Introduction:
GERHARD MARCHL, Karl-Renner-Institut, Vienna
Panelists:
LÁSZLÓ ANDOR, Secretary General of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), Brussels
JULIANO DA SILVA CORTINHAS, Professor of International Relations at the University of Brasília
STEPHANIE FENKART, Director of the IIP
MARY KALDOR, Professor Emeritus of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict Research Programme at The London School of Economics and Political Science
Moderation:
CHRISTOS KATSIOULIS, Head of FES Regional Office for International Cooperation, Vienna
Content:
The Russian attack on Ukraine is not only reshaping the Western-led international order. It has raised new questions about the EU's ambition to become a geopolitical power with strategic autonomy, at least in the short and medium term. But it has also brought into focus the necessary inclusion of new actors – labelled collectively under the rather misleading term of the Global South – into processes of strengthening elements of international order but also of building peace in Europe. The continent is not anymore the stable exception in a disorderly world, but part of a global struggle, in need of stabilising efforts from outside.
In the public part of the Vienna Peace and Security Talks 2023, we will explore whether there is a need for a new mode of interaction and a redefinition of global governance. We will look at past efforts to secure peace in Europe, like the OSCE, and ask, what the future of these continental structures could be in the world after the Russian attack on Ukraine. The third and overarching question will be, how inclusive forms of global governance could look like to prevent further military confrontations with devastating effects between major powers.