The Trump-Putin Phenomenon
Sept. 14, 2017, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Building 26-100, 60 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA 02139
Join MIT's Starr Forum for a lecture on the linkages between the President Trump and his Russian counterpart President Putin from Russian-American journalist Julia Ioffe and human rights champion Garry Kasparov.
Garry Kasparov’s books "Winter is Coming" and "Deep Thinking" will be signed and sold at the event.
Speakers:
Julia Ioffe, journalist who covers national security and foreign policy topics for The Atlantic
Garry Kasparov, Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist.
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