The New European Security Architecture
AIES Public Discussion with Bogdan Klich
01.12.22 / Diplomatische Akademie Wien / Wien
Zeitenwende for European Security
26th European Forum Vienna, 4th of November 2022
22.11.2022
Austria's National Holiday in Vietnam
Study Trip of the AIES Team
31.10.2022
War in Ukraine
Implications for a Future European Security Architecture
27.10.2022
EuroDefense Meeting in The Hague
Presidents Council and Conference from 12. to 14. October 2022
17.10.2022
Energy security and geopolitics
Velina Tchakarova at the "Energy Future Now!" Congress in Vienna
04.10.2022
Latest Publications
Hedging Strategies in Southeast Asia
Alfred Gerstl: Hedging Strategies in Southeast Asia. ASEAN, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam and their Relations with China, ISBN 9781032075167, Routledge, 2022, 162 Pages.
Geopolitics of the War in Ukraine
Foreign Affairs Institute: Geopolitics of the War in Ukraine, Report June 2022 by Ioannis E. Kotoulas, Adjunct Lecturer in Geopolitics University of Athens, and Wolfgang Pusztai, Security & Policy Analyst Director, Perim Associates.
Three Seas Initiative
Three Seas Initiative – Mapping National Perspectives. Editors: Andris Sprūds, Mārtiņš Vargulis, Latvian Institute of International Affairs 2022.
The Future of the Sino-European Overland Connectivity
Markus Keuper: The Implications of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on the Future of Sino-European Overland Connectivity, AIES Fokus 6/2022
North Africa and the Sahel region
Wolfgang Pusztai: North Africa and the Sahel region, AIES Comment 3/2022
Webinars
Zeitenwende for European Security
04.11.22 26th European Forum, Vienna, Session 1
Welcome
Werner FASSLABEND, President AIES, fmr Austrian Minister of Defence
Emil BRIX, Director, Vienna School of International Studies
Tomi HUHTANEN, Executive Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
Bettina RAUSCH, Political Academy of the Austrian People's Party
Opening Speech
Klaudia TANNER, Austrian Federal Minister of Defence
The Future of Ukraine
Volodymyr ZELENSKYY, President of Ukraine – Video message
Yulia TYMOSHENKO, fmr Prime Minister of Ukraine
Borys TARASYUK, fmr Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Hryhoriy NEMYRIA, First Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the
Parliament of Ukraine
EU-NATO Synergies in the Security and Defence Domain
Martin SELMAYR, Head of Representation of the European Commission in Austria
Nicola DE SANTIS, Head of Engagements Section, Public Diplomacy Division at NATO
Robert BRIEGER, General, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee
Europe's Global Role following Russia's war against Ukraine
04.11.22 26th European Forum, Vienna, Session 2
Think Tank Panel discussion with Roland FREUDENSTEIN, GLOBSEC Brussels, Peter HEFELE, Policy Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Céline MARANGÈ, Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l'Ecole Militaire, Jamie SHEA, Global SOF Foundation. Moderation by Velina TCHAKAROVA, Director, AIES.
Europe's Security – New Perspectives
18.10.22 AIES panel discussion in Vienna
On October 18th, 2022, the AIES invited Ambassador Pirkko Hämäläinen from the Finnish Embassy in Vienna, Minister-Counsellor Helena Zimmerdahl from the Swedish Embassy in Vienna, and former Ambassador and AIES Senior Advisor Franz Cede to discuss security measures and state neutrality. The panel discussion was moderated by former Ambassador and AIES Senior Advisor Martin Sajdik.
Activities, Articles & Podcasts
There is more to come from the China-Russia partnership
By Velina Tchakarova
15.11.2022 / South China Morning Post
Austria commits to neutrality, even as Russia destroys Ukraine
Statements by Christoph Schwarz
15.08.2022 / Al Jazeera
Biden reveals an uncomfortable truth about NATO's divide on Russian aggression in Ukraine
Statement by Velina Tchakarova
20.01.2022 / CNN