The discussion in this webinar focused on European views on Russia. The publication Russia and the Future of Europe. Views from the Capitals was presented by one of its editors. Thereafter three of the contributing authors joined in the discussion on how and why the views among European countries differ and how they may have changed after the Russian attack on Ukraine. A final question was whether these views have converged or diverged.
The Trans European Policy Studies Association and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs organised a high-level public debate to discuss. The event took place in a webinar format at 15:00-16:30 CET on November 30.
Speakers:
- Michael Kaeding, Professor for European Integration and European Union Politics at the Department of Political Science of the University of Duisburg-Essen;
- Lucia Mokrá, Professor of international and European law at Comenius University in Bratislava and Chairperson of the TEPSA Board;
- Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Professor of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University;
- Gunilla Herolf, Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm.
This seminar is part of the series Europe’s Future, whose most recent publication, Russia and the Future of Europe. Views from the Capitals, has been published by the Springer Publishing Company. Editors are Michael Kaeding, University of Duisburg-Essen, Johannes Pollak, Webster Vienna Private University and Paul Schmidt, Austrian Society for European Politics. The series, which consists of monographs and edited volumes, analyses topical European issues from the perspective of each EU Member State and neighboring countries, helping to understand the different aspects of the future of the European project.
