(Mis)understanding Russia: A Diplomat's Reflections
Thursday, November 16th, 2023
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, November 16, 2023 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM | Online Event, This was an online event |
Description
Can history help us to understand the disastrous state of Russia’s relations with the West in 2023? Leigh Sarty suggests that it can, drawing on his experience as a student, a scholar, and a diplomat over more than four decades to describe some of the key turning points and deeper structural forces that make contemporary Putinism more intelligible.
About the Speaker
Leigh Sarty is a former diplomat who spent the better part of his career dealing with Russia, including two postings at the Canadian Embassy in Moscow (1996-1999; 2012-2016). A Russian speaker who holds an M.A. from Carleton’s Institute of Soviet and East European Studies (1985) and a PhD from Columbia University (1991), Sarty is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, and a Senior Fellow at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History.
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