BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Mountain Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Mountain Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Mountain Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:War in Ukraine: At the Brink of Nuclear War? \; \;\nDr. Christoph Stefes\, Professor\, Political Science \nUniversity of Colorado Denver \;\nTuesday\, November 29\, 2022 \;\n12:00 pm &ndash\; 1:3 0 pm (Mountain) \nHybrid format &ndash\; in-person and online options  \;\nClick to Register\nIn-person: \n1475 Lawrence Street (CU Denver Busine ss School) \n4th Floor\, BUS-4500 \;\nIn-person registration limited t o the first 40 participants \;\nOnline: \;\nZoom link will be sent to all registrants who select \;to attend online on November 22 \ ;\n\nProgram Overview:\nIn February 2022\, CU Denver&rsquo\;s Institute fo r International Business (IIB) hosted a lecture by Dr. Christoph Stefes\, Professor\, Political Science\, College of Liberal Arts and Science. \ ; The lecture\, &ldquo\;Back in the USSR: What Does Putin Want and How Sho uld the US Respond?&rdquo\; was attended by 200+ faculty\, staff\, adminis trators and students from the CU system and its four campuses\, as well as guests from the IIB&rsquo\;s business and academic partners. The IIB is p leased to invite Professor Stefes back to speak at the International Execu tive Roundtable and give us an update on the Ukraine-Russia War.\n\nAlmost a year into the war\, Ukraine has recently been able to push back Russian forces. Unexpectedly\, it has made significant territorial gains. Yet\, R ussia has not responded well. It has formally annexed four Ukrainian terri tories in gross violation of international law. It has bombed Kyiv for the first time in months. It has threatened to use non-strategic nuclear miss iles to protect its territory\, including the annexed territories. The esc alation of the war raises numerous questions. Can Ukraine actually win thi s war? Will Russia use nuclear weapons? How have Ukrainian advances impact ed the political dynamics in Moscow? Christoph Stefes will try to answer t hese and questions in his talk.\n\nDr. Christoph Stefes\nProf. Stefes was born and raised in West Germany. He received his BA in History and German Literature at the University of Tü\;bingen\, Germany\, studied Europea n Integration and International Relations in Groningen\, The Netherlands\, and received his MA and PhD from the Korbel School of International Studi es\, University of Denver. In his dissertation\, he analyzed structures of corruption in post-Soviet Georgia where he taught and researched in 1998/ 99. Since 2002\, he has been a professor for Comparative European &\; P ost-Soviet Studies at the Political Science Department of the University o f Colorado Denver. In his research and teaching\, he focuses on democracy and democratization\, stability of dictatorships\, corruption\, and (more recently) on the politics of energy transitions and environmental crime. H e has published numerous books and articles on these issues. He taught in Denver\, Sarajevo\, Beijing\, and Berlin and conducted research in Norway\ , Germany\, Georgia\, Armenia\, and Uzbekistan. He is the director of &ldq uo\;Berlin: Bridging Global Divides&rdquo\;\, a study-abroad program that brings about a dozen students each year from Denver to Berlin to attend le ctures and conduct internships.\n\nInternational Executive Roundtables\nIn ternational Executive Roundtables are hosted by CU Denver&rsquo\;s Institu te for International Business (IIB) and Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) with support from the Carole Ann Jemal-Gibs on and Greg Gibson Fund. \; DTEND:20221129T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260508T150333Z DTSTART:20221129T190000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:IER - Dr. Christoph Stefes: War in Ukraine: At the Brink of Nuclear War? UID:RFCALITEM639138494132578325 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

War in Ukraine: At the Brink of Nuclear War? \; \;
\nDr. Christoph Stefes\, Professor\, Political Science
\nUniversity of Colorado Denver \;

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Tuesday\, November 29\, 2022 \;
\n12:00 pm &ndash\; 1:30 pm (Mountain)
\nHybrid format &ndash\; in- person and online options \;
\nClick to Register

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In-person:
\n1475 Lawrence Street (CU Denver Bu siness School)
\n4th Floor\, BUS-4500 \;
\nIn-person regist ration limited to the first 40 participants \;

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Online: \;
\nZoom link will be sent to all registrants who select \;to attend online on Novem ber 22 \;
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\nProgram Overview:
\nIn February 2022\, CU Denve r&rsquo\;s Institute for International Business (IIB) hosted a lecture by Dr. Christoph Stefes\, Professor\, Political Science\, College of Liberal Arts and Science. \; The lecture\, &ldquo\;Back in the USSR: What Does Putin Want and How Should the US Respond?&rdquo\; was attended by 200+ fa culty\, staff\, administrators and students from the CU system and its fou r campuses\, as well as guests from the IIB&rsquo\;s business and academic partners. The IIB is pleased to invite Professor Stefes back to speak at the International Executive Roundtable and give us an update on the Ukrain e-Russia War.
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\nAlmost a year into the war\, Ukraine has rece ntly been able to push back Russian forces. Unexpectedly\, it has made sig nificant territorial gains. Yet\, Russia has not responded well. It has fo rmally annexed four Ukrainian territories in gross violation of internatio nal law. It has bombed Kyiv for the first time in months. It has threatene d to use non-strategic nuclear missiles to protect its territory\, includi ng the annexed territories. The escalation of the war raises numerous ques tions. Can Ukraine actually win this war? Will Russia use nuclear weapons? How have Ukrainian advances impacted the political dynamics in Moscow? Ch ristoph Stefes will try to answer these and questions in his talk.
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\nDr. Christoph S tefes
\nProf. Stefes was born and raised in West Germ any. He received his BA in History and German Literature at the University of Tü\;bingen\, Germany\, studied European Integration and Internatio nal Relations in Groningen\, The Netherlands\, and received his MA and PhD from the Korbel School of International Studies\, University of Denver. I n his dissertation\, he analyzed structures of corruption in post-Soviet G eorgia where he taught and researched in 1998/99. Since 2002\, he has been a professor for Comparative European &\; Post-Soviet Studies at the Po litical Science Department of the University of Colorado Denver. In his re search and teaching\, he focuses on democracy and democratization\, stabil ity of dictatorships\, corruption\, and (more recently) on the politics of energy transitions and environmental crime. He has published numerous boo ks and articles on these issues. He taught in Denver\, Sarajevo\, Beijing\ , and Berlin and conducted research in Norway\, Germany\, Georgia\, Armeni a\, and Uzbekistan. He is the director of &ldquo\;Berlin: Bridging Global Divides&rdquo\;\, a study-abroad program that brings about a dozen student s each year from Denver to Berlin to attend lectures and conduct internshi ps.
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\nInte rnational Executive Roundtables
\nInternational Execu tive Roundtables are hosted by CU Denver&rsquo\;s Institute for Internatio nal Business (IIB) and Center for International Business Education and Res earch (CIBER) with support from the Carole Ann Jemal-Gibson and Greg Gibso n Fund. \;

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