Prof. Lisa Sundstrom: Will Russians Toss Their Leader?
“Mass opposition on its own is likely insufficient to produce regime change in Russia. Organized Russian opposition to Putin has faced crackdowns in recent years that has left their ranks thin and in disarray, with their chief leader, Alexei Navalny, in prison for years to come,” Prof. Lisa Sundstrom writes for The Tyee.
Professors Genevieve Bates and Lisa Sundstrom answer questions about international court intervention in Ukraine and Russian anti-war protests
Can Putin be put on trial? What can literature teach us about Ukraine? What does this conflict mean for multicultural states? Could Russia’s anti-war protests take down Putin? Political Science Professors Genevieve Bates and Lisa Sundstrom weigh in on these questions with other Professors from Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies.
Prosecuting Ecocide: a Q&A with Activists in International Courts
On Wednesday, January 19, Activists in International Courts will host a virtual panel chaired by UBC Political Science Professor Lisa Sundstrom discussing a recent proposal to add ecocide as the Fifth International Crime. We spoke to event moderator Dr. Stavros Pantazopoulos about what ecocide means for International Law.
Watch: Dr. Amitav Acharya’s Mark Zacher Distinguished Speaker Lecture
This year’s Mark Zacher Distinguished Speaker Lecture was hosted online. Dr. Amitav Acharya was the 2021 Mark Zacher Distinguished Visitor, who presented a talk titled, “What Can the Past Tell Us About the Future of the World Order.”
Watch Prof. Lisa Sundstrom, Bruce Baum and Richard Johnston discuss the possibilities of an unclear US election result in “Doubling Down on Democracy”
This event occurred on October 22, 2020 and is a part of “The 2020 U.S. Election Event series“.
Lisa Sundstrom awarded Peter Wall International Research Roundtable Grant
The Peter Wall Institute recently announced the recipients of the International Research Roundtable Awards. One of the recipients is Political Science Department Professor Lisa Sundstrom.