In Conversation with Phillips O’Brien: Ukraine and the Future of European Strategy
Fri, Apr 17
|Foster Garvey PC
Time & Location
Apr 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
Foster Garvey PC, 1111 3rd Ave 30th fl, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
About the event
As Russia’s full‑scale war against Ukraine moves into its fourth year, the conflict continues to reshape Europe’s strategic landscape. Join us for a conversation with Phillips O’Brien, one of Europe’s leading experts on war, strategy, and security, and a prominent analyst of the Russia-Ukraine war. Drawing on this extensive expertise, he will join us for a conversation on European strategy and the evolving dynamics of the conflict, highlighting the key lessons emerging from the war and what they reveal about the future of security and defense in Europe.
About Our Speaker
Phillips O’Brien is the chair of strategic studies and head of the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He has published widely on issues of conflict, politics, war, and strategy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Among his books are War and Power (Penguin Random House, 2025), How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied…