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Recent reports suggest that Russia’s military offered Afghan militants bounties for killing U.S. soldiers in 2019. 

Though the White House has denied that President Trump was briefed on these bounties, it has put U.S.-Russia relations back in the spotlight. How does the latest incident fit into the Russian government’s broader ambitions? What do the United States and Russia, and Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, want in Afghanistan? What does the future hold for U.S.-Russia relations?

Join Perry World House and the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement for this special virtual event on recent news about Russian bounties and U.S.-Russia relations with Michael Carpenter.

Register for this virtual event, and details of how to take part will be in your order confirmation email.

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Michael Carpenter is Managing Director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement and a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He previously served in the Pentagon as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia, the Balkans, and Conventional Arms Control. Carpenter also served in the White House as a foreign policy advisor to Vice President Joe Biden as well as on the National Security Council as Director for Russia. Previously, Dr. Carpenter was a career Foreign Service Officer with the State Department. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University.