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Final Programme

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1030: Registration

1100: Welcome Brunch

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

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1135: "Family" Photo

Please gather promptly as directed by staff for a group photograph.

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1145: Welcome and Keynote Addresses

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

, UCL; and , RUSI

, Senior Adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

, Member of the European Parliament

, Embassy of Ukraine to the UK

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1245: Getting to Grips with Europe’s Complex 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 ÌÇÐÄTV

, Oxford Energy Institute

, WICID, University of ÌÇÐÄTV

and Dr , Ukrainian Prism

and , Taras Shevchenko National University

Sophia, Independent art curator and researcher (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: , UCL SSEES

, MP, Ukrainian Rada

, RUSI

Dr Asya Kudlenko, University of ÌÇÐÄTV

, University of Birmingham

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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: , Vilnius University

, Sense Analytics

, Associate Fellow, Chatham House

, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

, Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

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