2022 2022: Professor Brian Glyn Williams to give Corsair Chat on the Russian war in Ukraine

Williams has written three books on the subject based on his extensive field research and experiences in Russia, Crimea, and Ukraine

On March 9, 2022, at 12 p.m. Professor of History Brian Glyn Williams will be featured in the latest Corsair Chat. The event, titled "Javelins, Dictators, Insurgents, and Sanctions. Understanding the Ukrainian War," will explore how the two countries have reached the point of armed combat.

The event is free and open to the public. Register via Zoom.

Professor Williams will share his expertise garnered from his time spent in the Ukraine and Russia going back to the Soviet period to infuse the largest military engagement in Europe since World War II with political, military, and historical context. Williams, a Russian speaker who has worked for the CIA's Counter Terrorism Center and U.S. Army, has written three books on Russian military expansion in Ukraine and Chechnya. For his articles on Russia and photographs of fieldwork in Ukraine and other warzones, please visit his website.

Also, please find a free online version of his recent book, The Crimean Tatars: From Soviet Genocide to Putin's Invasion.

The event is free and open to the public. Register today via Zoom.