Meeting

U.S.-Russia Relations—What's at Stake?

Monday, February 28, 2022
Reuters/Saul Loeb/Pool
Speakers
Emma M. Ashford

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Adjunct Associate Professor, Georgetown University; CFR Term Member

Alex T. Johnson

Deputy Director, U.S. Foreign Policy, Open Society Foundations; CFR Term Member

Chris Miller

Assistant Professor of International History and Codirector, Russia and Eurasia Program, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; CFR Term Member

Presider
David Salvo

Deputy Director, Alliance for Securing Democracy, and Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States; CFR Term Member

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