Events / Ivan Vejvoda

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	1989 in a Day	Wed, 06.11.2019	Panels and Discussions	Aleksandra Głos Andrzej Waskiewicz Holly Case Ivan Vejvoda Kateryna Ruban Philipp Ther Volodymyr KulykErhard Busek, Vuk Velebit, Ralf Beste, Dagmar Rychnovská, Georgi Pirinski, Jana Tsoneva, Jennifer Bergerova, Raluca Alexandrescu	1989 in a Day Wed, 06.11.2019 Speakers: Aleksandra Głos Andrzej Waskiewicz Holly Case Ivan Vejvoda Kateryna Ruban Philipp Ther Volodymyr KulykErhard Busek, Vuk Velebit, Ralf Beste, Dagmar Rychnovská, Georgi Pirinski, Jana Tsoneva, Jennifer Bergerova, Raluca Alexandrescu Series: Panels and Discussions This is a series of conversations spanning various Eastern and Central European societies between someone, who was an active participant, or a close observer, of an event on a crucial date in 1989, and a person, who was still very young in 1989. Both speakers will start with personal reflections that will be followed by a debate about the relevance of this date/event today. Read more
1989 in a Day Wed, 06.11.2019 Speakers: Aleksandra Głos Andrzej Waskiewicz Holly Case Ivan Vejvoda Kateryna Ruban Philipp Ther Volodymyr KulykErhard Busek, Vuk Velebit, Ralf Beste, Dagmar Rychnovská, Georgi Pirinski, Jana Tsoneva, Jennifer Bergerova, Raluca Alexandrescu Series: Panels and Discussions This is a series of conversations spanning various Eastern and Central European societies between someone, who was an active participant, or a close observer, of an event on a crucial date in 1989, and a person, who was still very young in 1989. Both speakers will start with personal reflections that will be followed by a debate about the relevance of this date/event today. Read more
	The Challenge of Technocracy	Thu, 27.06.2019	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Stefan AuerHans Kundnani , Nicole Scicluna	The Challenge of Technocracy Thu, 27.06.2019 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Stefan AuerHans Kundnani , Nicole Scicluna Series: Panels and Discussions The European Union (EU) is a rules-based order par excellence. Often seen as one of its great strengths, its reliance on rules as a functional equivalent of politics and political contestation is actually deeply problematic. The deficiencies of the EU’s rules-based and technocratic approach to governance have become much more apparent over the last ten years – the EU’s ‘crisis decade’. This panel focused on two trends that have emerged through the eurozone crisis. Firstly, the crisis has led to an increased reliance on non-majoritarian institutions, such as the ECB, at the expense of democratically accountable bodies. Secondly, the crisis has led to a new emphasis on coercive enforcement at the expense of the voluntary cooperation that previously characterised the EU as a community of law. Both of these trends diminish the quality of democracy at the EU-level as well as within its member states. The wider problem aimed to highlight is the EU’s tendency to resort to technocratic governance in the face of challenges that require political contestation. In the absence of opportunities for democratic politics, EU emergency governance oscillates between moments of heightened politicisation, in which ad hoc decisions are justified as necessary, and the (sometimes coercive) appeal to the depoliticised rule of rules. Read more
The Challenge of Technocracy Thu, 27.06.2019 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Stefan AuerHans Kundnani , Nicole Scicluna Series: Panels and Discussions The European Union (EU) is a rules-based order par excellence. Often seen as one of its great strengths, its reliance on rules as a functional equivalent of politics and political contestation is actually deeply problematic. The deficiencies of the EU’s rules-based and technocratic approach to governance have become much more apparent over the last ten years – the EU’s ‘crisis decade’. This panel focused on two trends that have emerged through the eurozone crisis. Firstly, the crisis has led to an increased reliance on non-majoritarian institutions, such as the ECB, at the expense of democratically accountable bodies. Secondly, the crisis has led to a new emphasis on coercive enforcement at the expense of the voluntary cooperation that previously characterised the EU as a community of law. Both of these trends diminish the quality of democracy at the EU-level as well as within its member states. The wider problem aimed to highlight is the EU’s tendency to resort to technocratic governance in the face of challenges that require political contestation. In the absence of opportunities for democratic politics, EU emergency governance oscillates between moments of heightened politicisation, in which ad hoc decisions are justified as necessary, and the (sometimes coercive) appeal to the depoliticised rule of rules. Read more
	Europe’s Futures Final Symposium	Wed, 12.06.2019	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Luke Cooper Piotr Buras Rosa Balfour Stefan Lehne Tim Judah Zsuzsanna Szelényi	Europe’s Futures Final Symposium Wed, 12.06.2019 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Luke Cooper Piotr Buras Rosa Balfour Stefan Lehne Tim Judah Zsuzsanna Szelényi Series: Panels and Discussions We need platforms to renew and reinvent Europe. In cooperation with leading European organisations and think-tanks, IWM and ERSTE Foundation have joined forces to tackle some of the crucially important topics: asylum and migration, rule of law and democracy, European enlargement and social inclusion. Europe’s Futures has clear objectives: a European Union that protects its citizens; where Member States defend the fundamental values of a democratic order and rule of law; and where countries such as Austria continue to forward the Union’s democratisation and enlargement agenda. Read more
Europe’s Futures Final Symposium Wed, 12.06.2019 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Luke Cooper Piotr Buras Rosa Balfour Stefan Lehne Tim Judah Zsuzsanna Szelényi Series: Panels and Discussions We need platforms to renew and reinvent Europe. In cooperation with leading European organisations and think-tanks, IWM and ERSTE Foundation have joined forces to tackle some of the crucially important topics: asylum and migration, rule of law and democracy, European enlargement and social inclusion. Europe’s Futures has clear objectives: a European Union that protects its citizens; where Member States defend the fundamental values of a democratic order and rule of law; and where countries such as Austria continue to forward the Union’s democratisation and enlargement agenda. Read more
	What Europeans Really Want	Tue, 21.05.2019	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Piotr Buras Ulrike LunacekIngrid Steiner-Gashi	What Europeans Really Want Tue, 21.05.2019 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Piotr Buras Ulrike LunacekIngrid Steiner-Gashi Series: Panels and Discussions 70 percent of Europeans are yet to make up their minds on who they want to vote for, and nearly 100 million swing voters are up for grabs. Just days ahead of the European election, and building on a comprehensive survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations, our distinguished panel will offer insight in how Europe’s new lawmakers can give the EU a renewed license to operate. The elections themselves come in the middle of a heated debate about the future of Europe. What will it mean for the European Union if Eurosceptic parties gain control and how could the mainstream parties respond? What do the Europeans expect from the new European Parliament in the upcoming legislative term? Read more
What Europeans Really Want Tue, 21.05.2019 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Piotr Buras Ulrike LunacekIngrid Steiner-Gashi Series: Panels and Discussions 70 percent of Europeans are yet to make up their minds on who they want to vote for, and nearly 100 million swing voters are up for grabs. Just days ahead of the European election, and building on a comprehensive survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations, our distinguished panel will offer insight in how Europe’s new lawmakers can give the EU a renewed license to operate. The elections themselves come in the middle of a heated debate about the future of Europe. What will it mean for the European Union if Eurosceptic parties gain control and how could the mainstream parties respond? What do the Europeans expect from the new European Parliament in the upcoming legislative term? Read more
	Citizens of Nowhere	Tue, 14.05.2019	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo Milanese Ulrike Lunacek	Citizens of Nowhere Tue, 14.05.2019 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo Milanese Ulrike Lunacek Series: Panels and Discussions Europe might appear like a continent pulling itself apart. Ten years of economic and political crises have pitted North versus South, East versus West, citizens versus institutions. And yet, these years have also shown a hidden vitality of Europeans acting across borders, with civil society and social movements showing that alternatives to the status quo already exist. Read more
Citizens of Nowhere Tue, 14.05.2019 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo Milanese Ulrike Lunacek Series: Panels and Discussions Europe might appear like a continent pulling itself apart. Ten years of economic and political crises have pitted North versus South, East versus West, citizens versus institutions. And yet, these years have also shown a hidden vitality of Europeans acting across borders, with civil society and social movements showing that alternatives to the status quo already exist. Read more
	Brexit: Deal or No Deal? What’s next for Britain and the EU?	Sun, 24.03.2019	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Mary KaldorTessa Szyszkowitz, Tom Tugendhat, Denis Staunton	Brexit: Deal or No Deal? What’s next for Britain and the EU? Sun, 24.03.2019 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Mary KaldorTessa Szyszkowitz, Tom Tugendhat, Denis Staunton Series: Panels and Discussions In June 2016, the majority of the British population voted in favour of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. Since then, this decision has created enormous political waves within Great Britain – it has been in fact already termed as the biggest political crisis in the UK since World War II. Read more
Brexit: Deal or No Deal? What’s next for Britain and the EU? Sun, 24.03.2019 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Mary KaldorTessa Szyszkowitz, Tom Tugendhat, Denis Staunton Series: Panels and Discussions In June 2016, the majority of the British population voted in favour of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. Since then, this decision has created enormous political waves within Great Britain – it has been in fact already termed as the biggest political crisis in the UK since World War II. Read more
	McMafia and the Geopolitics of Crime	Tue, 15.01.2019	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Misha GlennyChristian Ultsch	McMafia and the Geopolitics of Crime Tue, 15.01.2019 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Misha GlennyChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Organized crime is part of all our worlds—often without us even knowing. In our times of the return of geopolitics Misha Glenny renowned author and journalist presented and discussed the deep and intricate connections in the world of international organized crime and how these developments affect today’s politics and societies. Read more
McMafia and the Geopolitics of Crime Tue, 15.01.2019 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Misha GlennyChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Organized crime is part of all our worlds—often without us even knowing. In our times of the return of geopolitics Misha Glenny renowned author and journalist presented and discussed the deep and intricate connections in the world of international organized crime and how these developments affect today’s politics and societies. Read more
	A Future for Europe? Politics and Democracy in Times of Uncertainty	Mon, 09.10.2017	Lecture	Ivan Vejvoda	A Future for Europe? Politics and Democracy in Times of Uncertainty Mon, 09.10.2017 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture We are living in times of individual, political, economic and societal uncertainty. Europe is confronted with an unprecedented crisis, an internal self-questioning of the project itself manifested by the rise of nationalism and populism, coupled with external challenges of the wave refugees, the crisis in the Middle East and Russia. Read more
A Future for Europe? Politics and Democracy in Times of Uncertainty Mon, 09.10.2017 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture We are living in times of individual, political, economic and societal uncertainty. Europe is confronted with an unprecedented crisis, an internal self-questioning of the project itself manifested by the rise of nationalism and populism, coupled with external challenges of the wave refugees, the crisis in the Middle East and Russia. Read more
	Sphere of Influence II	Wed, 19.04.2017	Lecture	Ivan VejvodaStephen Kotkin	Sphere of Influence II Wed, 19.04.2017 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaStephen Kotkin Series: Lecture Do we really know the answer? Two opposing political projects have framed that question. One equates fascism and communism as totalitarianism; the other proffers a heroic portrayal of communism as anti-fascism. The first delegitimates the left, the second legitimates it. But there is a different story, one rooted in a history that has always been there, if less visible. Read more
Sphere of Influence II Wed, 19.04.2017 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaStephen Kotkin Series: Lecture Do we really know the answer? Two opposing political projects have framed that question. One equates fascism and communism as totalitarianism; the other proffers a heroic portrayal of communism as anti-fascism. The first delegitimates the left, the second legitimates it. But there is a different story, one rooted in a history that has always been there, if less visible. Read more
	Obama and the Europeans What Has Changed?	Sun, 28.02.2010	Panels and Discussions	Ivan VejvodaMichael Spindelegger, Karel zu Schwarzenberg, Stanley Greenberg, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid	Obama and the Europeans What Has Changed? Sun, 28.02.2010 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaMichael Spindelegger, Karel zu Schwarzenberg, Stanley Greenberg, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions „Yes, we can!“ Can he? Vor über einem Jahr triumphierte Barack Obama in der amerikanischen Präsidentschaftswahl. Allerorts wurde er als Hoffnungsträger begrüßt, auch in Europa. Doch Obamas Aufgabenliste ist lang. Gesundheitsreform in den USA, Schließung von Guantanamo, Bekämpfung der Wirtschaftskrise, Lösung der Konflikte in Nahost und Afghanistan, Klimaschutz. Read more
Obama and the Europeans What Has Changed? Sun, 28.02.2010 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaMichael Spindelegger, Karel zu Schwarzenberg, Stanley Greenberg, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions „Yes, we can!“ Can he? Vor über einem Jahr triumphierte Barack Obama in der amerikanischen Präsidentschaftswahl. Allerorts wurde er als Hoffnungsträger begrüßt, auch in Europa. Doch Obamas Aufgabenliste ist lang. Gesundheitsreform in den USA, Schließung von Guantanamo, Bekämpfung der Wirtschaftskrise, Lösung der Konflikte in Nahost und Afghanistan, Klimaschutz. Read more