On February 24 the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) welcomed Fiona Hill (Ph.D. ‘98) back to Harvard, hosting her for a roundtable discussion with graduate and undergraduate students. Hill, who served three U. S. presidents on the National Security Council and National Intelligence Council, originally planned to lead an informal discussion on Europe and Russia. However, as the day proved to be a somber one – when Russia attacked Ukraine – the conversation transformed into one of historical reflection as a basis for understanding the complexity of the crisis with one of the country’s most eminent experts on this region.