Profs & Pints DC: Elections and Wars

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Elections and Wars,” on how voters in the U.S. and other nations could alter the course of international conflicts, with Michael Kimmage, professor of history at Catholic University, former U.S. State Department planner for Ukraine and Russia, and author of Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability.

The year 2024 has brought Western democracies significant drama, with a snap election in France leading to big gains by the far right, Labour ending 14 years of Conservative rule with a landslide victory in the U.K., and the United States holding one of the most high-stakes presidential elections in its history.  

Because such elections often lead to changes in foreign policy, they can have consequences well beyond their nation’s borders. How these nations approach conflicts such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israel’s invasion of the Gaza strip, and a…