2022 Geschke Lecture Series: Angela Stent & Daniel Yergin, Turbulent World: Russia, Ukraine and Energy in Crisis
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Angela Stent and Dr. Daniel Yergin, who each have their fingers on the pulse of the events unfolding in Russia and Ukraine and the impact on the rest of the world. The talk will be moderated by CNN Correspondent Kitty Pilgrim, who has reported extensively on the Russian economy.
Hosted by the Unitarian Church of Nantucket
About Angela Stent
Dr. Stent is one of the nation’s leading experts on Russia, its foreign policy, and relations with the United States. Her newest book, Putin’s World, is described by William Burns, current CIA director and former Deputy Secretary of State, as “the definitive guide to understanding the tangled history of post-Cold War Russia…could not be more timely.”
Dr. Stent is currently Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution where she co-chairs the Hewitt Forum on Post-Soviet Affairs. She formerly directed the Center on Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University where she was Professor of Government and Foreign Service. She has served as National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. She also served in the Office of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State and on the senior advisory panel for NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
Her latest book Putin’s World won the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy’s prize for the best book on U.S.-Russian Relations. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called it a “brilliant exposition of Putin’s strategy.” Her previous book, The Limits of Partnership: U.S. Russian Relations in the 21st Century, was described as “magisterial” by The Economist and was honored by the American Academy of Diplomacy in 2014 as “the best book on the practice of American diplomacy.”
About Daniel Yergin
Dr. Yergin is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics, and a Pulitzer Prize winner. Time Magazine said, “If there is one man whose opinion matters more than any other on global energy markets, it’s Daniel Yergin.” The New York Times described Daniel Yergin as “America’s most influential energy pundit.” Dr. Yergin is Vice Chairman of S&P Global.
Dr. Yergin’s new book The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations is described by NPR as “a master class on how the world works”, by the London Sunday Times as a “wonderful book” and, in The Washington Post, as “a tour de force of geopolitical understanding.” It is a Wall Street Journal bestseller.
Dr. Yergin is the author of the bestseller The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. His book The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil Money and Power was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, was a number one New York Times bestseller, and has been translated into 20 languages. He co-authored Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy, of which the Wall Street Journal said “No one could ask for a better account of the world’s political and economic destiny since World War II.” Both The Prize and The Commanding Heights were made into multi-hour television series for PBS and BBC.
He is a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a senior trustee of the Brookings Institution.
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