The Centre for International and Defence Policy, the Russian and East European Studies Network, and the Department of Political Studies' Corry Colloquium Speaker Series Present:

"Russia at War: Political Patterns and Ideological Change"

with Marlene Laruelle (The George Washington University)

Thursday, October 5th, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Dunning Hall, Room 11

*Light refreshments served

Marlene Laruelle, Ph.D., is Research Professor of International Affairs and Political Sciences at the Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, and director of the Illiberalism Studies Program. She is the former director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) and of the Central Asia Program. Dr. Laruelle received her Ph.D. in history at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures (INALCO) and her post-doctoral degree in political science at Sciences-Po in Paris. She has widely published on Russia’s ideologies and nationalism, on Russia’s foreign policy and soft power strategies.