„Everyone that has candidate status to become a member of the EU is Central Europe today“,
says Sebastian Schäffer in his talk with Atul Singh, CEO of Fair Observer.
Watch the whole discussion here:
Der Angriffskrieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine zwang Millionen Menschen zur Flucht. Die meisten wurden von Polen aufgenommen. In ihrem Artikel für den Eastblog – Universität Wien und DER STANDARD verdeutlichen IDM-Kollegin Malwina Talik gemeinsam mit Magdalena Baran-Szołtys (RECET – Research Center for the History of Transformations), was ein Jahr Krieg für die ukrainischen Geflüchteten und die polnische Gesellschaft bedeutet.
“Um diese Moral zu bewahren und auszubauen, sind Zusammenarbeit und Kommunikation über Grenzen hinweg die Schlüssel zu einer demokratischen, friedlichen und nachhaltigen europäischen Zukunft. Genau dafür setzen wir uns vom Institut für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa ein.”
Am Vorabend des Jahrestags des russischen Einmarschs in die Ukraine war Sebastian Schäffer Gast im Pressesalon des 1977 gegründeten Österreichischen Journalist*innen Clubs. Er verdeutlichte, welche Rolle Think Tanks wie das IDM in Zeit der Krise und Krieges annehmen und diskutierte auch über aktuellen Themen, die die Region prägen, sowie das bald 70jährige bestehen des Instituts.
Die kurze Zusammenfassung des Gesprächs finden Sie hier:
“Die Ukriane wird den Krieg gewinnen”: Den Veranstaltungsbericht des ÖJC können Sie hier lesen. Die vollständige Aufnahme können Sie hier sehen:
Moldova’s authorities claim that foreign saboteurs have planned to stage a coup in the country, Russia refute the allegations. Sebastian Schäffer commented on these growing tensions for Deutsche Welle:
“What the Moldovan president, Maia Sandu, said, that the country and its citizens should have a maximum vigilance is the right call, because I don’t believe, even if it’s heavily denied by Lavrov and the likes, that there is nothing going on.”
Watch the whole interview here.
„On the EU level, the war was a catalyst for significant developments in several policy areas, foremost defence and energy. But its impact on democracy support has been so far rather limited.“
writes Kinga Brudzińska (IDM) in her op-ed for Encompass Europe. Read the whole comment and learn more on European support for democracy.
Sebastian Schäffer has been recently interviewed by several Azerbajani media. Below you can find quotes from and links to the selected ones:
On challenges for energy transition:
On the Russian invasion of Ukraine:
Sebastian Schäffer participated in a talk on Alghad TV about the Franco-German relations and the current security situation in the EU. He stated that despite many differences, both countries are close allies which was reiterated in the context of the 60th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty. Their relation is also reflected in different positions towards the war in Ukraine and diverging understanding of showing support and solidarity. Hoewever, there are bigger dissonances within the EU member states, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, than between Paris and Berlin.
Last evening Sebastian Schäffer discussed the Russian war against Ukraine in Asharq News. He explained that the dialogue should always be an option but with a reliable counterpart who does not change their narrative constantly. The war ends if the Russian regime stops the aggression. It is as simple as complicated as that. Nothing justifies the terror caused by the Kremlin who intentionally targets civilians in Ukraine. Putin attacked not only a country, but our values like freedom and democracy. Most of the Western countries do understand this by now and are willing to support Ukraine until it wins.
You can watch the whole interview here.
“It doesn’t matter if tanks are labelled as defensive or offensive, they need to serve the purpose to help Ukraine to fight back the invasion and win the war” states Sebastian Schäffer in an interview for Eurasia Diary – English
Read the full article here.
Die Tschech*innen wählen einen neuen Präsidenten. Daniel Martínek analysiert für Eastblog und DerStandard die Situation vor der Wahl und untersucht die aussichtsreichsten Kandidat*innen und ihre Chancen, das Präsidentenamt zu gewinnen.
Lesen Sie den Artikel:
im Eastblog
auf derStandard
