Public Lecture: Ukraine in International Relations
You are kindly invited to attend topical public lecture, organized as part of the International Politics specialization course and open to everyone interested. No sign-up is needed. Please see the details below.
This lecture explores the evolving role of Ukraine within the current geopolitical landscape. It examines Ukraine’s strategic significance in the context of regional and global security, its deepening ties with NATO and the European Union, and its impact on the shifting balance of power between the West and Russia.
Mykhailo Minakov is a senior advisor at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute, professor at the Free University (Brīvā universitāte, Riga), and a philosopher and a scholar working in the areas of political philosophy, social theory, international relations, and history of modernity. He is also the editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal The Ideology and Politics Journal, of the Kennan Focus Ukraine blog, and of the philosophical web portal Koinè. Minakov is the author of seven books, co-author of another six books, and of numerous articles in philosophy, political analysis, and history. Mikhail has over twenty years of experience in research and teaching in the universities of Ukraine, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States.