Panel discussion of January 25, 2022 on "Europe and Russia – Is a Dialogue Possible?" with Prof. Dr. Alexey Gromyko, Ute Kochlowski-Kadjaia, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sergunin and Dr. Hans-Dieter Heumann. Moderator: Dr. Joachim Weber
In cooperation with the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom.
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Recording of a panel discussion via Zoom
Are Russia and the West destined to glide back into old patterns of confrontation as being remembered from the Cold War period long hoped to be overcome? More than 20 years have passed since Vladimir Putin’s remarkable speech in the Bundestag - now there is growing talk about a New Cold War arising and quite some evidence for that. The latest events around Ukraine seem to mark a new low in relations between countries west of Kiev and the Russian Federation on the other side. Evidently, political perceptions differ vastly between Moscow and political leaders in the West. What is or could be the role of Europe in all of that? Closing the rows firmly and deterring more decisively under the umbrella of NATO against renewed threats from the East? Can the EU act as a possible enabler of „peaceful co-existence“ leaving room for individual actors within the Union as partners of Russia in order to foster „change through rapprochement“ for another time? Much is at stake given the growing geopolitical rift and because perspectives seems to differ tremendously, the need for academic exchange becomes all the more important.
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Alexey Gromyko
Director of the Institute of Europe at the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ute Kochlowski-Kadjaia
Project leader Russia and Central Asia at Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
Prof. Dr. Alexander Sergunin
Institute of International Relations at St. Petersburg State University (SIPU)
Dr. Hans-Dieter Heumann
President (ret.) of the Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitk (BAKS)
Moderator
Dr. Joachim Weber
Senior Fellow at CASSIS, University of Bonn and ISPK, University of Kiel
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00:00:04 Introduction: Dr. Joachim Weber
00:05:30 Discussion
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