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Penn State has faculty experts who can help put what is happening into context, including explaining the social, political, religious and economic forces that led to this conflict. They can also give perspective on how this war will impact the Russian and Ukrainian citizens and economies for generations to come. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="topic-expert-list"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-md-4 col-lg-4" > <ul class="expert-list"> <li> <div class="topic-profile"> <a href="/expert/lena-surzhko-harned"> <img src="/uploads/profiles/lena.png" alt="Lena Surzhko-Harned" class="clip-circle-sm"></a> </div> <div class="profile-info"> <h2 class="name"><a href="/expert/lena-surzhko-harned"><span>Lena </span> Surzhko-Harned</a></h2> <p class="title mb-0 pb-0 mr-4">Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science</p> <p class="font-weight-bold">Politics & Policy </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="topic-profile"> <a href="/expert/dermot-groome"> <img src="/uploads/profiles/{filedir_8}Screen_Shot_2022-04-26_at_3.29.17_PM_.png" alt="Dermot Groome" class="clip-circle-sm"></a> </div> <div class="profile-info"> <h2 class="name"><a href="/expert/dermot-groome"><span>Dermot</span> Groome</a></h2> <p class="title mb-0 pb-0 mr-4">Harvey A. Feldman Distinguished Faculty Scholar</p> <p class="font-weight-bold">Law and Policy </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="topic-profile"> <a href="/expert/sascha-meinrath"> <img src="/uploads/profiles/SaschaMeinrath.jpg" alt="Sascha Meinrath" class="clip-circle-sm"></a> </div> <div class="profile-info"> <h2 class="name"><a href="/expert/sascha-meinrath"><span>Sascha</span> Meinrath</a></h2> <p class="title mb-0 pb-0 mr-4">Palmer Chair in Telecommunications</p> <p class="font-weight-bold">Law and Policy, Telecommunications, Internet & Technology </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="topic-profile"> <a href="/expert/steve-tracey"> <img src="/uploads/profiles/Steve_Tracey.png" alt="Steve Tracey" class="clip-circle-sm"></a> </div> <div class="profile-info"> <h2 class="name"><a href="/expert/steve-tracey"><span>Steve</span> Tracey</a></h2> <p class="title mb-0 pb-0 mr-4">Professor of Practice in the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems</p> <p class="font-weight-bold">Business </p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-12 col-md-8 col-lg-8 mb-5 topic-expert-intro"> <p>Penn State has a wide range of faculty experts who are readily available to give insight on the evolving and ongoing economic, political, cultural and legal impacts of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.</p> <ul> <li>Penn State Dickinson Law professor Dermot Groome is a former international prosecutor who has been on the ground working in the border region of Poland/Ukraine advising Ukrainian prosecutors investigating war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.</li> <li>Sascha Meinrath, the Palmer Chair in Telecommunications, sits on the board of Brave New Software, the parent company of internet censorship circumvention tool Lantern, which has seen a spike in downloads from Russia since the conflict began. Meinrath can speak to issues of online government censorship and cybersecurity. </li> <li>Experts on the shifting dynamics of politics and religion in Eastern Europe can speak about the cultural history between Russia and Ukraine, the political climate, the main political players and the impact of the conflict on Ukrainians of varying generations. </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div id="left-expert-card" class="parent"> <div class="bottom-shadow topic-bg-img" style="background-image: url('/uploads/topic-backgrounds/')" > </div> <div class="topic-overlay"></div> <div class="container" > <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-7 col-xl-6 card-position" > <div class="expert-card card bottom-border-radius"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="gradient-gray"> <div class="field"> <a href="/search/?content=Politics & Policy">Politics & Policy</a> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-4 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3"> <div class="profile-pic-wrap"> <a href = "/expert/lena-surzhko-harned"><img src="/uploads/profiles/lena.png" class="clip-circle-lg" alt="Lena Surzhko-Harned" /></a> </div> </div> <div class="col-8 col-sm-9 col-md-9 col-lg-9"> <div class="card-title"> <h2> <a href = "/expert/lena-surzhko-harned"> <span>Lena </span> <span>Surzhko-Harned</span> <span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="expert-title"> Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science,<br />Associate Director, The Public Policy Initiative at Penn State Behrend </p> </div> <div class="social"><a href="https://linkedin.com/lena-surzhko-harned-97102615"><i class="fab fa-linkedin-in" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/lenasurzhko"><i class="fab fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row expertise"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3"> <h4>Expertise:</h4> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-9 col-md-9 col-lg-9"> <ul> <li>Politics & Policy</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row focus-areas"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3"> <h4>Focus Areas:</h4> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-9 col-md-9 col-lg-9"> <ul> <li>Politics</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row card-in-the-media mx-0 px-0"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3"> <h4>In The Media:</h4> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-9 col-md-9 col-lg-9"> <ul> <li> <a href='https://theconversation.com/in-kazakhstan-russia-follows-a-playbook-it-developed-in-ukraine-174505'>The Conversation</a>,</li><li> <a href='https://www.salon.com/2019/10/02/ukraines-president-zelensky-may-come-to-regret-his-discussion-with-president-trump_partner/'>Salon</a>,</li><li> <a href='https://www.wmra.org/post/impeachment-view-ukraine#stream/0'>WMRA Public Radio</a> </ul> </div> <div class="col-12 card-contact mx-0 px-0 "> <a href="/expert/lena-surzhko-harned" class="white-card-button">View Profile</a> <a href="/contact/lena-surzhko-harned" id="contact-expert-Surzhko-Harned" class="blue-card-button">Contact<i class="fas fa-chevron-right"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-5 col-xl-5 profile-contact">  <p><strong>Contact Lena Surzhko-Harned with questions about:</strong> The history between Russia and Ukraine, including the political climate, and how the conflict could impact future generations of Ukrainians. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="w-100 "> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-5 offset-6">  </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div id="right-expert-card" class="parent"> <div class="bottom-shadow topic-bg-img" style="background-image: url('/uploads/topic-backgrounds/')" > </div> <div class="topic-overlay"></div> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-7 col-xl-6 card-position"> <div class="expert-card card bottom-border-radius"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="gradient-gray"> <div class="field"> <a href="/search/?content=Law and Policy">Law and Policy</a> </div> <div class="row "> <div class="col-4 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3"> <div class="profile-pic-wrap"> <a href = "/expert/dermot-groome"><img src="/uploads/profiles/{filedir_8}Screen_Shot_2022-04-26_at_3.29.17_PM_.png" class="clip-circle-lg" alt="Dermot Groome" /></a> </div> </div> <div class="col-8 col-sm-9 col-md-9 col-lg-9"> <div class="card-title"> <h2> <a href = "/expert/dermot-groome"> <span>Dermot</span> <span>Groome</span> <span> </span> </a> </h2> <p class="expert-title"> Harvey A. Feldman Distinguished Faculty Scholar </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row expertise"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3"> <h4>Expertise</h4> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-9 col-md-9 col-lg-9"> <ul> <li>Law and Policy</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row focus-areas"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3"> <h4>Focus Areas:</h4> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-9 col-md-9 col-lg-9"> <ul> <li>International Criminal Law</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row card-in-the-media mx-0 px-0 "> <div class="col-12 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3"> <h4>In The Media:</h4> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-9 col-md-9 col-lg-9"> <ul> <li> <a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/13/ukraine-russia-war-crimes-trial/'>Washington Post</a>,</li><li> <a href='https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/04/14/fmr-international-war-crimes-prosecutor-vladimir-putin-should-be-brought-to-justice.html'>CNBC</a>,</li><li> <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkWen5BkjXY'>International Business Times</a>,</li><li> <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjMM4LQaMhY&t=61s'>Frontline PBS</a>,</li><li> <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xx6rmMBtiw&t=45s'>The Associated Press</a> </ul> </div> <div class="col-12 card-contact m-0 p-0"> <a href="/expert/dermot-groome" class="white-card-button">View Profile</a> <a href="/contact/dermot-groome" id="contact-expert-Groome" class="blue-card-button">Contact <i class="fas fa-chevron-right"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4 col-xl-5 profile-contact" >  <p><strong>Contact Dermot Groome with questions about:</strong> Prosecuting crimes that occur amid conflict. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="w-100"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4 col-xl-5">  </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="left-expert-card" class="parent"> <div class="bottom-shadow 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/>Director of the X-Lab </p> </div> <div class="social"><a href="https://twitter.com/saschameinrath"><i class="fab fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> <a href="https://linkedin.com/saschameinrath"><i class="fab fa-linkedin-in" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row expertise"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3"> <h4>Expertise:</h4> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-9 col-md-9 col-lg-9"> <ul> <li>Law and Policy</li><li>Telecommunications</li><li>Internet & Technology</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row focus-areas"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3"> <h4>Focus Areas:</h4> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-9 col-md-9 col-lg-9"> <ul> <li>Cybersecurity</li><li>Technology Policy</li><li>Election Hacking</li><li>Privacy</li><li>Surveillance</li><li>Artificial Intelligence</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row card-in-the-media mx-0 px-0"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3"> <h4>In The Media:</h4> </div> <div 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