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  • New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode with Ruth Wodak
    Kicking off the second half of season three where we will look beyond the ranks of Europe's Futures Fellows to bring you conversations from thought leaders and key thinkers across the academic and policy spectrum, this new episode of the Vienna…
  • New Podcast Season of "Vienna Coffee House Conversations with Ivan Vejvoda"
    While Europe faces dramatic changes in security dynamics, triggered by the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia and China as well as other states continue to question the international rules-based order. Amidst these challenges, Europe…
  • Reinventing Democracy with Ieva Česnulaitytė
    In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda hosts Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation Ieva Česnulaitytė for a discussion of current issues facing the world's democracies. 
  • The State of Democracy in the EU with Alberto Alemanno
    In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, host Ivan Vejvoda engages with Alberto Alemanno, a leading voice on Europe's democratization. 
  • Culture and Cooperation in the Western Balkans with Vladimir Arsenijević
    In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, host Ivan Vejvoda welcomes IWM and ERSTE Foundation's Europe's Futures Fellow Vladimir Arsenijević for an insightful dialogue on the cultural and political landscape of post-Yugoslav Europe.…
  • Katy Hayward on Northern Ireland’s Uncertain Peace in Latest Podcast Episode
    Twenty-five years after the Good Friday Agreement brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, this episode sees Ivan Vejvoda engage in an enlightening conversation with Queen's University Belfast's Katy Hayward as they examine the fragile stability…
  • Podcast Episode with Ilir Deda: Serbia and Kosovo at a Crossroads
    In the aftermath of troubling recent violence, this episode sees Ivan Vejvoda host Europe's Futures Fellow Ilir Deda for a discussion of the uncertain future facing the Western Balkans as the complex Serbian/Kosovan relationship hangs in the balance…
  • New Season of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations
    The new season of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations opens with Ivan Vejvoda speaking with Hanna Shelest, foreign affairs and security policy expert from Ukraine, for an inside perspective on the Russo-Ukrainian war. 
  • New Podcast Episode on New Approaches to EU Enlargement
    In this week's episode, Ivan Vejvoda sits down with Kristof Bender, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation, to discuss a policy that many point to as among the most successful peace projects in the history of the world…
  • Balázs Jarábik and Ivan Vejvoda on Ukraine, Moldova and Europe After the Russo-Ukrainian War
    In this week's episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda is joined by Balázs Jarábik, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation, to consider the future of Ukraine and its neighbors in a Europe forever…
  • New Vienna Coffe House Conversations Episode with Oksana Forostyna Explores Untranslatable Ukrainian Humour and Life in Ukraine Today
    Oksana Forostyna, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation, joins Ivan Vejvoda from Lviv to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine, her recent essay on Ukrainian jokes and humour and their importance as a shield…
  • Podcast Episode With Heather Grabbe on a Resilient, Independent and Green Europe
    For this week's podcast episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda is in conversation with Heather Grabbe, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation.