Presidential Elections in Ukraine 🎬

Presidential Elections in Ukraine 🎬

On March 28th, 2019 the International Institute for Peace organized together, with the Karl-Renner-Institut, the Competence Centre for Black Sea Region and EURAS/University of Vienna an event on the upcoming Presidential elections in Ukraine. The panel discussion was moderated by Jutta Sommerbauer, a Journalist from „die Presse“ and featured the participation of Alexander Dubowy, Centre for Eurasian Studies at the University of Vienna;  Nadiia Koval, Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism"; Johannes Leitner, Head of the Competence Center for Black Sea Region Studies, Vienna; Alena Lunyova, Human Rights Information Centre, Kiyv and Hannes Swoboda, President of the International Institute for Peace and former MEP (S&D Group), Vienna.

Scholars from Armenia, Austria, Iran, Russia and Sweden Discussed Iran’s Role in the Changing World Order 🗞️

Scholars from Armenia, Austria, Iran, Russia and Sweden Discussed Iran’s Role in the Changing World Order 🗞️

March 12, 2019, Yerevan, Armenia- leading scholars from Armenia, Austria, Iran, Russia and Sweden were invited by the “China-Eurasia” Council for Political and Strategic Research, foundation to introduce their research on Iran’s role in the changing world order and Iran-Armenia relations.

Alterantive Horizons 2030: Visiting Prishtina, Skopje, and Belgrade

Alterantive Horizons 2030: Visiting Prishtina, Skopje, and Belgrade

In the framework of a project about the youth in Western Balkans jointly organized by the International Institute for Peace, the Renner Institut and the Austrian Institut for International Politics we had a 3 days trip to Pristhina, Skopje and Belgrade. Some of our young participants from the Western Balkans traveled with us and underlined the connections that exist between young people in different countries of the region.

EU-Russia Dialogue. Vienna Process 2019 🎬

EU-Russia Dialogue. Vienna Process 2019 🎬

On February 4-5, 2019 the International Institute for Peace (IIP) co-organized together with the International Centre for Advanced and Comparative EU-Russia Research Vienna (ICEUR), Raiffeisen Bank International and the city of Vienna, the “Vienna process conference 2019”. This was a moment to celebrate the ten years activity of ICEUR and to work on ideas on how to strengthen the EU-Russia political and economic dialogue. The speakers highlighted the necessity of a frank dialogue about goals and principles on which a restored relationship should be established. The second day of the conference featured three panel discussions  on economy and finance, civil society and the role of investigative media.

Short Interviews: Geopolitics in the Middle East 🎬

Short Interviews: Geopolitics in the Middle East 🎬

On October 10-14, 2018 the International Institute for Peace (IIP) in cooperation with the the Bruno Kreisky Forum, Directorate for Security Policy, Federal Ministry of Defense and Sports, the Institute for Global Studies, Rome-Brussels and the Al Sharq Forum, Istanbul hosted a series of events, public debates and workshops, on the topic “Resilience and escalation” in the MENA region.During the event we had the chance to address some question to the experts present.

Peace First – Brauchen wir eine neue Friedensbewegung?

Peace First – Brauchen wir eine neue Friedensbewegung?

Am 13. Dezember lud das Internationale Institut für den Frieden (IIF) zu Vernissage, Lesung und Diskussion über das Thema ‚Peace First – Brauchen wir eine neue Friedensbewegung?` ein. Zu Gast waren Gabriele Matzner, ehemalige Botschafterin Österreichs und Publizistin, Antonio Fian, Schriststeller, Egbert Jahn, Friedensforscher und Hannes Swoboda, Präsident IIF und ehemaliges MEP. Durch den Abend moderierte Trautl Brandstaller, Publizistin; Stephanie Fenkart, Direktorin IIF hieß die Gäste willkommen. 

Gespräch: Augenzeugenberichte aus der Ostukraine

Gespräch: Augenzeugenberichte aus der Ostukraine

Am 11. Dezember 2018 fand auf Initiative der ukrainischen Botschaft in Wien hin Gespräch über Augenzeugenberichte aus der Ostukraine im International Institut für den Frieden (IIF) statt. Dazu wurden Igor Kozlovsky und Stalina Chubenko eingeladen, um ihre persönliche Geschichte im Kontext des Konflikts in der Ostukraine zu erzählen und um größeres Bewusstsein für die Lage dort zu schaffen. Moderiert wurde die Veranstaltung von Hannes Swoboda, Präsident des IIF und MEP ret. Olexander Scherba, Botschafter der Ukraine in Österreich, und Stephanie Fenkart, Direktorin IIF, hielten jeweils eine Begrüßungsrede.