Already a year ago, Veronika Movchan from the IER Kyiv in cooperation w/ my colleague Miriam Kosmehl analysed 🇺🇦's role in global food supply & individual countries' significant vulnerabilities. Sadly, this evidence gained big relevance again yesterday. globaleurope.eu/globalization/…

'To us [Ukrainians] it feels as though the world is anticipating yet another tragedy, as if we are simply characters in a dystopian series. Only when faced with a concoction of pandemics, floods, bombings, torture and rape can we receive help and support... [1/2]

My favorite snippet of today's event discussing our study in #Vienna , arguing for translating interdependencies into closer relations, better living in whole of Europe: #Ukraine 's resilience gave #EU and #Westbalkans new chance bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikation… wiiw Bertelsmann Stiftung

Die Tragödie des russischen Angriffskrieges in Zahlen, die man sich mal vorstellen sollte (ich habe ursprünglich ein Detail missverstanden, deswegen lege ich den Tweet neu auf):

- 78 Prozent der Ukrainer haben enge Verwandte oder Freunde, die wegen des Krieges entweder gestorben

Full text of Tatiana Stanovaya's interview with Isaac Chotiner of The New Yorker: newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/w….

PS I'm still amazed by how Brian Box Brown's art rendered complex concepts like 'gosudarstvennik' in ACCIDENTAL CZAR. First Second

Still time to register for this great event by wiiw & Bertelsmann Stiftung on the EU's approach towards the Western Balkans, among others with Alexander Schallenberg. 👇Global & European Dynamics 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

Below is a brief description of Prigozhin's mutiny and the factors that contributed to its outcome. We, as observers, initially missed important details due to the scarcity of information and lack of time for in-depth analysis. Here's the perspective that currently seems most

Reminder to secure your place at the link below ⬇️
wiiw.ac.at/e-635.html

This is how my friend Belarus human rights defender Nasta Loika looked today in court in Minsk.
Nasta was detained on October 2022. She was subjected to torture and ill-treatment.
The political process will be closed. The details of the accusation and her position are unknown.

Once again, 🇺🇦 role as a global 🥖🧺 is threatened – this time by #KakhovkaDam attack.

Our study last year with Veronika Movchan IER Kyiv gives some direction on which of 141 countries would be most impacted by threats to #Ukraine ’s harvest.

Read Miriam Kosmehl post 👇

#Ukraine dam breach will sow huge problems for food security - says Martin Griffiths Martin Griffiths. In addition to already grave supply shocks, one may add. For individual countries' vulnerabilities see bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikation… Bertelsmann Stiftung IER Kyiv

14.6. | 18.30 Uhr | Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung

Die #Ukraine – Kampf um #Unabhängigkeit – Geschichte und Gegenwart

Buchvorstellung mit: Miriam Kosmehl, Jan Claas Behrends, Wolfgang Benz, Sabine von Löwis (ZOiS)
Moderation: Susanne Lenz

berlin.de/politische-bil…

What does Kakhovka teaches us about what would happen if Russia used a nuke in Ukraine?

Today I got in debate with my good friend from Europe.

I said that Kakhovka teaches us that there will be no real western response. My friend disagreed.

Here are our arguments. 1/

0/10 The Nova Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, controlled by Russia, has been destroyed. This brings humanitarian, ecological, and economic disaster to Ukrainians. Here are some guidelines for writing about this catastrophe.

Don't miss tomorrow, 31 May, 10:00 CET: #Ukraine and the future of Europe – our Spring Seminar featuring Daria Kaleniuk, Misha Glenny, Debora Revoltella, Cengiz Günay, Claire Jones, Maria Demertzis, Miriam Kosmehl, Cathrin Kahlweit et al.
Programme: ➡️rb.gy/13h1w

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/05/29/wor…

Ich muss das noch einmal im Klartext aussprechen: Russland beschießt die Hauptstadt eines europäischen Landes mit aktuell mehr als 3 Mio Einwohnern bei Tageslicht an einem Arbeitstag mit Raketen, bei denen man sich nicht mal bei Luftalarm physisch rechtzeitig in Schutz bringen

Hier wird eine ganze Generation schwerst traumatisiert.

Coming up on 31 May, 10:00 CET: #Ukraine and the future of Europe – our Spring Seminar featuring Daria Kaleniuk, Misha Glenny, Debora Revoltella, Cengiz Günay, Claire Jones, Maria Demertzis,
Miriam Kosmehl, Cathrin Kahlweit et al.
Please REGISTER here: ➡️rb.gy/tcuzm

Thank you Olga Dryndova for having invited me to this #Belarus scenario project. Appreciated the various expertise and challenging debates at the table!