BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:256@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180330T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180330T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T091843Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/us-russia-pifer/ SUMMARY:US-Russia Relations: Back to Cold || Ambassador Steven Pifer DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpeaker - Ambassador Steven Pifer\nAT A GLANCE:\n\n Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution\n Former US Ambassador to Ukraine\ n Author of The Eagle and the Trident: U.S.-Ukraine Relations in Turbulen t Times and co-author of The Opportunity: Next Steps in Reducing Nuclear A rms\n Served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director fo r Russia\, Ukraine and Eurasia on the National Security Council\n\n\n\n\nS teven Pifer is a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution. His work fo cuses on arms control\, Ukraine and Russia. He is author of The Eagle and the Trident: U.S.-Ukraine Relations in Turbulent Times and co-author of Th e Opportunity: Next Steps in Reducing Nuclear Arms. A retired Foreign Serv ice officer\, his more than 25 years with the State Department included as signments as deputy assistant secretary of state with responsibilities for Russia and Ukraine\, U.S. ambassador to Ukraine\, and special assistant t o the president and senior director for Russia\, Ukraine and Eurasia on th e National Security Council. He also served in Warsaw\, Geneva\, Moscow an d London.\n\nBook:\nThe Eagle and the Trident provides the first comprehen sive account of the development of U.S. diplomatic relations with an indep endent Ukraine\, covering the years 1992 through 2004 following the collap se of the Soviet Union. The United States devoted greater attention to Ukr aine than any other post-Soviet state (except Russia) after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Steven Pifer\, a career Foreign Service officer\, worke d on U.S.-Ukraine relations at the State Department and the White House du ring that period and also served as ambassador to Ukraine. With this volum e he has written the definitive narrative of the ups and downs in the rela tionship between Washington and newly independent Ukraine. (Read more...)\ n\n\n\nPOST-EVENT PODCAST\nIf you missed this event but still want to list en to the engaging discussion you can now listen to a podcast of the event \, courtesy of Alaska Public Media.\n\nHappy listening!\n\nhttps://www.ala skapublic.org/2018/04/06/u-s-russia-relations-back-to-cold/\n\n \;\n\n \n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/08/Pifer_Photo-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Global Conflict & Complexity LOCATION:49th State Brewing Company\, 717 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 9950 1\, United States GEO:61.21968289999999;-149.8958227 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=717 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=49th State Brewing Company:geo:61.21968289999999,-149.8958227 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0900 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:AKDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR