The SMU Tower Center would like to invite you to the Annette Strauss Internationalizing Dallas Event: Europe and the War in Ukraine: Social and Political Dynamics in a Rapidly Changing Security Landscape

 

Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025

Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Registration 

6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Dinner and Presentation

 

Location: Karcher Auditorium, Storey Hall, 3315 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, TX 75205

The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Please click below for registration.

 

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the European security architecture, challenging long-held assumptions about stability, defense, and international cooperation. This presentation explores the social and political dynamics that have emerged in Europe in response to the war. It examines shifts in public opinion, political realignments, economic consequences, and security policy transformations. Additionally, the talk will analyze the strategic options available to Europe as it seeks to navigate these challenges, from strengthening defense capabilities to recalibrating energy dependencies and reinforcing diplomatic efforts. By understanding these dynamics, we can better assess Europe’s evolving role in global security and the future of transatlantic relations.

 

Featuring:

Marina Henke is a Professor of International Relations at the Hertie School and Director of the Centre for International Security. She researches and publishes on grand strategy, nuclear security and European security and defence policy. Before joining the Hertie School, she was an Associate Professor (with tenure) at Northwestern University, specialising in international relations, as well as at Princeton University where she was a Lecturer and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She holds a PhD in Politics and Public Policy from Princeton University, a Double Master of Science in Development Studies and International Political Economy from Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Politics and Latin American Studies from Sciences Po Paris. Her book “Constructing Allied Cooperation” published with Cornell University Press in 2019 won the prestigious 2020 Lepgold Best Book Award, the ISA 2020 Diplomacy section Best Book Award, and the APSA 2020 International Collaboration section Best Book Award.

 

Discussant: Stefano Recchia, John G. Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security, SMU Tower Center

Stefano Recchia holds the John G. Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security as an associate professor at SMU. He also directs the Tower Center’s National Security Program. Recchia’s research and teaching focus on the politics and ethics of military intervention, multilateral cooperation in security affairs, and U.S. foreign policy and transatlantic relations. His new book, Strategies for Approval: Building Support for Military Intervention at the United Nations Security Council, is forthcoming with Yale University Press. The book explores how the United States and other Western powers have been able to win UN Security Council approval for their military interventions over the last three decades, when veto-wielding permanent members such as Russia and China were are at first adamantly opposed.

 

Annette Strauss Internationalizing Dallas is a lecture series hosted by the SMU John G. Tower Center for Political Studies and International Affairs. It was created in 1997, in honor of Annette Strauss, a dedicated civic leader, former mayor of Dallas, and an ambassador-at-large for the city.  This series aims to bring programs to DFW with the objective of fostering a greater understanding of international issues that shape our interdependent world. Hosting speakers with a wide range of expertise from many regions, this lecture series serves as a bridge to connect Dallas with the world. 

 

Invitation image: Demonstration in favor of joining Ukraine during a Council meeting in in Brussels on June 29, 2023. (EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET) 

 

 

Any person who requires a reasonable accommodation on the basis of a disability in order to participate in this program should contact the SMU Tower Center at tower@smu.edu in advance at least 4 days prior to the event to arrange for the accommodation.

 

 

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