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:After Prigozhin: The Beginning of the End of Putin's Regime?\nD r. Christoph Stefes\, Professor\, Political Science\nUniversity of Colorad o Denver \;\nTuesday\, August 8\, 2023\n12:00 pm &ndash\; 1:30 pm (Mou ntain)\nOnline via Zoom: \;\nClick to Register\n\nProgram Overview:\nO n June 24\, 2023\, Y. Prigozhin\, head of a large\, Russian mercenary grou p (Wagner)\, sent thousands of his troops towards Moscow. For months\, Pri gozhin had scolded the Russian military leadership for undersupplying his troops with weapons and ammunition\, undermining their fight in Ukraine. T he Wagner troops quickly advanced. Yet\, within hours Prigozhin recalled t he troops. Putin made a similar U-turn\, striking a deal with Prigozhin\, a long-time confidant\, who he had initially called a traitor.\nIn his pre sentation\, Christoph H. Stefes\, Professor at the Political Science Depar tment of CU-Denver\, introduces Prigozhin and the Wagner group\, outlines the importance of Wagner for Russia&rsquo\;s autocratic regime\, and why P rigozhin challenged Putin\, only to end the mutiny within hours. He furthe r applies a model of autocratic (in)stability that he has helped to develo p with colleagues at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) to as sess the impact that this short-lived mutiny might have on Putin&rsquo\;s regime in the long run. Finally\, he analyzes the impact of the mutiny on the war in Ukraine.\n\n\nDr. Christoph Stefes\nProf. Stefes was born and r aised in West Germany. He received his BA in History and German Literature at the University of Tü\;bingen\, Germany\, studied European Integrat ion and International Relations in Groningen\, The Netherlands\, and recei ved his MA and PhD from the Korbel School of International Studies\, Unive rsity of Denver. In his dissertation\, he analyzed structures of corruptio n in post-Soviet Georgia where he taught and researched in 1998/99. Since 2002\, he has been a professor for Comparative European &\; Post-Soviet Studies at the Political Science Department of the University of Colorado Denver\, and has recently been named Affiliated Professor at the School o f Public Affairs. In his research and teaching\, he focuses on democracy a nd democratization\, stability of dictatorships\, corruption\, and (more r ecently) on the politics of energy transitions and environmental crime. He has published numerous books and articles on these issues. He taught in D enver\, Sarajevo\, Beijing\, and Berlin and conducted research in Norway\, Germany\, Georgia\, Armenia\, and Uzbekistan. He is the director of &ldqu o\;Berlin: Bridging Global Divides&rdquo\;\, a study-abroad program that b rings about a dozen students each year from Denver to Berlin to attend lec tures and conduct internships. \;\nInternational Executive Roundtables \nInternational Executive Roundtables are hosted by CU Denver&rsquo\;s Ins titute for International Business (IIB) with support from the Carole Ann J emal-Gibson and Greg Gibson Fund. \; CU Denver&rsquo\;s IIB is one of 16 Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) in th e United States\, a prestigious designation awarded by the US Department o f Education. DTEND:20230808T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260508T155059Z DTSTART:20230808T180000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:International Executive Roundtable featuring Dr. Christoph Stefes - After Prigozhin: The Beginning of the End of Putin’s Regime? UID:RFCALITEM639138522596909123 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

After Prigozhin: The Beginning of t he End of Putin's Regime?
\nDr. Christoph Stefes\, Professor\, Political Science
\nUniversity of Colorado Denver \;< /p>\n

Tuesday\, August 8\, 2023
\n12:00 pm &ndash\ ; 1:30 pm (Mountain)

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Online via Zoom: \;
\nClick to Register
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\nProgram Overview:< br />\nOn June 24\, 2023\, Y. Prigozhin\, head of a large\ , Russian mercenary group (Wagner)\, sent thousands of his troops towards Moscow. For months\, Prigozhin had scolded the Russian military leadership for undersupplying his troops with weapons and ammunition\, undermining t heir fight in Ukraine. The Wagner troops quickly advanced. Yet\, within ho urs Prigozhin recalled the troops. Putin made a similar U-turn\, striking a deal with Prigozhin\, a long-time confidant\, who he had initially calle d a traitor.

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In his presentation\, C hristoph H. Stefes\, Professor at the Political Science Department of CU-D enver\, introduces Prigozhin and the Wagner group\, outlines the importanc e of Wagner for Russia&rsquo\;s autocratic regime\, and why Prigozhin chal lenged Putin\, only to end the mutiny within hours. He further applies a m odel of autocratic (in)stability that he has helped to develop with collea gues at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) to assess the impa ct that this short-lived mutiny might have on Putin&rsquo\;s regime in the long run. Finally\, he analyzes the impact of the mutiny on the war in Uk raine.
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Dr. Christoph Stefes
\n< /strong>Prof. 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 European Integration and International Relations in Gron ingen\, The Netherlands\, and received his MA and PhD from the Korbel Scho ol of International Studies\, University of Denver. In his dissertation\, he analyzed structures of corruption in post-Soviet Georgia where he taugh t and researched in 1998/99. Since 2002\, he has been a professor for Comp arative European &\; Post-Soviet Studies at the Political Science Depar tment of the University of Colorado Denver\, and has recently been named A ffiliated Professor at the School of Public Affairs. In his research and t eaching\, he focuses on democracy and democratization\, stability of dicta torships\, corruption\, and (more recently) on the politics of energy tran sitions and environmental crime. He has published numerous books and artic les on these issues. He taught in Denver\, Sarajevo\, Beijing\, and Berlin and conducted research in Norway\, Germany\, Georgia\, Armenia\, and Uzbe kistan. He is the director of &ldquo\;Berlin: Bridging Global Divides&rdqu o\;\, a study-abroad program that brings about a dozen students each year from Denver to Berlin to attend lectures and conduct internships. \;\n

International Executive Roundtables
\nI nternational Executive Roundtables are hosted by CU Denver&rsquo\;s Instit ute for International Business (IIB) with support from the Carole Ann Jema l-Gibson and Greg Gibson Fund. \; CU Denver&rsquo\;s IIB is one of 16 Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) in the U nited States\, a prestigious designation awarded by the US Department of E ducation.

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