Columbia University in the City of New York

Harriman Institute

Events

Date

November 30, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Location

918 International Affairs Building
420 W 118th Street, 9th floor, New York, NY 10027, United States
From European War to Global Conflict

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Registration REQUIRED by 4pm on November 24, 2026 in order to attend this event.

Please join the Harriman Institute for a discussion with Marko Mihkelson, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament. Moderated by Jenik Radon.

This talk will examine how the war against Ukraine has metamorphosed from a “local European” war to a global power conflict.  Questions to be addressed are how can peace be restored and how can state sovereignty/independence be preserved?

Marko Mihkelson is the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament. First elected in 2003, he is currently serving his sixth mandate. Over the years, he has chaired the Foreign Affairs, EU Affairs, and National Defense Committees. Before his parliamentary career, Mihkelson was the Director of the Baltic Centre for Russian Studies (2000–2003) and Editor-in-Chief of Postimees (1997–2000), where he also worked as a correspondent in Moscow (1994–1997). He holds an MA in History from the University of Tartu. Mihkelson chairs the Council of Foreign Relations of Estonia and is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and ICDS. He is the author of Russia: In Dusk and Dawn (2010) and The Disruptive Era (2018).

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