Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch spoke at an April 19 event hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies (WCCIAS) at Northwestern. The Center for International and Area Studies is Weinberg’s unified hub for interdisciplinary teaching, research, and programs on international and regional issues.
Yovanovitch spoke in a discussion moderated by Center for International and Area Studies director Ian Hurd, a professor of political science and expert in international law.
At the event, Yovanovitch emphasized that the stakes in Ukraine remain critical for the security of the global community.
“If we don’t support Ukraine and help Ukraine [win],” she said, “Russia will continue pursuing territorial expansion. Europe will be destabilized and the international order will be undermined if Russia doesn’t face accountability,” she continued, ultimately making the U.S. itself “less secure, [less] prosperous and … less free.”
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