BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's Center for European Studies and the D' Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families present David J. Kram er\, executive director of the George W. Bush Institute. \;Vladimir Pu tin’s decision to launch an unprovoked and unjustified full-scale invasion of Ukraine has not gone according to plan. Putin expected to defeat Ukrai nian forces and topple the country’s democratically elected president in a matter of days. Instead\, he grossly underestimated the bravery and deter mination of the Ukrainian people and seriously overestimated his own milit ary’s capabilities. \;The war has taken a terrible toll on Ukrainians\ , but it also has been very costly in Russian lives—not that Putin cares a bout any of that. Support and materiel from Iran and North Korea have been critical to Russia’s ability to inflict damage on Ukraine. Western assist ance has been vital for Ukraine not only to fend off Russia’s invasion but to push back and regain more than half of Russian occupied territory.&nbs p\;Where does the war go from here? What should the West do? What next?&nb sp\;About the speaker:David J. Kramer serves as the executive director of the George W. Bush Institute. Prior to joining the Bush Institute\, he tau ght at Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School of Intern ational and Public Affairs\, where he also was senior fellow in the Václav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy and director for European an d Eurasian Affairs.Before moving to Miami\, Kramer worked in Washington\, D.C.\, for 24 years\, including as senior director for Human Rights and De mocracy with the McCain Institute for International Leadership\; president of Freedom House\; and Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Kramer also served eight years in the U.S. Dep artment of State during the George W. Bush administration\, including as a ssistant secretary of state for democracy\, human rights\, and labor\; dep uty assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs (respon sible for Russia\, Ukraine\, Moldova and Belarus). He is author of the boo k\, "Back to Containment: Dealing with Putin’s Regime." DTEND:20240222T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260308T205045Z DTSTART:20240222T203000Z LOCATION:NY\,United States\,Syracuse\,130 Crouse Drive SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine: Two Years Later UID:RFCALITEM639085854451292626 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute's Center for Europea n Studies and the D'Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families p resent David J. Kramer\, executive director of the George W. Bush Institut e. \;

Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch an unprovoked and unjustified full-scale invas ion of Ukraine has not gone according to plan. Putin expected to defeat Uk rainian forces and topple the country’s democratically elected president i n a matter of days. Instead\, he grossly underestimated the bravery and de termination of the Ukrainian people and seriously overestimated his own mi litary’s capabilities. \;

The war has taken a terrible to ll on Ukrainians\, but it also has been very costly in Russian lives—not t hat Putin cares about any of that. Support and materiel from Iran and Nort h Korea have been critical to Russia’s ability to inflict damage on Ukrain e. Western assistance has been vital for Ukraine not only to fend off Russ ia’s invasion but to push back and regain more than half of Russian occupi ed territory. \;

Where does the war go from here? What should th e West do? What next? \;

About the speaker:

David J. Kramer serves a s the executive director of the George W. Bush Institute. Prior to joining the Bush Institute\, he taught at Florida International University’s Stev en J. Green School of International and Public Affairs\, where he also was senior fellow in the Václav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy and director for European and Eurasian Affairs.

Before moving to Miami\, Kramer worked in Washington\, D.C.\, for 24 yea rs\, including as senior director for Human Rights and Democracy with the McCain Institute for International Leadership\; president of Freedom House \; and Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the Unit ed States. Kramer also served eight years in the U.S. Department of State during the George W. Bush administration\, including as assistant secretar y of state for democracy\, human rights\, and labor\; deputy assistant sec retary of state for European and Eurasian affairs (responsible for Russia\ , Ukraine\, Moldova and Belarus). He is author of the book\, "Back to Containment: Dealing with Putin’s Regime."

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