„Wenn man keine Vision hat, sollte man nicht in die Politik gehen“, so der ehemalige finnische Präsident und Friedensnobelpreisträger kürzlich in einem Interview. Dabei ist es gerade die Vision eines gemeinsamen Europas, die in den aktuellen Diskussionen um die Zukunft der EU scheinbar abhandengekommen ist. Ob damit auch der soziale Zusammenhalt innerhalb Europas auf dem Spiel steht, diskutieren Maarti Ahtisaari, Ivan Krastev und Christian Ultsch beim nächsten Politischen Salon. >>> More...
The End of the State?
The ideological wars of the 20th century were all about the future of the state. Now that these conflicts of ideas are in the past, can the state survive without? That is the crucial question Timothy Snyder, Ivan Krastev and Marci Shore are going to discuss on the basis of Tony Judt’s last book Thinking the 20th Century at the next Books in Perspective session on Mai 10 at the IWM.
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EURIAS Fellowships 2014/15 – Apply Now!
EURIAS is an international mobility program involving 16 European Institutes for Advanced Study, including the IWM. The program offers 10-month fellowships to both early-career and experienced researchers, mainly from the humanities and social sciences. The fellows are released from their usual teaching and research obligations to pursue their self-directed projects in a privileged environment, that stimulates reflexion and innovation. Applications for the academic year 2014/15 are submitted online via www.eurias-fp.eu. The deadline is July 5, 2013. >>> More...
The Twilight of the Post-Soviet Space
The failure of the West after the fall of the Soviet Union was first indifference and then the inflation of our expectations beyond what was politically conceivable for the post-Soviet states, writes the American political adviser and analyst Bruce P. Jackson. He argues that the objective of the West should be an extended period of limited engagement with the most promising post-Soviet states in areas of agreement such as trade, security and conflict resolution. This could help to shape new states — possibly even European states — in the post-imperial twilight. >>> More...
Belgrade´s Social Care Model
Nach Breslau, Hamburg und Bratislava widmet sich der „City Talk“ am 6. Mai der serbischen Hauptstadt Belgrad. Bürgermeister Dragan Đilas spricht gemeinsam mit Kurier-Außenpolitikredakteurin Karoline Krause, dem Wiener Gemeinderat Alexander Van der Bellen und IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev über sozialpolitische Herausforderungen der Gegenwart. >>> More...
„Wenn man keine Vision hat, sollte man nicht in die Politik gehen“, so der ehemalige finnische Präsident und Friedensnobelpreisträger kürzlich in einem Interview. Dabei ist es gerade die Vision eines gemeinsamen Europas, die in den aktuellen Diskussionen um die Zukunft der EU scheinbar abhandengekommen ist. Ob damit auch der soziale Zusammenhalt innerhalb Europas auf dem Spiel steht, diskutieren 
The ideological wars of the 20th century were all about the future of the state. Now that these conflicts of ideas are in the past, can the state survive without? That is the crucial question 
EURIAS is an international mobility program involving 16 European Institutes for Advanced Study, including the IWM. The program offers 10-month fellowships to both early-career and experienced researchers, mainly from the humanities and social sciences. The fellows are released from their usual teaching and research obligations to pursue their self-directed projects in a privileged environment, that stimulates reflexion and innovation. Applications for the academic year 2014/15 are submitted online via 
The failure of the West after the fall of the Soviet Union was first indifference and then the inflation of our expectations beyond what was politically conceivable for the post-Soviet states, writes the American political adviser and analyst 
Nach Breslau, Hamburg und Bratislava widmet sich der „City Talk“ am 6. Mai der serbischen Hauptstadt Belgrad. Bürgermeister 
