The Second Winter Online School on the course "Ukraine on the Way to the Euro-Atlantic Community" has completed its work

The second Winter Online School on the course "Ukraine on the Way to the Euro-Atlantic Community" was held at the Jean Monnet Centre for European Development Strategies in UzhNU from February 15 to 17 this year as part of the research project "Jean Monnet Centre for European Development Strategies in UzhNU" (academic coordinator of the project - Director of the Institute of European Integration Studies, PhD in History, Associate Professor Ivan Artemov). According to the organizers, the escalation of Russian aggression a year ago clearly proved to society that there are no real security guarantees outside of NATO. Therefore, the main topic of the winter school is the current state and prospects of Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration.  

 

The target audience of the Winter School was students obtaining bachelor's and master's degrees, postgraduate students and doctoral students, and anyone who wants to improve their knowledge of Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration.

The head of the Winter School is Ihor Todorov, a member of the teaching staff of the research project, Doctor of History, Professor at Uzhhorod National University, Director of the Scientific and Information Center for International Security and Euro-Atlantic Integration of UzhNU, Deputy Chairman of the Coordination Council of the NATO-Ukraine Civic League.

The opening of the Winter School was attended by Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor Myroslava Lendel, Dean of the Faculty of History and International Relations Vitalii Andreyko, Associate Professor of the Department of International Studies and Public Communications Mykhailo Shelemba, Director of the Center for Journalism and Public Affairs Petro Tokar, and staff of the Institute for European Integration Studies.

An important aspect of the second Winter Online School was the organization and moderation of a meeting in the Google meet program, where not only representatives of UzhNU participated, but also a number of leading Ukrainian and European scholars and experts on international and European security, Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine delivered lectures.

The second Winter School was attended by MP of Ukraine, Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations and Diplomatic Service of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv Sofia Fedyna, Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Kyiv Vineta Kleine, Project Manager of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Kyiv Svitlana Rotayenko, Project Manager of the Institute for Black Sea Strategic Studies, Head of the Sanctions and Freedom of Navigation Monitoring Group, Editor-in-Chief of BlackSeaNews Andriy Klymenko, Director of the Hanna Shelest, Director of Ukraine Analytica, Head of the Center for Strategic Studies Pavlo Zhovnyrenko, Head of the Center for Strategic Studies, Chairman of the Center for Applied Studies, PhD in History, Associate Professor Andriy Karakuts, Director of the Center for Ecosecurity and Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Professor of the Department of Ecology and Zoology at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Volodymyr Handziura, Deputy Director of the Center for International Security and Partnership, Acting Head of the Department of International Security and Strategic Studies of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, international security analyst Oleksandr Kuchyk, Director of the Center for International Studies, Associate Professor of the I.I. Mechnikov Odesa National University Volodymyr Dubovyk, Dean of the Faculty of History and International Relations of Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University, international security analyst Yuriy Temirov, political analyst, Head of the Slovak Institute for Public Policy Hryhoriy Mesezhnikov, Professor of the Department of International Relations at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Doctor of Political Science, International Security Analyst Serhiy Fedunyak.

The school, as its participants noted in the discussions, opened up many new areas of research and topical issues. The most important of these, according to the participants, is that the Russian-Ukrainian war is not a war of civilizations, but of the civilized against the uncivilized. It is Ukraine that has opened the eyes of the world to Russia and is defending the EU from aggression. So, the 10th anniversary of the EU's self-deception is over. The collective West underestimated the threat of Russia, and now it has realized that it is impossible to establish normal civilized relations with Russia. In total, about 200 participants from Ukrainian universities took part in the Winter School. A certain number of them were professors, associate professors, international lecturers and political scientists. The students noted the high level of organization of the Winter School events and its positive impact on their competence in international and European security and Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration. All participants of the Winter School will receive certificates.

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