# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Bridget Brink: "The Necessity of American Leadership on the Global Stage"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 17 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm – Mon, 17 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Bridget Brink, Former Ambassador to Ukraine and Slovakia, will speak as part of the MSU CEES Distinguished Lecture Series.About this EventThis event is sponsored by Michigan State University Center for European and Eurasian Studies as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series "The Rise and Persistence of Authoritarianism: Is Democracy in Peril?" Co-sponsors include the MSU Department of History, Department of Political Science, and James Madison College.  The event is free of charge. Recommended parking in visitor parking lot #39, 445 S. Shaw Lane. Parking rates are $2 per hour and can be made at the pay station in the lot or via the MSU SPOT ON app.BRIDGET BRINK is a proud Michigander who served her country over a 28-year career as a U.S. Foreign Service officer, including serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine during Russia’s full-scale invasion. She is a national security expert who dedicated her life to the fight for freedom and democracy in Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain of Communism. She began her career during the Balkan Wars and was the junior-most member of the U.S.-led peace negotiations in Rambouillet and Paris in 1999. She went on to serve in Georgia and Uzbekistan, in multiple jobs in the State Department, and as a Director in President Obama’s National Security Council. She was a two-time Ambassador: first to Slovakia (2019 to 2022) and then to Ukraine (2022 to 2025) and was twice confirmed unanimously by the Senate. While Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget executed the U.S. effort to keep Ukraine free and was awarded the Ryan Crocker Award for Outstanding Achievement for Expeditionary Diplomacy in 2024.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/east-lansing/bridget-brink-the-necessity-of-american-leadership-on-the-global-stage/100001964503714493
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## Event venue details

- **city**: East Lansing
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Michigan State University International Center, Room 115
- **lat**: 42.72663319999999
- **long**: -84.4806517
- **full address**: Michigan State University International Center, Room 115, 427 North Shaw Lane, East Lansing, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Bridget Brink: "The Necessity of American Leadership on the Global Stage" being held?
  - **A:** Bridget Brink: "The Necessity of American Leadership on the Global Stage" takes place on Mon, 17 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm to Mon, 17 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm at Michigan State University International Center, Room 115, 427 North Shaw Lane, East Lansing, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Bridget Brink: "The Necessity of American Leadership on the Global Stage"?
  - **A:** Bridget Brink: "The Necessity of American Leadership on the Global Stage" is organized by MSU Center for European and Eurasian Studies.

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