The Ukraine Crisis and the European Security Architecture

Recorded on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. With close to 200,000 Russian troops massed around Ukraine and warnings by the US —despite repeated Russian assertions to the contrary— that an imminent attack on Ukraine is likely, there is fear that Europe is closer to a major war than it has been since the breakup of former Yugoslavia. Over the past weeks several meetings between Russia and Western allies have failed to reconcile apparently irreconcilable visions of European security. What are the prospects for de-escalation and peace? PANELISTS: Fyodor Lukyanov, Chairman, Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, Moscow Stephen Sestanovich, Professor for the Practice of International Diplomacy, Columbia SIPA Kadri Liik, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations Samuel Charap, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation, Washington D.C. Moderated by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Director of the Kent Global Leadership Program and the International Conflict