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May 2, 2022

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Mitchell Center Executive Committee Member and Wharton Professor ERIC ORTS has published an opinion piece in The Hill, "Cut the root of Russia’s power by making a clean energy transition." Orts argues that "We need to connect the dots: The war in Ukraine is inextricably linked with the climate emergency. We need to save both democracy and the climate."

Mar 10, 2022

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Several tensions run deep in Russian society: Politics are decided by elections without democracy. A growing number of Russian billionaires have outlandish wealth but no political power. And Putin is a populist without the people. ILYA MATVEEV analyzes the situation in this Mitchell Center interview with RAFAEL KHACHATURIAN.

Feb 24, 2022

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A panel discussion with FAWAZ GERGES (London School of Economics and Political Science) and TIM MITCHELL (Columbia University) moderated by NADA MATTA (Drexel University) and EILEEN RYAN (Temple University).