During its first months in office, the second Trump administration has dramatically shifted U.S. foreign policy across key domains, recalibrating relations with traditional allies and foes. Shocks are felt across the globe, but the EU-Ukraine-Russia axis is currently the main faultline of the ongoing geopolitical earthquake. European countries generally perceive the new U.S. approach as a grave challenge to the continent’s security and to global order. At the same time, Russia’s leadership welcomes the change and senses excellent opportunities to promote its interests. Nearby countries of Central Asia, having based their policies on the soft balancing of Russia, China, and the West (the United States and the EU/European countries), now need to re-orient and position themselves in this rapidly changing environment. 

A panel of Davis Center scholars will examine the impact of these rapid U.S. policy shifts on the external policy of the EU and the foreign policies of Russia and Central Asian countries and discuss their longer-term implications for the Eurasian and global security.

Speakers: Irina Busygina, Independent Scholar | Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow; Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center | Mikhail Troitskiy, Visiting Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University | Moderator: Arik Burakovsky, Assistant Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

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