Events / Ivan Krastev

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	Beyond the Headlines: Current Structural Trends in Global Politics	Mon, 12.05.2025	Panels and Discussions	Ivan KrastevJake Sullivan	REGISTER HERE	Beyond the Headlines: Current Structural Trends in Global Politics Mon, 12.05.2025 Speakers: Ivan KrastevJake Sullivan Series: Panels and Discussions This Geopolitical Talk with Jake Sullivan invites us to look beyond the immediate and the dramatic, and instead to examine the deeper trends influencing geopolitics today—trends that persist regardless of who occupies the seats of power in Washington, Beijing, Moscow, or Brussels. Read more
Beyond the Headlines: Current Structural Trends in Global Politics Mon, 12.05.2025 Speakers: Ivan KrastevJake Sullivan Series: Panels and Discussions This Geopolitical Talk with Jake Sullivan invites us to look beyond the immediate and the dramatic, and instead to examine the deeper trends influencing geopolitics today—trends that persist regardless of who occupies the seats of power in Washington, Beijing, Moscow, or Brussels. Read more
	Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again?	Mon, 17.03.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Cameron Abadi Ivan Krastev		Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again? Mon, 17.03.2025 Speakers: Cameron Abadi Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Cameron Abadi traced the changes in Germany's military readiness and asked whether and how the German culture could become “re-bellicized” in parallel with the country's coming rearmament. Read more
Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again? Mon, 17.03.2025 Speakers: Cameron Abadi Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Cameron Abadi traced the changes in Germany's military readiness and asked whether and how the German culture could become “re-bellicized” in parallel with the country's coming rearmament. Read more
	Making Sense of an Unsettling World	Thu, 13.02.2025	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Ludger Hagedorn Timothy Snyder		Making Sense of an Unsettling World Thu, 13.02.2025 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ludger Hagedorn Timothy Snyder Series: Panels and Discussions We have entered a world of uncertainty. As individuals and citizens, we at times feel powerless and vulnerable, and are left wondering whether the checks and balances that have sustained liberal democracies for decades are sufficient to meet the unprecedented challenges they face. Two great thinkers of our time, Ivan Krastev and Timothy Snyder, cast light on the forces driving these developments and discussed how safety, freedom, and democracy can be preserved. Read more
Making Sense of an Unsettling World Thu, 13.02.2025 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ludger Hagedorn Timothy Snyder Series: Panels and Discussions We have entered a world of uncertainty. As individuals and citizens, we at times feel powerless and vulnerable, and are left wondering whether the checks and balances that have sustained liberal democracies for decades are sufficient to meet the unprecedented challenges they face. Two great thinkers of our time, Ivan Krastev and Timothy Snyder, cast light on the forces driving these developments and discussed how safety, freedom, and democracy can be preserved. Read more
	Navigating Contradictions: Europe in an Ambivalent World	Mon, 02.12.2024	Lecture	Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci		Navigating Contradictions: Europe in an Ambivalent World Mon, 02.12.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Series: Lecture Since the turn of the century, Europe and the world have undergone successive stages of closure. This does not mean that Europe now lives in a closed world, but rather in one in which openness and closure coexist. Against this backdrop, Europe must learn to navigate these contradictions by protecting its security, economy and democracy, while remaining engaged with the wider world. Read more
Navigating Contradictions: Europe in an Ambivalent World Mon, 02.12.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Series: Lecture Since the turn of the century, Europe and the world have undergone successive stages of closure. This does not mean that Europe now lives in a closed world, but rather in one in which openness and closure coexist. Against this backdrop, Europe must learn to navigate these contradictions by protecting its security, economy and democracy, while remaining engaged with the wider world. Read more
	Can We Create a Better World Order?	Tue, 05.11.2024	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Stephen Walt		Can We Create a Better World Order? Tue, 05.11.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Stephen Walt Series: Panels and Discussions The Geopolitical Talks are a series of public debates with foreign policy experts and former politicians initiated by IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev in 2018. This time, he was in conversation with Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and, most recently, a fellow at the IWM. Read more
Can We Create a Better World Order? Tue, 05.11.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Stephen Walt Series: Panels and Discussions The Geopolitical Talks are a series of public debates with foreign policy experts and former politicians initiated by IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev in 2018. This time, he was in conversation with Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and, most recently, a fellow at the IWM. Read more
	MQ Talks: Philipp Blom in Conversation with Ivan Krastev	Tue, 22.10.2024	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Philipp Blom		MQ Talks: Philipp Blom in Conversation with Ivan Krastev Tue, 22.10.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Philipp Blom Series: Panels and Discussions There is a widespread feeling that the early 21st century, our own time, is torn between two world orders, one in decay, the other not yet established, or not yet understood. Philipp Blom was in conversation with IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev about the social, cultural, and political tensions that could end democracy and usher in autocracy, and what can be done to strengthen social cohesion in times of crisis. Read more
MQ Talks: Philipp Blom in Conversation with Ivan Krastev Tue, 22.10.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Philipp Blom Series: Panels and Discussions There is a widespread feeling that the early 21st century, our own time, is torn between two world orders, one in decay, the other not yet established, or not yet understood. Philipp Blom was in conversation with IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev about the social, cultural, and political tensions that could end democracy and usher in autocracy, and what can be done to strengthen social cohesion in times of crisis. Read more
	When “Elsewhere” moved “Everywhere”: Eastern Europe as a Locality of Epistemic Innovations in an Era of National States	Mon, 21.10.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Ivan Krastev Małgorzata Mazurek		When “Elsewhere” moved “Everywhere”: Eastern Europe as a Locality of Epistemic Innovations in an Era of National States Mon, 21.10.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Małgorzata Mazurek Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium discussion, Małgorzata Mazurek focused on the little illuminated history of scholars from Central/Eastern/Southeastern Europe in social scientific innovation. Utilizing the geography of knowledge, Mazurek identified Eastern Europe as a key locus for thinking about the modern world. Read more
When “Elsewhere” moved “Everywhere”: Eastern Europe as a Locality of Epistemic Innovations in an Era of National States Mon, 21.10.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Małgorzata Mazurek Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium discussion, Małgorzata Mazurek focused on the little illuminated history of scholars from Central/Eastern/Southeastern Europe in social scientific innovation. Utilizing the geography of knowledge, Mazurek identified Eastern Europe as a key locus for thinking about the modern world. Read more
	Giorgia Meloni and Viktor Orbán: An Asymmetric Interdependence	Mon, 14.10.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Francesca De Benedetti Ivan Krastev		Giorgia Meloni and Viktor Orbán: An Asymmetric Interdependence Mon, 14.10.2024 Speakers: Francesca De Benedetti Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Francesca De Benedetti discussed the “Orbanization” of Italy and how Giorgia Meloni is using Viktor Orbán’s illiberal playbook. Meloni at first downplayed her relations with Hungary to gain credibility, but the strategies of Fidesz and Brothers of Italy belie a set of close connections. Read more
Giorgia Meloni and Viktor Orbán: An Asymmetric Interdependence Mon, 14.10.2024 Speakers: Francesca De Benedetti Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Francesca De Benedetti discussed the “Orbanization” of Italy and how Giorgia Meloni is using Viktor Orbán’s illiberal playbook. Meloni at first downplayed her relations with Hungary to gain credibility, but the strategies of Fidesz and Brothers of Italy belie a set of close connections. Read more
	The World in Pieces	Sat, 28.09.2024	Festivals	Ivan KrastevStephen Kotkin		The World in Pieces Sat, 28.09.2024 Speakers: Ivan KrastevStephen Kotkin Series: Festivals In this talk as part of the Vienna Humanities Festival 2024, Stephen Kotkin set out a series of propositions to help us understand the contemporary world order, the key trends, the inflection points, and the ways that policymakers could intervene to shape the direction in which the world will go. Read more
The World in Pieces Sat, 28.09.2024 Speakers: Ivan KrastevStephen Kotkin Series: Festivals In this talk as part of the Vienna Humanities Festival 2024, Stephen Kotkin set out a series of propositions to help us understand the contemporary world order, the key trends, the inflection points, and the ways that policymakers could intervene to shape the direction in which the world will go. Read more
	Geopolitical Talks: The Archipelago World. A New Geopolitical Order	Wed, 13.12.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan KrastevNader Mousavizadeh		Geopolitical Talks: The Archipelago World. A New Geopolitical Order Wed, 13.12.2023 Speakers: Ivan KrastevNader Mousavizadeh Series: Panels and Discussions The global order is fragmenting into an archipelago world. A world where globalization is a story of fragmentation and not integration, and where capital, technology, talent, goods and services all become weaponized. This shift must be seen as structural, secular and not cyclical. Businesses and organizations must understand and act on fast-evolving sets of risks and opportunities. This session helped attendees, who are simultaneously shapers of global trends and subject to them, to begin to understand opaque risk landscapes across geographies, how to identify opportunities and how to operate in ambiguity while minimizing downside risks. Read more
Geopolitical Talks: The Archipelago World. A New Geopolitical Order Wed, 13.12.2023 Speakers: Ivan KrastevNader Mousavizadeh Series: Panels and Discussions The global order is fragmenting into an archipelago world. A world where globalization is a story of fragmentation and not integration, and where capital, technology, talent, goods and services all become weaponized. This shift must be seen as structural, secular and not cyclical. Businesses and organizations must understand and act on fast-evolving sets of risks and opportunities. This session helped attendees, who are simultaneously shapers of global trends and subject to them, to begin to understand opaque risk landscapes across geographies, how to identify opportunities and how to operate in ambiguity while minimizing downside risks. Read more