The Philadelphia Latvian Society
531 North 7th St at Spring Garden
Saturday, December 17, 2022
invites you for an afternoon of learned analysis & informal discussion
RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE
AND THE DEFENSE OF EUROPE
Latvian-American strategist Dr. Lukas Milevski considers the geopolitical defense ramifications of Russia’s war, for Ukraine itself but also for the wider European community and NATO.
PROGRAM
Attendees may enjoy the 1st-floor cash bar starting at 1:30 PM
Lecture with limited questions 2:00-2:45 PM
Reception and happy hour continue, informal chats with the presenter, Lukas Milevski
Lukas Milevski is an assistant professor at Leiden University, where he teaches strategy on the MA International Relations and BA International Studies programs. He is a Baltic Sea Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He has published two books with Oxford University Press, The Evolution of Modern Grand Strategic Thought (2016) and The West’s East: Contemporary Baltic Defense in Strategic Perspective (2018).
This talk will be of particular interest to northern, eastern, and southeastern European ethnicities; war, strategy, and all-things-military aficionados; students, academics, and researchers in historico-geopolitical fields