Friday, August 7 | 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
In March 2014, weeks after Russia’s invasion of Crimea, this panel came together with Nadia McConnell to draft and issue FOUN’s first recommendations on sanctions against Russia. Twelve years later, as Congress debates new measures like the Graham sanctions bill, FOUN’s National Security Task Force reconvened many of those same voices to ask: do sanctions on Russia actually work?
Panelists
Ambassador John Herbst – Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine; Senior Director, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council
Daniel Fried – Diplomat who served as former U.S. Ambassador to Poland and former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
David J. Kramer – Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and executive director of the George W. Bush Institute
Edward Chow – Energy and sanctions policy expert
Moderator
Robert A. McConnell – Co-Founder and Secretary, U.S.-Ukraine Foundation