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Fostering dialogue between policymakers and academics

We are convening three roundtables and will produce a policy report:

Brussels Roundtable 'Ukraine's European Future: Prospects and Possibilities' (27 February 2024)

The first of three roundtables took place in Brussels on 27 February 2024 on Ukraine’s European future. The conversation what Ukraine and the EU might need to do to prepare for Ukraine’s accession, the obstacles relating to Ukraine’s accession, and potential reform to the accession process itself. It also considered whether EU membership on its own would be enough to guarantee Ukraine’s security, whether Ukraine might in future join NATO and what role the European Political Community might play in fostering Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration.Ìý

Andrew Wilson, Professor of Ukrainian Studies at 911±¬ÁÏÍø School of Slavonic and East European Studies, was joined on the panel byÌýIan Bond, Deputy Director, Centre for European Reform; Maryna Iaroshevych, European Integration Programme Director at The Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism"; and Natalie Pauwels, Head of Unit, Inter-institutional, Coordination of Relief & Reconstruction, Ukraine Service at DG NEAR in the European Commission. The session was chaired by Luigi Scazzieri, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform.

London Roundtable 'The Russian Presidential Election' (10 April 2024)

This roundtable took place in London in April 2024 at the offices of the Centre for European Reform. The discussionÌýfocused on the implications of Putin’s inevitable re-election for the war in Ukraine and the security of Europe, while interrogating how Europe should approach relations with Russia and what would have to change (in Russia or the West) to return to a stable equilibrium. The following speakers participated:Ìý

• Chris Allan, Director, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Dr Ben Noble, Associate Professor of Russian Politics, University College London
• Ekaterina Schulmann, Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Prof. Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, Professor of Russian Politics & Director, King's Russia Institute, King's College London.

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Berlin roundtable 'Europe's Future Security Architecture' (10 September 2024)

A third and final roundtable was held on the future of European security, including Europe's future security architecture, the impact of the US election, and implications for EU-UK relations. The discussionÌýwas hosted at the British Embassy in BerlinÌýand chaired by Deputy Director of the Centre for European Reform, Ian Bond, with contributions from:

• Claudia Major, Head, International Security Research Division,ÌýGerman Institute for International & Security Affairs (SWP)
• Jana Puglierin, Head, Berlin Office,ÌýEuropean Council on Foreign Relations
• Luigi Scazzieri, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform
• Michael Scharfschwerdt, Director Policy Planning, Federal Foreign Office, GermanyÌý

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Policy report

A policy report building on these discussions will be published before the end of 2025.

ContactÌý

If you’d like to find out more about this work-stream, please contact Dr Ben Noble (Benjamin.noble@ucl.ac.uk) or Lucy Shackleton (l.shackleton@ucl.ac.uk).

Images:ÌýPoltava, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, Published on 12ÌýAugust 2022,ÌýPhoto byÌýÌýonÌý. Globe,ÌýPhoto byÌýÌýonÌý.Ìý