Roundtable Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe amidst Russia’s Aggression Add to calendar 2023-09-21 17:00 2023-09-21 18:30 Europe/Rome Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe amidst Russia’s Aggression Theatre Badia Fiesolana YYYY-MM-DD Print Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email When 21 September 2023 17:00 - 18:30 CEST Where Theatre Badia Fiesolana Organised by Department of Political and Social Sciences TD21 - Trasnational Democracy in the 21st century Eastern Europe as Laboratory of Change Working Group This roundtable explores democratic developments in the Visegrad countries and Western Balkans against the background of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. What is the state of democracy in the different countries of the region? How does the aggression of Putin's regime interact with domestic politics? Where does public opinion stand and how is the conflict reported in the media? In this roundtable, leading scholars from the region will share their observations and research results. The event will include a presentation of outputs from the Glowin research project, which monitors worldwide media coverage of the war in Ukraine. Scientific Organiser(s): Prof. Filip Kostelka (European University Institute) Contact(s): Monika Rzemieniecka (EUI - Department of Political and Social Sciences) Speaker(s): Prof. Natalia Letki (University of Warsaw) Prof. Jozef Batora (Comenius University in Bratislava) Prof. Michal Parízek (Charles University) Prof. Daniel Bochsler (Central European University and University of Belgrade)