This seminar is part of a series of events at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies aimed at exploring the key components of a sustainable Russia–Europe coexistence.
As US-led negotiations over a ceasefire in Russia’s war against Ukraine stall and international attention shifts to the Middle East, the need for a credible, long-term European strategy toward Russia is more urgent than ever. Yet Europe continues to rely largely on short-term, reactive policies, even as the threat of a more aggressive Russian hybrid war looms.
While Europe has made progress in discussing a coordinated approach to strengthening military capabilities, there is still no clear vision for how these capabilities align with long-term objectives, Europe’s strategic culture, or even what those objectives should be in addressing and stabilizing the Russia–West confrontation in an increasingly fragmented global order.
This seminar is part of a series of events at the Robert Schuman Centre (RSC), led by Oksana Antonenko, EUI Part-time Professor, aimed at exploring the key components of a sustainable Russia–Europe coexistence. It will include the development of scenarios for Russia’s future, an assessment of NATO and EU capabilities to contain, deter, and influence Russia, and a discussion of how to embed this strategy within an increasingly complex and strained transatlantic relationship.
This first seminar, co-organized by the RSC and the New Eurasian Strategies Centre in London, seeks to develop two sets of scenarios for Russia: one in the immediate aftermath of a ceasefire (without a fixed timeframe), and another looking ahead to 2036, the end of Putin’s next presidential term. The workshop brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading Russia experts, including scholars in exile as well as academics and think tank specialists from the UK, Germany, France, Austria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the United States.
The event is by invitation only.
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