Attrition and Diplomacy: The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Prospects for Peace

In this talk, Dr. Dale Walton will discuss the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian military conflict, exploring how it has unfolded since Russia’s takeover of Crimea in 2014. He will examine why Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and why the Putin government appears to have greatly underestimated Ukraine’s ability to defend its territory and government.  We will discuss what has happened in those two years and what advancements have been made in terms of finding an end to the conflict.

Our presenter is International Relations Professor and 2017 Lindenwood Scholar of the Year, Dale Walton. His academic interests include strategic theory and history, great power politics, and the future of American domestic governance and the US Constitutional Order. Dr. Walton has published three monographs: Grand Strategy and the Presidency: Foreign Policy, War, and the American Role in the World (2012); Geopolitics and the Great Powers in the Twenty-first Century: Multipolarity and the Revolution in Strategic Perspective (2007); and The Myth of Inevitable U.S. Defeat in Vietnam (2002). He also is one of the co-authors of Understanding Modern Strategy, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2016).