The Public Policy Fund at Penn State Behrend will host a panel discussion about NATO and Ukraine beginning at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, on Zoom. This program is open to the public at no charge.

Lena Surzhko-Harned, assistant teaching professor of political science, will moderate the discussion, which will explore NATO’s role in ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. She will be joined by Mark Webber, of the University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom; Pierre Lepine, of the Royal Military College of Canada; and R. James Orr III, of the National War College.

The program will be offered on Zoom, in the webinar format. To join the conversation, go to https://psu.zoom.us/j/94999872564.

The Public Policy Fund at Behrend was created to bring together a diversity of perspectives to inform public policy decisions that affect the Erie region and similar communities in the Great Lakes and Ohio River Basin areas. The fund is based in the political science program of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Behrend. To learn more, visit the Public Policy Fund webpage.