Please join us for a fireside chat at the Dole Institute of Politics at 7:00pm on Tuesday May 5. The discussion will cover the growing strategic importance of the Arctic to U.S. national security, featuring Ambassador Michael Sfraga, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs, and Colonel Russell Vanderlugt Commanding Officer11th Airborne Division, US Army. Offering the perspectives of the statesman and the soldier, the conversation will explore national objectives, diplomacy, and security cooperation in an increasingly contested region. The dialogue will be moderated by Gerald F. Seib, former Executive Washington Editor of The Wall Street Journal.

This talk is sponsored by the Dole Institute of Politics, and the University of Kansas’ International Affairs, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Department of Political Science, National Defense Initiatives, and Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence.