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Professor Korosteleva was invited to speak at the LSE roundtable, organised by Prof. Federica Bicchi, on the future of Europe and European Foreign Policy, together Christopher Hill (LSE) and Jan Orbie (Ghent). They addressed the issues of the US's new security strategy, Russia's war in Ukraine, and Europe's place in the changing global order architecture, following the crisis of the Liberal International Order. The discussion also involved PhD and Master's students, from LSE and King's.

Professor Korosteleva was invited to private conversations with John Smith Trust Fellows in Parliament, followed by a roundtable to discuss the future of Belarus and the UK Strategy, organised conjointly by Belarus APPG and JST Foundation. It involved members of parliament, government, various think-tanks, NGOs and 10 JST fellows from Belarus, as future leaders of the programme.

Professor Korosteleva was invited to give a keynote at the Lithuanian Annual Conference on Resilience, at Vilnius University, School of International Relations on 3-5 December 2025. She based her presentation on her newly published book 'Complexity and Community in IR: Nurturing Resilience in Central Eurasia', in which she highlighted the role of communities in making alternative futures possible. Professor Korosteleva was also invited to contribute to a workshop with ECRs, along with Prof. Anders Wivel, Copenhagen University. For more info see here.

On 26 November 2025 I attended the final conference 'Turning Point: Realising a sustainable security architecture for Europe', organised by Dr Gry Thomasen (PI) from BASIC | The British American Security Information Council in Vienna. The project explored the need to rethink the security architecture in light of the geopolitical challenges, the crisis of the rule-based order, and climate change. I was honoured to be on the International Advisory Board for this project, to share my thinking about the multi-order world, and to contribute feedback to the final report.

The conference also touched upon the future of transatlantic security, and the implications of Putin's war Ukraine for the International Liberal Order. The final discussion brought many experts, and senior Foreign Ministry and MOD officials from the UK, Denmark, Ukraine, Holland, Lithuania, Latvia and Norway. I am thankful to Gry Thomasen for this opportunity and look forward to continuing our work in the direction of comprehensive security and resilience! For reference, please check out my new book on Resilience here.

https://www.iais.uz/en/eventproduct/think-road-forum-2025-rethinking-sustainable-development-in-central-asia-in-the-age-of-emerging-regionalism

Professor Korosteleva was invited to speak at the higher-level policy forum at UWED, Uzbekistan. The forum attracted both policy-makers, practitioners and academics, from the region and globally. The forum was opened by keynote speeches from H.E. Sodyq Safoev, 1st Deputy Chairman of the Senate and the Rector of UWED; by H.E. Javlon Vakhabov, Deputy Advisor to the President of Uzbekistan, and Director of the International Institute for Central Asia; and Prof. Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Director of the Centre for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh. Elena spoke at the next panel on the Geopolitical and Security Considerations for Sustainable Development of Central Asia, where she addressed the emergence of multiorder world, and the role of Central Asia in setting the example of a sovereign vision for sustainability in the region and globally.

The forum continued over two days, and the full programme is attached.