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EU-LISTCO Regional Forum East
September 22, 2020 | 4:00 pm - September 23, 2020 | 12:30 pm
Amid prolonged tensions in Ukraine, civil unrest in Belarus, and rising infection rates across the region, what are the elements needed to build strong and accountable institutions in Europe’s east? And how can the European Union play a role in supporting a shift towards a human-centric approach to security?
To answer these and other questions, the Carnegie Europe Foundation convened the EU-LISTCO Regional Forum East. Hosted over two days, the Forum brought together European and local analysts and policymakers to share the latest insights and recommendations from EU-LISTCO’s research.
In the margins of the Forum, the Carnegie Europe Foundation also released a short interview with Matti Maasikas, Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine.
- Day 1: Virtual Public Event
Human Security in Europe’s Eastern Neighbourhood
Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. - Day 2: Virtual Private Roundtable
Is Donbas Lost?
Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. - Interview: What Holds Ukraine’s Future?
As part of the Regional Forum East, Carnegie Europe Foundation’s senior fellow Judy Dempsey sat down virtually with Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Matti Maasikas.
Watch the Interview here:
Day 1: Human Security in Europe’s Eastern Neighbourhood
The coronavirus pandemic has revived demands for a human-centric approach to security. In Europe’s eastern neighbourhood, this means strengthening healthcare systems and building more resilient societies while managing existing threats such as geopolitical rivalries, conflicts in areas of limited statehood, and cyber and hybrid warfare.
Amid prolonged tensions in Ukraine, civil unrest in Belarus, and rising infection rates across the region, the Carnegie Europe Foundation hosted a public discussion to take stock of the elements needed to build strong and accountable institutions in Europe’s east.
Panelists
- Kornely Kakachia, director, Georgian Institute of Politics, Tbilisi
- Artyom Shraibman, journalist and political commentator; contributor to Carnegie.ru, Moscow
- Kateryna Zarembo, associate fellow, New Europe Center, Kyiv
Moderated by
- Judy Dempsey is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Europe Foundation in Brussels and the editor in chief of Strategic Europe.
Day 2: Is Donbas Lost?
Following the outbreak of war between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists in 2014, the Donbas region became another area of limited statehood and contested order within Europe’s eastern neighbourhood. Six years later, with regular attacks on the frontline, a death toll of over 13,000, and over one million people internally displaced, any breakthrough in ending this conflict in Ukraine’s east remains elusive.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has made headway on campaign promises to end the conflict and bring peace to eastern Ukraine. But with few steps being taken to reintegrate the self-declared people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DNR/LNR) back into Ukraine, and Russia showing no signs of withdrawing from the region, what can break the deadlock?
Panelists
- Sokol Bega, head of Regional Issues, Permanent Mission of Albania to International Organizations, Vienna
- Agnieszka Legucka, senior research fellow, Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw
- Leonid Litra, senior research fellow, New Europe Center, Kyiv
- Gwendolyn Sasse, director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin
Moderated by
- Thomas de Waal, senior fellow, Carnegie Europe Foundation, Brussels