Russ/Eur Rels: Clim/Energy/War

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

The seminar is intended to take a comprehensive look at the possible impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Russian-European relations, seen from three different angles: climate, energy security, and defense. The emphasis will be on the European responses to the invasion, the Russian counter-responses, and their effects on both Europe and Russia, in the short term and in longer-range perspective. The seminar will be divided into four parts: 1. The Impact of the Ukrainian War in Historical Perspective 2. On the Eve: Energy and Climate Policy in Europe and Russia on the Eve of COVID and the Outbreak of War 3. The Explosion and its Immediate Repercussions. 4. Climate, Energy Security, and War: The Longer-Term Questions