On May 16, Northwestern Buffett held a Fireside Chat with Fiona Hill, senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at The Brookings Institution. Fiona also recently served as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council from 2017 to 2019. From 2006 to 2009, she served as national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia in the National Intelligence Council.

As an expert in geopolitical and foreign policy issues, Fiona offered insight into Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine and its implications. The discussion highlighted key insights on the impact of deindustrialization on democracy and the factors driving American politics over the brink from Fiona's latest book, There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the TwentyFirst Century.

The conversation was moderated by Annelise Riles, Executive Director, Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Associate Provost for Global Affairs, Northwestern University.