Each day brings new dramatic news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukrainian defense measures and counterattacks. Gathering expert panelists from both the University of Notre Dame and Ukraine, this flash panel will assess the situation in Ukraine from different perspectives. The Nanovic Institute for European Studies will host it on September 16, 2024.
In August 2024, Ukraine broke through Russian border defense and occupied Russian territory. F-16 fighter jets arrived in the country. Russian aggression seemed to increase with massive air strikes. On August 24, Ukraine’s president Zelensky signed a controversial law banning Russia-linked religious groups with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as the main target – a move criticized by Pope Francis the following day.
There are also discussions of peace plans following a “Summit on Peace in Ukraine” in Switzerland in June. What is the situation in the country now (September 2024)? What are the main developments over the summer of 2024? How can we assess the position Ukraine finds itself in? Where is the country heading? What are the expectations for fall and winter in Ukraine?
In this 60-minute flash panel, we want to shed light on these questions.
Panelists
Volodymyr Turchynovskyy
Dean of the Social Sciences Faculty
Ukrainian Catholic University
Mary Ellen O'Connell
Robert & Marion Short Professor of Law
Professor of International Peace Studies—Kroc Institute
University of Notre Dame
Taras Zhovtenko
Acting Executive Director
Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation
Associate Professor and Project Lead on Security Studies Program
Ukrainian Catholic University
Olha Vorozhbyt
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Ukrayinskyi Tyzhden (Ukrainian Week)
Foreign Policy Council
Ukrainian Prism
Affiliated expert of the Global Outreach Program
Moderated by Clemens Sedmak, director of the Nanovic Institute and professor of social ethics at the Keough School of Global Affairs.
Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.