Preventing Escalation: The Transnistrian Conflict as a Threat to European Security

• Florence School of Transnational Governance

The STG Talks, held weekly at Palazzo Buontalenti, serve as a space for discussion for the STG community and beyond. Led by the STG Fellows, the talks are a place for informal learning and exchange on global issues affecting different areas of policymaking.

The panel will discuss the Republic of Moldova's existing security vulnerabilities in light of the situation in Ukraine and determine the necessary steps to prevent the Transnistrian conflict from escalating as a new threat to security of Europe. There will be prioritised areas for the EU-Moldova collaboration within the Transnistrian peace process for maintaining peace in the region.

The discussion will also focus on the perspectives of aligning Moldova’s reintegration process to the process of integration into the European Union, as well as the particularities of the EU enlargement policy, including its intersections with conflict management. Finally, particular examples of EU conflict prevention instruments used in Europe and beyond will be presented.

Speakers:

• Malvina Condratiuc, Policy Leader Fellow
• Jelena Dzankic, Part-time Professor, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
• Elena Rounbinski, Master Student, STG

Moderator:

• Jeremiah Nyambinya, Policy Leader Fellow

Please note this is an in-person event. No zoom link will be provided upon registration.