In a new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Niccolò Milanese, a poet and one of the founding directors of European Alternatives.
Their conversation explores the fragility of democracy in Europe amid global turbulence, touching on the European Union’s role in upholding democratic values, the impact of the Russo-Ukrainian War, and the resurgence of great power politics. Milanese reflects on the continuity of struggles for freedom, linking Ukraine’s fight for sovereignty to past democratic revolutions. He critiques the failures of Western elites in conveying the existential stakes of these conflicts and examines how corporate and technological forces have eroded democratic engagement.
Ivan Vejvoda is an IWM Permanent Fellow and Head of the Europe's Futures program at the IWM.
