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NATO at a Crossroads: Present Challenges and Future Trajectories - EETN Event

 
EETN Event: NATO at a Crossroads: Present Challenges and Future Trajectories
 
Hosted in partnership between the EETN, Carleton University, and the NATO Association of Canada, this event brings together academics and policymakers to examine NATO’s current challenges and future trajectory in light of shifting global security dynamics. Discussions will focus on the war in Ukraine, renewed great-power competition, the crisis of arms control, and debates over burden-sharing and European strategic autonomy. By combining scholarly and policy perspectives, the event will explore the alliance’s evolving role in transatlantic security and its implications for member states, including Canada’s commitments to defence modernization, Arctic security, and collective deterrence.
 
Panel 1: Academic Perspectives
Dr. Benjamin Zyla (Professor, University of Ottawa)
Dr. Christian Leuprecht (Professor, Royal Military College and Queen’s University)
Dr. David Sichinava (Adjunct Research Professor; Carleton University)
Dr. Ann Fitz-Gerald (Professor and Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs)
Dr. Luca Ratti (Professor; University of Rome III, joining remotely)
Dr. Mihai Sebe (Lecturer, University of Bucharest and Head of the European Affairs Department; European Institute of Romania, joining remotely)
Dr. Antonia Colibasanu (Senior Fellow; Foreign Policy Research Institute, joining remotely)
Panel 2: Policy Perspectives
Kerry Lynn Nankivell (Director, NATO and Europe, ADM(Pol), Department of National Defence)
H.E. Witold Dzielski (Ambassador; Embassy of Poland)
Eric Laporte (Executive Director; Global Affairs Canada)
BGen (retired) Scott McKenzie (Director General, Canadian Joint Operations Command)

Peace and Neo-imperialism: the Washington Accords, Gaza, and Ukraine with Dr. Jean-François Ratelle - EETN Podcast

We have seen a much more aggressive posture from US peace negotiators under US President Donald Trump. This podcast will move past the headlines to ask how shifting conceptions and goals of peace talks mean for the rules-based order and the historical legacies that have informed this current moment. To discuss this and more, Declan is joined by Dr. Jean-François Ratelle, an adjunct professor and researcher at the University of Ottawa, who this summer published a policy memo detailing the ramifications of the Washington accords and examining the ways its signing signifies a new era in conflict resolution.
 
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COVID Conspiracies in Russia and Disinformation with Dr. Margarita Zavadskaya - EETN Podcast

The COVID-19 Pandemic has birthed a new generation of conspiracy theories - ones that are unique and others that feed on historical legacies. On this episode of the EETN podcast, Declan is joined by Dr. Margarita Zavadskaya, a professor and researcher at The Finnish Institute of International Affairs and the University of Helsinki. Their conversation examines how COVID conspiracies have exposed deteriorating institutional trust in Russia and the ways that these conspiracies are being exported to the Western world. 
 
Much of this conversation is based on two publications - 
"Demographic Attributes and Attitudes of COVID-19-skeptics in Russia," Problems of post-communism.
"Politics of the Pandemic: Blame Game and Governance in Russian and Central-Eastern Europe." 
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The Mentorship Program - EETN Podcast

This episode of the EETN podcast explores the goals and accomplishments of the Network's mentorship program. Working across international borders and academic disciplines, the program forged partnerships between young scholars and students and experts within their field. Dr. Jeff Sahadeo begins by explaining what the program accomplished this year, before we hear from Marika Barbieri-Antonoglou, a member of the first cohort and her mentor, Dr. Jean-François Ratelle, about their experiences. 
 
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Radicalization and Russian Propaganda in Latvia with Eva Gaigalniece - EETN Podcast

As part of our mentorship program, Declan sat down with Eva Gaigalniece, a PhD candidate at the University of Latvia, researcher of radicalization, and journalist. They examined how the war in Ukraine has provoked rising radicalization in Latvia's Russian-speaking minority population. Building on her policy memo, Eva outlines how radicalization happens and what the Latvian government is doing to combat this worrying trend.
 
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Russian Disinformation in the 2024 European Parliament Elections with Marika Barbieri-Antonoglou - EETN Podcast

As part of our mentorship program, Declan sat down with Marika Barbieri-Antonoglou, an undergraduate student at the University of Ottawa. They discussed the policy memo, published earlier this month, where Marika explored how Russian "doppleganger" campaigns contributed to influencing voter preferences by amplifying anti-EU and anti-Ukrainian support narratives in the lead-up to the 2024 European Parliamentary Elections. 
 
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Humour as a Weapon of War: Russia, Ukraine, and Comedy in Global Politics with Dr. Stanislav Budnitsky - EETN Podcast

In January, Declan sat down with Dr. Stanislav Budnitsky, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at Colgate University, to discuss how Russia is harnessing humour as a weapon of war. It breaks down the insidious ways that Russian propaganda campaigns harness humour, pranks, and the internet to aid their war in Ukraine. 
 
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Between the EU and Russia: Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus in the era of Unpredictability with Dr. Ryhor Nizhnikau - EETN Podcast

Declan is joined by Dr. Ryhor Nizhnikau, a Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, to dissect how Moldova, Ukraine, and Belarus have responded to changing EU and Russian policy in the face of unpredictability. This conversation foregrounds the recent histories of these three nations and how that has informed the present moment.
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EU Accession policy, Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia, with Dr. Frank Schimmelfennig - EETN Podcast

On this episode of the EETN Podcast, Gabriella Pickton discussed the future of Moldovan, Ukrainian and Georgian accession in the face of the war in Ukraine with Dr. Frank Schimmelfennig, a Professor of European Politics and member of the Center for Comparative and International Studies at ETH Zurich. Recorded in January, this episode looks holistically at the appetite from EU accession in these turbulent times.
 
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Ukraine and Russia in a Changing World with Dr. Maria Popova - EETN Podcast

On this episode of the EETN Podcast, Valeriia Gusieva sits down with Dr. Maria Popova, an Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University, to examine the fallout of Russo-American talks. The conversation foregrounds the sidelining of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and how the security community can react to the shifting geo-political landscape. 
 
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