The Impact of U.S. Foreign Policy on Russia, the EU, and Central Asia

During the first months in office, the second Trump administration has dramatically shifted the U.S. foreign policy across key domains, recalibrating relations with traditional friends and foes. Shocks are felt across the globe, but the EU-Ukraine-Russia axis is currently the main faultline of the ongoing geopolitical earthquake. European countries generally perceive the new U.S. approach as grave challenge to the continent’s security and global order, while Russia’s leadership welcomes the change and senses great opportunities to promote its interests. Nearby countries of Central Asia, having based their policies on soft balancing of Russia, China, and the West (the United States and the EU/European countries), now to need to orient and position themselves in this rapidly changing environment. A panel of Davis Center scholars will examine the impact of America's rapid policy shifts on the external policy of the EU, and the foreign policies of Russia and Central Asian countries, and discuss their longer-term implications for the Eurasian and global security.

Event Speakers

Irina Busygina: Independent Scholar

Nargis Kassenova: Senior Fellow; Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

Mikhail Troitskiy: Visiting Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Arik Burakovsky: Assistant Director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Host or Publisher Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies