In-conversation with Pádraig Murphy, Chair of the IIEA’s Foreign Policy Group, and former Irish Ambassador to Russia, Dr Hill explores her latest book, There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century, in which she examines declining opportunity in the United States and the United Kingdom. Provocatively arguing that modern Russia represents “the Ghost of Christmas Future” for the United States, Dr Hill asserts Russia could become a harbinger of things to come for the US unless it heals the wounds of increasing political polarisation. She reflects on these themes and offers her insights on wider foreign policy challenges for the transatlantic partnership.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Fiona Hill is a senior fellow at the Center on the US and Europe at the Brookings Institution and author of There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century. She previously served as senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council from 2017-2019 and as national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council from 2006-2009. She holds a master's degree in Soviet studies and a doctorate in history from Harvard University and a master's in Russian and modern history from St. Andrews University in Scotland.
Recorded on the 21st of January 2022