Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Hungary at the Crossroads	Fri, 15.11.2013, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	János Mátyás KovácsGordon Bajnai, Christian Ultsch	Hungary at the Crossroads Fri, 15.11.2013, 18:00 Speakers: János Mátyás KovácsGordon Bajnai, Christian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions 25 years after the establishment of democracy and a market economy, elections will be held in Hungary in Spring 2014. Read more

	Crisis, Critique, Capitalism	Thu, 07.11.2013, 18:00	Lecture	Nancy Fraser	Crisis, Critique, Capitalism A Framework for the 21st Century Thu, 07.11.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Nancy Fraser Series: Lecture The current sense of crisis–in economy, ecology, politics, and society–is prompting many critical theorists to revisit the problem of capitalism. In her lecture, Nancy Fraser saluted this return to core issues of social theory after a period of neglect. Read more
Crisis, Critique, Capitalism A Framework for the 21st Century Thu, 07.11.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Nancy Fraser Series: Lecture The current sense of crisis–in economy, ecology, politics, and society–is prompting many critical theorists to revisit the problem of capitalism. In her lecture, Nancy Fraser saluted this return to core issues of social theory after a period of neglect. Read more
	Europe. What comes next?	Thu, 24.10.2013, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan KrastevGiuliano Amato, Christian Ultsch	Europe. What comes next? Thu, 24.10.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevGiuliano Amato, Christian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions In the first decades of its life, the European Union (at the time “Community”) seemed to be heading towards an ever closer federal-like integration. Read more

	Popular Revolt, Populist Turn	Thu, 27.06.2013, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Soli ÖzelChristian Ultsch	Popular Revolt, Populist Turn Turkey’s Critical Turn After a Decade of AKP Rule Thu, 27.06.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Soli ÖzelChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Recent developments in Turkey had precipitously brought the country into an almost existential crossroads. Will the government heed a widespread, pluralistic, popular outcry and deepen Turkish democracy or be lured by the siren calls of populism and monopolistic power? Read more
Popular Revolt, Populist Turn Turkey’s Critical Turn After a Decade of AKP Rule Thu, 27.06.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Soli ÖzelChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Recent developments in Turkey had precipitously brought the country into an almost existential crossroads. Will the government heed a widespread, pluralistic, popular outcry and deepen Turkish democracy or be lured by the siren calls of populism and monopolistic power? Read more
	Is Europe Losing Its Vision?	Tue, 04.06.2013, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch	Is Europe Losing Its Vision? Egalitarian Politics at Stake Tue, 04.06.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Welfare state and the principle of democratic egalitarianism have been at the core of the political identity of European societies in the last 50 years. Is the global economic crisis going to change all this? Read more
Is Europe Losing Its Vision? Egalitarian Politics at Stake Tue, 04.06.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Welfare state and the principle of democratic egalitarianism have been at the core of the political identity of European societies in the last 50 years. Is the global economic crisis going to change all this? Read more
	Inequality and Solidarity	Sun, 07.04.2013, 23:00	Panels and Discussions	Michael J. SandelElsa Fornero, Ira Katznelson, Andreas Treichl, Alfred Gusenbauer	Inequality and Solidarity Sun, 07.04.2013, 23:00 Speakers: Michael J. SandelElsa Fornero, Ira Katznelson, Andreas Treichl, Alfred Gusenbauer Series: Panels and Discussions The expansion phase of financial capitalism that ended in 2008 led to an above-average increase of global economy. At the same time the level of inequality within societies and among states got bigger. Policies to fight back the crisis from 2008 onwards caused record-high public debts and intensified this trend. The middle-class, as an agent of social balance, comes under pressure. Budgetary room for social transfers is getting tighter. Is the break-up of social cohesion, thus the break-up of social market economy inevitable? Read more
Inequality and Solidarity Sun, 07.04.2013, 23:00 Speakers: Michael J. SandelElsa Fornero, Ira Katznelson, Andreas Treichl, Alfred Gusenbauer Series: Panels and Discussions The expansion phase of financial capitalism that ended in 2008 led to an above-average increase of global economy. At the same time the level of inequality within societies and among states got bigger. Policies to fight back the crisis from 2008 onwards caused record-high public debts and intensified this trend. The middle-class, as an agent of social balance, comes under pressure. Budgetary room for social transfers is getting tighter. Is the break-up of social cohesion, thus the break-up of social market economy inevitable? Read more
	Commemoration Ceremony for Krzysztof Michalski	Fri, 05.04.2013, 19:00	Lecture		Commemoration Ceremony for Krzysztof Michalski Fri, 05.04.2013, 19:00 Speakers: Series: Lecture Read more

	Russian Foreign Policy	Tue, 12.03.2013, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Fyodor Lukyanov Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch	Russian Foreign Policy Transformation in the Era of Uncertainty Tue, 12.03.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Fyodor Lukyanov Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions After discussing the political situation in Israel after the elections in 2013 the next Political Salon with Fyodor Lukyanov will be dedicated to recent developments in Russia: What are the impacts of Putin’s new foreign policy? Is Russia breaking with the West? Read more
Russian Foreign Policy Transformation in the Era of Uncertainty Tue, 12.03.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Fyodor Lukyanov Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions After discussing the political situation in Israel after the elections in 2013 the next Political Salon with Fyodor Lukyanov will be dedicated to recent developments in Russia: What are the impacts of Putin’s new foreign policy? Is Russia breaking with the West? Read more
	Was hält Europa zusammen?	Sun, 10.03.2013, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Heinz Fischer, Rosen Plevneliev, Johannes Hahn, Roger Köppel, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid	Was hält Europa zusammen? Sun, 10.03.2013, 11:00 Speakers: Heinz Fischer, Rosen Plevneliev, Johannes Hahn, Roger Köppel, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions Diese Debatte setzt sich mit den derzeitigen Fliehkräften in der Europäischen Union auseinander: Bleibt Griechenland in der Eurozone? Wendet sich Großbritannien von Europa ab? Ist die Grundidee einer Angleichung der europäischen Staaten durch Binnenmarkt und gemeinsame Währung gescheitert? Read more
Was hält Europa zusammen? Sun, 10.03.2013, 11:00 Speakers: Heinz Fischer, Rosen Plevneliev, Johannes Hahn, Roger Köppel, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions Diese Debatte setzt sich mit den derzeitigen Fliehkräften in der Europäischen Union auseinander: Bleibt Griechenland in der Eurozone? Wendet sich Großbritannien von Europa ab? Ist die Grundidee einer Angleichung der europäischen Staaten durch Binnenmarkt und gemeinsame Währung gescheitert? Read more
	Welche Rolle spielt Europa in der Welt?	Sun, 13.01.2013, 23:00	Panels and Discussions	Roland Berger, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Klaus Hänsch, Jean Ziegler, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid	Welche Rolle spielt Europa in der Welt? Sun, 13.01.2013, 23:00 Speakers: Roland Berger, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Klaus Hänsch, Jean Ziegler, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions Die Rollenbilder haben sich in den vergangenen Jahren umgekehrt: Plötzlich steht Europa bei internationalen Treffen am Pranger. Der US-Präsident gibt gute Ratschläge, wie die Schuldenkrise zu meistern sei. Außenpolitisch erweist sich die Europäische Union nach wie vor nicht als wichtiger Spieler, wie der Nahost-Konflikt zeigt. Während Europa mit der Eurokrise beschäftigt ist, befinden sich ökonomisch Asien und Lateinamerika auf dem Vormarsch. Read more
Welche Rolle spielt Europa in der Welt? Sun, 13.01.2013, 23:00 Speakers: Roland Berger, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Klaus Hänsch, Jean Ziegler, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions Die Rollenbilder haben sich in den vergangenen Jahren umgekehrt: Plötzlich steht Europa bei internationalen Treffen am Pranger. Der US-Präsident gibt gute Ratschläge, wie die Schuldenkrise zu meistern sei. Außenpolitisch erweist sich die Europäische Union nach wie vor nicht als wichtiger Spieler, wie der Nahost-Konflikt zeigt. Während Europa mit der Eurokrise beschäftigt ist, befinden sich ökonomisch Asien und Lateinamerika auf dem Vormarsch. Read more