Debating Europe

Diplomatic efforts between the US, Europe and Russia have failed dismally. Russia has invaded Ukraine, a sovereign European nation, with a massive military onslaught.

An independent European country is being subjected to an attempt at recolonization. The world order created after 1989 has been disrupted and Europe is on the back foot. Europe and the United States are responding through sanctions and support to Ukraine.

Some are calling this “Putin’s war”. How far will Russia go? Is the intent regime change in Kyiv? Is Ukraine the endgame? Will it end up in a quagmire with fierce civil resistance? Is the West’s response adequate to the challenge? Is this a second Cold War? And is Putin “isolating” Europe by strengthening his alliance with China? What is the future of Europe’s geopolitical promise of being a strategic actor?

With Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook – political scientist, Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin, Christine Ockrent – journalist and writer, senior producer France Culture radio, Serhii Plokhii -historian, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University, Martin Sajdik – diplomat, former OSCE Special Representative in Ukraine and Dariusz Stola – currently a fellow at IWM and a Board member of IWM (prof History, director of Museum of the History of Polish Jews 2014-2019).

Chaired by: Ivan Vejvoda, IWM

The discussion will be held in English.

Tickets and more information: Europa im Diskurs – Debating Europe | Burgtheater

Debating Europe – Europa im Diskurs

This series of public morning debates brings leading politicians, scientists and intellectuals on to the stage of Vienna’s Burgtheater to discuss topical issues of political and social relevance. This long-standing event is a collaborative production of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Burgtheater, ERSTE Foundation and Austrian daily Der Standard.

Cover picture: Ukraine – Russia conflict: Demonstration in Vienna, Austria on 26 February 2022. Photo: Tobias Steinmaurer / picturedesk.com