Provisional Agenda Only (timings, titles and descriptions are all subject to change)

1030: Registration

1100: Welcome Brunch

Including an exhibition of books and project outputs from WUB-hub and our partners

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1145: Welcome and Keynote Addresses

Welcome: Professor Elena Korosteleva & Dr Paul Hansbury, University of Warwick;

Professor Andrew Wilson, UCL; and Emily Ferris, RUSI

Franak Viachorka, Senior Adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Rasa Junkeviciene, Member of the European Parliament

UK parliamentarian (TBC)

Ambassador Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Embassy of Ukraine to the UK

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1245: Getting to Grips with Europe’sComplex Geopolitics

This panel will showcase research activities funded by WUB-Hub’s seed funding competition and Ukrainian projects supported by UCL SSEES.

Chair: Dr Paul Hansbury, University of Warwick

Dr Aliaksei Patonia, Oxford Energy Institute

Dr Justina Pinkeviciute, Coventry University

Pavlo Rad and Dr Iaroslav Chornogor, Ukrainian Prism

Professor Rita Zablotska, Taras Shevchenko National University

Researcher (TBC), Taras Shevchenko National University

Sofia (online)

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1400: Peace in Ukraine and the Wider Region

The US president’s approach to global politics and security marks a sharp break from past orthodoxy. European leaders have scrambled to respond and forge consensus and strategies in support of the rules-based order. Is an enduring peace imaginable for Ukraine in the current situation? What does it mean for the future security of Europe?

Chair: Professor Andrew Wilson, UCL SSEES

Oleg Dunda, MP, Ukrainian Rada

Dr Andrew Foxall, Ministry of Defence

Dr Asya Kudlenko, University of Warwick

Dr Rob Johnson (TBC), Pembroke College, University of Oxford

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1530: Coffee Break

1600: Belarus – A Thorn in the Flesh of Europe’s Security? 

As co-aggressor in Russia’s war against Ukraine, Lukashenka’s Belarus is viewed more than ever as a vassal state of Russia. Does Belarus have a significant role to play in European security or will it remain a persistent and under-addressed problem for the foreseeable future? Can Belarusians repair relations with Ukraine despite Lukashenka?

Chair: Dr Tatsiana Chuilitskaya, Vilnius University

Artyom Shraibman, Sense Analytics

Dr Anais Marin, Associate Fellow, Chatham House

Dr Victoria Leukavets, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

Franak Viachorka, Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

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