Friday September 16, 2022
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Meeting Both In-Person and by Zoom
Dampeer Room, Second Floor of Kelvin Smith Library*
Case Western Reserve University
Dear Colleagues:
After two years only on Zoom, the “Friday Lunch” has returned for Fall Semester 2022 with discussions held “in-person” again.
One of our topics really needs to be the war in Ukraine, and so I am very pleased to welcome Andrew Barnes from Kent State University to share his expertise and perspective. Professor Barnes is a scholar of “Post-Soviet” politics and especially of Russia’s role in the international oil markets and financial system. He has framed his talk as about “Russia’s war” because that’s the first key point: this is a war of Russia’s choice.
In order to make it easy for people to protect themselves and still participate, the meetings are still going to be accessible on Zoom. Participants can register for each meeting in the same way they did for the past two years. The link is posted below.
This “dual delivery” is a work in progress. Please be patient with any glitches; the most likely will be people on Zoom not being able to hear comments from in the room (except the speaker’s), but I will summarize those comments if necessary. We also are working on ways to show the Zoom participants both the speaker and the audience in the room; if we have to choose we’ll show the speaker.
And of course I’m still trying to estimate how many goodies I need to bring to be a good host to those who come to the room!
But the most important thing is the substance of the war, and there are many things Professor Barnes could address. Why was the war started? How should we think about the strength of the response from Ukraine and western nations? How has wartime changed how Ukraine functions as a society? What are the effects of the sanctions against Russia? What are the internal restraints, if any, on Putin? What is the Russian strategy about attacking civilians? What might cause the Russians to stop and withdraw?
In-Person and Virtual Attendance
The discussion begins at 12:30 p.m., but the Dampeer Room should be open no later than Noon. We try to have beverages and refreshments set up soon after that. Participants should be able to sign on to Zoom also by Noon. But please remember not much will be happening online until the talk begins at 12:30.
Zoom participants will probably have trouble hearing comments made by members of the audience in the room. As moderator I will repeat and summarize such comments or questions. Zoom participants are also encouraged to submit questions through Zoom’s chat function. The chat will be monitored.
Each week we will send out this newsletter with information about the topic. It will also include a link to register (for free) for the discussion. When you register, you will automatically receive from the Zoom system the link to join the meeting. If you do not get the newsletter, you should also be able to get the information each Monday by checking http://fridaylunch.case.edu/. Then if you choose you can use the contact form on that website to request the registration link.
This week’s Zoom link for registration is:
https://cwru.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldOisrTMpGNfsvkeLtSnuaMYakbkDHryw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Please e-mail padg@case.edu if you have questions about how the Zoom version of the Friday Lunch will work or any other suggestions. Or call at 216 368-2426 and we’ll try to get back to you. We are very pleased to be partnering this semester with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program to share information about the discussions.
Best wishes for safety and security for you and yours,
Joe White
Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies
About Our Guest
Andrew Barnes’s research and teaching interests are in post-communist political economies, the politics of international finance and oil, and the links between markets and democracy. His first book was called Owning Russia: The Struggle over Factories, Farms, and Power (Cornell University Press, 2006), and his articles have appeared in Review of International Political Economy, Problems of Post-Communism, Post-Soviet Affairs, and Comparative Politics, among others.
* Kelvin Smith Library requires all entrants to show identification when entering the building, unless they have a university i.d. that they can magnetically scan. We are sorry if that seems like a hassle, but it has been Library policy for a while in response to security concerns. Please do not complain to the library staff at the entrance, who are just doing their jobs.
Schedule of Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:
September 23: Lake Erie in Bloom, and What to Do About It. With Huichun (Judy) Zhang, Ph.D., Frank H. Neff Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
September 30: Supreme Court Review and Preview. With Jonathan H. Adler, J.D., Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, and Jonathan L. Entin, J.D., David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law.
October 7: Germany and Ukraine. With Andreas Sobisch, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, John Carroll University
October 14: More Money for the IRS. With Timothy Fogarty, Ph.D., Andrew D. Braden Professor Department of Accountancy.
October 21: To Be Determined
October 28: Is This the EU’s Moment? With Elliot Posner, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science.
November 4: Midterm Election Forecast (or Guesses) Speakers to Be Determined
November 11: Law Enforcement and the Opioid Epidemic. With Daniel J. Flannery, Ph.D., Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and Director, Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, MSASS.
November 18: The First Energy Scandal and the Challenge of Utility Regulation. With Miranda Leppla, J.D., Director, Environmental Law Clinic, CWRU School of Law.
November 25: Thanksgiving Break
December 2: To Be Determined
December 9: To Be Determined |
