Retired diplomat to discuss implications of Russian aggression in Black Sea
A recently retired American diplomat will discuss Europe’s increasingly dangerous security environment at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 in the McIntire Room of the Buchanan Alumni House at the University of Maine.
Ambassador Lawrence Butler, who served 37 years as a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service, will address Russian aggression in the Black Sea and its implications for Euro-Atlantic security and U.S. policy.
His talk, “Trump and Consequence: High Anxiety in the NATO Alliance,” will reflect fear and confusion growing in smaller European capitals over U.S. and other major allies’ commitment to NATO collective defense Article 5 — which affirms an attack on any NATO member is considered an attack against all members and is cause to collectively mobilize defense efforts.
The graduate of Bowdoin College attended the University of Michigan’s MBA program and did graduate work at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School.
For more information, contact Peter Fandel at peter.fandel@maine.edu, 581.1835.