Marlene Laruelle

Marlene Laruelle is research professor of International Affairs and Political Science and director of the Illiberalism Studies Program at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. Trained in political philosophy, she works on the rise of populist and illiberal movements in post-Soviet Eurasia. 

Anatol Lieven (Moderator) 

Anatol Lieven is director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He was formerly a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and in the War Studies Department of King’s College London. Lieven worked as a British journalist in Eastern Europe, and is the author of several books on Russia and its neighbors.