Upcoming Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	The End of Russian Hegemony: Changing Regional Orders in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia	Mon, 05.05.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Stefan Meister		The End of Russian Hegemony: Changing Regional Orders in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia Fellows' Colloquium with Stefan Meister Mon, 05.05.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Stefan Meister Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Stefan Meister will discuss the likelihood of the war in Ukraine to be prolonged, since the Putin regime needs the war to distract from its internal weaknesses. Despite imperial ambitions, the main driver of current Russian politics is domestic legitimization through war and external enemies. Read more
The End of Russian Hegemony: Changing Regional Orders in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia Fellows' Colloquium with Stefan Meister Mon, 05.05.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Stefan Meister Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Stefan Meister will discuss the likelihood of the war in Ukraine to be prolonged, since the Putin regime needs the war to distract from its internal weaknesses. Despite imperial ambitions, the main driver of current Russian politics is domestic legitimization through war and external enemies. Read more
	Thinking in Dark Times	Tue, 06.05.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Volodymyr Yermolenko	REGISTER HERE	Thinking in Dark Times Lessons from Ukraine Tue, 06.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Volodymyr Yermolenko Series: Lecture Living through Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainians have worked to make meaning of their experience. In moments such as these, we can imagine the act of thinking as an enlightening force that breaks through the darkness of war. In this lecture, Ukrainian philosopher Volodymyr Yermolenko will reflect on the significance of ongoing intellectual work in times of existential threat. Read more
Thinking in Dark Times Lessons from Ukraine Tue, 06.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Volodymyr Yermolenko Series: Lecture Living through Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainians have worked to make meaning of their experience. In moments such as these, we can imagine the act of thinking as an enlightening force that breaks through the darkness of war. In this lecture, Ukrainian philosopher Volodymyr Yermolenko will reflect on the significance of ongoing intellectual work in times of existential threat. Read more
	Beyond the Headlines: Current Structural Trends in Global Politics	Mon, 12.05.2025, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan KrastevJake Sullivan	REGISTER HERE	Beyond the Headlines: Current Structural Trends in Global Politics Geopolitical Talk with Jake Sullivan Mon, 12.05.2025, 18:00 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 Geopolitical Talk with Jake Sullivan Mon, 12.05.2025, 18:00 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
	Geopolitics in 4D! Understanding the Subterranean and Orbital Dimensions of Political Struggles	Tue, 13.05.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Julie Klinger Misha Glenny	REGISTER HERE	Geopolitics in 4D! Understanding the Subterranean and Orbital Dimensions of Political Struggles Monthly Lecture with Julie Michelle Klinger Tue, 13.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Julie Klinger Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Protests in the streets, policy-(un)making in offices, and radical changes in the relative freedom of movement of different groups of people are generally considered to be terrestrial affairs. Yet these are often directly and indirectly shaped by access to and power within space-based and space-linked technological systems. In this Monthly Lecture, Julie Klinger will present a framework and several illustrative examples for 4D geopolitics. Read more
Geopolitics in 4D! Understanding the Subterranean and Orbital Dimensions of Political Struggles Monthly Lecture with Julie Michelle Klinger Tue, 13.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Julie Klinger Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Protests in the streets, policy-(un)making in offices, and radical changes in the relative freedom of movement of different groups of people are generally considered to be terrestrial affairs. Yet these are often directly and indirectly shaped by access to and power within space-based and space-linked technological systems. In this Monthly Lecture, Julie Klinger will present a framework and several illustrative examples for 4D geopolitics. Read more
	A Speech to Europe 2025: “Migration and Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century”	Thu, 15.05.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Lea Ypi		A Speech to Europe 2025: “Migration and Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century” Part of Wiener Festwochen Thu, 15.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Lea Ypi Series: Lecture In this year’s Speech to Europe at Vienna’s Judenplatz, Lea Ypi will address the complex relationship between citizenship, voting rights, and migration. She will illustrate how the rise of far-right parties across Europe is closely linked to a regressive interpretation of citizenship and reflect on ways to counter the related manipulation of the migration discourse. Read more
A Speech to Europe 2025: “Migration and Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century” Part of Wiener Festwochen Thu, 15.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Lea Ypi Series: Lecture In this year’s Speech to Europe at Vienna’s Judenplatz, Lea Ypi will address the complex relationship between citizenship, voting rights, and migration. She will illustrate how the rise of far-right parties across Europe is closely linked to a regressive interpretation of citizenship and reflect on ways to counter the related manipulation of the migration discourse. Read more
	Europe After Trump	Sat, 24.05.2025, 19:00	Festivals	Misha GlennyAnne Applebaum, Alastair Campbell, Edi Rama		Europe After Trump An event in the context of Hay Festival Sat, 24.05.2025, 19:00 Speakers: Misha GlennyAnne Applebaum, Alastair Campbell, Edi Rama Series: Festivals What does the return of Trump to the U.S. presidency mean for Europe? In this Hay Festival panel discussion, IWM Rector Misha Glenny is joined by historian Anne Applebaum, campaigner and strategist Alastair Campbell, and Albanian prime minister Edi Rama to discuss how Europe might respond. Read more
Europe After Trump An event in the context of Hay Festival Sat, 24.05.2025, 19:00 Speakers: Misha GlennyAnne Applebaum, Alastair Campbell, Edi Rama Series: Festivals What does the return of Trump to the U.S. presidency mean for Europe? In this Hay Festival panel discussion, IWM Rector Misha Glenny is joined by historian Anne Applebaum, campaigner and strategist Alastair Campbell, and Albanian prime minister Edi Rama to discuss how Europe might respond. Read more