Book Talk – Spirals: The Ukraine War and the Toppling of the World
France, and several other key European countries, are in a state of deep domestic crisis, at a time when the war in Ukraine, the policies of the new US administration, and the rise in migration are bringing Europe under intense external pressure. To discuss the future of France, and French and European responses to these pressures, Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia program at the Quincy Institute is joined by Pierre Lellouche, a leading French conservative politician and expert on international affairs.
The conversation will take place on Wednesday, February 19th from 12:00 – 1:00 PM Eastern Time.
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Pierre Lellouche
Dr. Pierre Lellouche served as Secretary of State for European Affairs and then for Foreign Trade in the French Foreign Ministry from 2009-2012, and as a parliamentary deputy for the fourth and first constituencies of Paris from 1997 to 2009 and 2012 to 2017. He is the author of numerous distinguished books on international affairs, including L’Allié Indocile: La France et L’Otan de la Guerre Froide ά l”Afghanistan. His latest book, Engrenages: La Guerre d’Ukraine et le Basculement du Monde (“Spirals: The Ukraine War and the Toppling of the World”) was published in November of 2024.

Anatol Lieven
Dr. Anatol Lieven is the 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. From 1985 to 1998, Lieven worked as a journalist in South Asia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and covered the wars in Afghanistan, Chechnya and the southern Caucasus. Lieven is the author of several books, including "Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power?" and "Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry."