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Is Russia Undermining Democracy in the West? (One Day Conference)

Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 9:00am to 5:30pm

Co-Sponsors: Foreign Policy Research Institute, Department of Russian and East European Studies,  Penn-Temple European Studies Colloquium

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FULL VIDEO OF THE PANELS AVAILABLE AT LINKS BELOW

AMID NEW REVELATIONS OF THE EXTENT of Russian interference in American elections, how should we appraise Russia’s role in undermining democracy not just in America, but throughout the West – and are there perils in exaggerating its successes?

Panel 1: Is Russia Undermining Democracy in the West? 
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Michael Carpenter, Penn Biden Center
Samuel Charap, RAND Corporation
Nikolas Gvosdev, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Marlene LaRuelle, George Washington University
Moderator: Mitchell Orenstein, Penn Russian and East European Studies

Panel 2: Have Elections Become Cyberwars?  
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg School for Communications
Clint Watts, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Moderator: John Haines, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Panel 3: Is Russia’s Strategy Working or Backfiring? 
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Bob Hamilton, US Army War College
Alina Polyakova, Brookings Institution
Rudra Sil, Penn Political Science
Moderator: Anna Mikulska, Penn Russian and East European Studies

Panel 4: Concluding Remarks
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Adrian Basora, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Claire Finkelstein, Penn Law
Mitchell Orenstein, Penn Russian and East European Studies