About this Episode
On February 16, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ALEC recorded a Policy Hour podcast featuring Lisa B. Nelson, CEO of the American Legislative Exchange Council and Ms. Karla Jones, Senior Director of the ALEC Federalism and International Relations Task Force as they discuss the then unfolding crisis in Ukraine with Congresswoman Victoria Spartz, Yaroslav Brisiuck, DCM of the Embassy of Ukraine to the United States, Chris Holzen, Senior Advisor for Europe and Eurasia at the International Republican Institute, Alan Mendoza, Executive Director and Founder, Henry Jackson Society, Margus Särglepp, DCM, Estonian Embassy to the United States, and Damon Wilson, President and CEO, National Endowment for Democracy.
Background Materials
ALEC article by Karla Jones, “Putin’s Ukraine Gambit Unites Western Democracies He Sought to Divide” https://alec.org/article/putins-ukraine-gambit-unites-western-democracies-he-sought-to-divide/
CSPAN Video of February 23 UN Security Council Meeting including statement from Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UN
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5003018/user-clip-security-council-emergency-meeting-ukraines-ambassadors-remarks
Congresswoman Victoria Spartz’s Statement on Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine
https://spartz.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-spartzs-statement-putins-invasion-ukraine
Condemnation of Russian Aggression from Estonian Leadership
https://news.err.ee/1608510773/estonia-condemns-russia-s-attack-on-ukraine-evil-is-real
International Republican Institute Statement on Russia’s Military Attack against Ukraine
https://www.iri.org/news/iri-statement-on-russias-military-attack-on-ukraine/
National Endowment for Democracy’s Statement on Russian Aggression against Ukraine
https://www.ned.org/ned-stands-in-solidarity-with-ukraine/