Becoming a Global Citizen: Russian Foreign Policy

Discussions on International Issues

Russian Foreign Policy: Russia's Changing Relationship with the World: This topic will cover a brief history of the evolution of the Russian foreign policy post Cold War and a debate of the changes that led to the more aggressive Russian behavior in international relations. 

Becoming a Global Citizen is a program series dedicated to educating the public and encouraging discussions about foreign affairs. These programs will be on the first Sunday of every month at 2:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room at the Sharon Forks Library. Each program will consist of 45 minutes of presentation by a University of North Georgia professor followed by 45 minutes of a roundtable discussion on the topic of the month.

This program is intended for adults and high school students.
  

This month's topic is Russian Foreign Policy: Russia's Changing Relationship with the World, presented by Dr. Raluca Viman-Miller, an Associate Professor who joined UNG’s Political Science & International Affairs department in 2013. She has a PhD from Georgia State University and a master’s degree from Georgia Southern University, and she completed her undergraduate work at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She has completed research and published on issues such as the impact of migration on political behavior, political communication, and regional and bilateral relations with implications on the European security. She teaches classes on Global Issues, Comparative Politics, European Politics, International Relations, and American Government at undergraduate and graduate level.

Upcoming Topics for Becoming a Global Citizen:

October 8: Soft Power in Latin America

November 12: State Fragility

December 3: Fallout from the Conflict in Ukraine

This program is in partnership with the University of North Georgia's Department of Political Science and International Affairs.

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