In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to formr ambassadors to Russia Jeremy Kinsman, John Sloan, and Ralph Lysyshyn about Putin and Russia’s motivations behind its invasion of Ukraine

Participants’ Biographies:

* Jeremy Kinsman is distinguished Fellow of the Canadian International Council, has been the Distinguished Visiting Diplomat at Ryerson since 2010 after he left the Canadian Foreign Service in 2006, following 40 years of service. He had served as a Canadian Ambassador for 15 years, in Moscow (1992-96), in Rome (1996-2000) as High Commissioner in London (2000-2002), and as Ambassador to the EU in Brussels (2002-2006) https://thecic.org/experts/jeremy-kinsman/

* John Sloan served as Canada’s ambassador to the Russian Federation, Armenia and Uzbekistan from August 2010 to September 2013. https://www.cerbanet.org/resources/Documents/John%20Sloan%20BIO.pdf

* Ralph Lysyshyn last served as Canadian Ambassador to Russia (with accreditation to Armenia and Uzbekistan) from 2006 to 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Lysyshyn

Host biography

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Read and Watch

Mr. Putin, Operative in the Kremlin by Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy – https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Putin-Operative-Kremlin-Geopolitics/dp/0815726171

More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669670/more-than-i-love-my-life-by-david-grossman/

The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676052/the-anomaly-by-herve-le-tellier/

Intimacies by Katie Kitamura – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537059/intimacies-by-katie-kitamura/

State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny – https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/State-of-Terror/Louise-Penny/9781982173678

Venice Triumphant: The Horizon of a Myth by Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan – https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/2980/venice-triumphant

Recording Date: 17 Mar 2022.

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.