RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE: Nuclear and Energy Threats Beyond Europe

*This event is being held both online and in-person on RU's campus in Regents Hall. If you're attending in-person, please email Catherine Forslund at: cforslund@rockford.edu with the number in your party.*

*If you have any questions you'd like to pose to the Panel BEFORE or DURING the event, please email them to Catherine Forslund at cforslund@rockford.edu.* 

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A rare opportunity for first-hand, fresh information on Ukraine, Europe, NATO, and the world-wide nuclear threat and energy security, from three eminent professionals: 

Ambassador John Herbst, senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, former ambassador to the Ukraine, posts in Tel Aviv, Moscow and Saudi Arabia. Former director of the Center for Complex Operations at the National Defense University. Topic: NATO and Europe

Ambassador Andras Simonyi, former Hungarian Ambassador to the U.S., the first Hungarian ambassador to NATO, former deputy chief of mission of Hungary to the E.U. Expert on energy. Former Director of Center for Transatlantic Relations at School of Advance International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Topic: Energy Security and Supply Chain Disruption and Transportation challenges to Manufacturing.

Captain William J. Ostendorff, Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); former Principal Deputy Administrator at National Nuclear Security Administration; professor at US Naval Academy (his alma mater) teaching courses on National Security, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Director of USNA Division of Mathematics and Science. Topic: nuclear power, warfare, strategy, alliances, threats and missiles.

Presented by: 

THE INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC POLICY AND WORLD AFFAIRS AT ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY Plus THE ROCKFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ROCKFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL SPEAKERS BUREAU.