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Stefan Meister Visiting Policy Fellow

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Europe reordered: Ukraine’s EU path and the new security order

EPIK's innaugural panel discussion explores how Ukraine's EU accession is reshaping not only its own future but also the future of Europe as a whole.

The EPIK inaugural panel discussion featured Stefan Schleuning, Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Ukraine; Jakob Hallgren, Director of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs; Lesia Ogryzko, Co-founder and Director of the Sahaidachnyi Security Center; Nataliya Gumenyuk, journalist, CEO of the Public Interest Journalism Lab; Ivan Nagornyak, EPIK Policy Fellow, Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine. Moderated by Fredrik Wesslau, Acting Director of EPIK.