About the Event: As the war in Ukraine grinds on, the stakes only increase. The West warily watches China, and the possibility that Beijing will provide weapons to Moscow. Western allies are sending tanks and fighter jets to Kyiv. NATO is on track to add two more members. Dara Massicot, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and former senior analyst for Russian military capabilities at the Department of Defense, joins Jill Dougherty for an in-depth discussion of the fight - and its implications for peace and security in the future. About the Speaker: Dara Massicot is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. Dara previously served as a senior analyst for Russian military strategy and capabilities at the Department of Defense. Her work at RAND focuses on the Russian military, such as military strategy, modernization, conflict studies, and escalation dynamics. Education M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies, U.S. Naval War College, College of Naval Command and Staff; B.A. in National Security Studies; B.A. in Russian Language and Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) would like to thank the Carnegie Corporation of New York for generous support of our programming. CERES Box 571031, Room 111 ICC Building Georgetown University Washington D.C. 20057 Phone: (202) 687.6080 Fax: (202) 687.5829 [email protected] Twitter: @CERESGeorgetown