Discussion on the role of China in the Russian Invasion in Ukraine

Head of the Asia Section of the NGRN Yurii Poita will take part in the discussion on the role of China in Russia-Ukraine war.

Date and time: Thursday, April 7, 2022 12:00PM – 1:00PM (Toronto time)

Description:

China represents Russia’s most powerful ally today. Yet, Russia’s invasion and subsequent international isolation have severely tested this friendship. Three experts on China and its influence in the post Soviet region will discuss the future of the Chinese-Russian alliance, its impact on the war, as well as the affect of the war on Chinese foreign policy.

Speakers

Jude Blanchette
Panelist
Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Patricia M. Kim
Panelist
David M. Rubenstein Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center and the Center for East Asia Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution

Yurii Poita
Panelist
Head of the Asia-Pacific section at Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (CACDS), and the Asian Section at the New Geopolitics Research Network (NGRN), Ukraine

Diana Fu
Chair
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy; Director of the East Asia Seminar Series at the Asian Institute, Munk School, University of Toronto

Lucan Way
Moderator
Professor of Political Science and co-Director of the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine, University of Toronto

Sponsors

Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

East Asia Seminar Series at the Asian Institute

Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine

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