US Politics and its Implications for Media Freedom, Ukraine and Central Asia. Europe’s Responses

The Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) continues its midday open roundtable discussions in response to the rapid changes in international politics, which are affecting the CBEES regions of studies in many ways.

The Trump administration, governing through Executive Orders, has made the decision to shut down several media channels that historically provided reliable information to citizens of authoritarian countries. Voice of America staff put on leave. At the same time, the Trump administration ends the tracking of kidnapped Ukrainian children in Russia. What can the EU do to counter disinformation produced by Russia? What are the impacts of Trump's policies on Central Asia, Ukraine and Europe?


Format and invited speakers:
Researchers from different disciplines at and outside of Södertörn University (SH) will open the discussion with reflections from their fields of expertise:
• Prof. Johan Eriksson, SH, School of Social Sciences | expertise in International Relations and Politics
• Julia Malitska, PhD, SH, School of History and Contemporary Studies and CBEES | expertise in Ukraine and imperial, post-/neo-imperial histories
• Yulia Gradskova, Assoc. prof., SH, CBEES and Gender Studies | expertise in Cold War internationalism
• Galym Jussipbek, PhD, SDU University, Almaty | expertise in human rights in Kazakhstan
• Anastasiia Chupis, PhD candidate, SH | expertise in conflict studies and peacebuilding

No registration.

Welcome to the roundtable!