On November 17, 2015, Dr. Peter Ruggenthaler and Professor Peter Eltsov of the Boltzmann Institute for the Consequences of War and the National Defense University, respectively, delivered a lecture, "Russia, Europe, and the U.S." as part of "The U.S. in World Affairs: The Cold War and Beyond" lecture series. The forum is organized by the Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professorship in the Department of History and the College of Arts and Sciences, with support at UNC from the Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense (PWAD), UNC Global, as well as from the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS), the Center for European Studies (CES), and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies.
