a powerful advocate for the principled approach to public service. Risking her career and reputation, she offered her nonpartisan testimony about the president's actions in Ukraine.
Her new book There is Nothing For You Here, describes how declining opportunity has set America on a grim path. She is a senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. From 2006 to 2009, she served as a national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at The National Intelligence Council. She is co-author of “Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin”.
Mary Boies has held major roles in law, business, NGOs, and government. She is Counsel to Boies Schiller Flexner LLP where she specializes in antitrust and corporate commercial litigation. She has served as Vice President at CBS Inc., General Counsel of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, Assistant Director of the Domestic Policy Staff at the White House, and Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce.
She is also a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served on its Board of Directors and chaired its Committee on Nominations and Governance.
The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama with Gwen Ifill
The Common Good was proud to host a lunch and discussion with Gwen Ifill, author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama On. Ifill was introduced by Susan Fales-Hill, an award winning writer and television producer and the program was convened by Gail Sheehy, a cultural observer and bestselling author whose landmark work.
The Common Good was proud to host a lunch and discussion with Gwen Ifill, author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. Ifill was introduced by Susan Fales-Hill, an award winning writer and television producer, and the program was convened by Gail Sheehy, a cultural observer and bestselling author whose landmark work.
In The Breakthrough, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential victory and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power.
Ifill argues that the Black political structure formed during the Civil Rights movement is giving way to a generation of men and women who are the direct beneficiaries of the struggles of the 1960’s. She offers incisive, detailed profiles of such prominent leaders as Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and U.S. Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama (all interviewed for this book), and also covers numerous up-and-coming figures from across the nation. Drawing on exclusive interviews with power brokers such as President Obama, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, his son Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., and many others, as well as her own razor-sharp observations and analysis of such issues as generational conflict, the race/ gender clash, and the "black enough" conundrum, Ifill shows why this is a pivotal moment in American history.
Gwen Ifill was a moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour. She was also the best-selling author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. Ifill reported on a wide range of issues from foreign affairs to U.S. politics and policies interviewing national and international news-makers. She covered six Presidential campaigns and moderated two vice presidential debates. Ifill has received more than 20 honorary doctorates and served on the boards of the News Literacy Project, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and she is a fellow with the American Academy of Sciences.
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