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SUMMARY:Europe and the Black Sea regional (in)security: A story of mutual 
 creation?  - Galip Dalay (St Antony’s College\, Oxford)\, Natalie Sabana
 dze (Chatham House)\, Nigel Gould-Davies (International Institute for Stra
 tegic Studies)\, Ian Lesser (German Marshal Fund)\, Keir Giles (Chatham Ho
 use)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250513T170000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250513T184500
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DESCRIPTION:Black Sea regional security is an integral part of European se
 curity. At a time when the US is leaning towards withdrawing from Ukraine 
 and the Black Sea\, Europe\, the UK\, and Turkey need to do more and coope
 rate closely to ensure Ukraine’s statehood and thwart Russian domination
  of the Black Sea\, thereby directly challenging European security. The di
 scussion will focus on how key Western actors' policies towards the Black 
 Sea are changing and whether their policies are likely to further converge
  or diverge from one another.\nIN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHATHAM HOUSE AND GERMA
 N MARSHALL FUND\nSpeakers:\nGalip Dalay (St Antony’s College\, Oxford)\,
  Natalie Sabanadze (Chatham House)\, Nigel Gould-Davies (International Ins
 titute for Strategic Studies)\, Ian Lesser (German Marshal Fund)\, Keir Gi
 les (Chatham House)
LOCATION:St Antony's College - North Site (Seminar Room\, European Studies
  Centre\, 70 Woodstock Road\, Oxford OX2 6HR)
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d34726b8-93ce-423a-9f88-7e2a935c8180/
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 f mutual creation?  - Galip Dalay (St Antony’s College\, Oxford)\, Natal
 ie Sabanadze (Chatham House)\, Nigel Gould-Davies (International Institute
  for Strategic Studies)\, Ian Lesser (German Marshal Fund)\, Keir Giles (C
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SUMMARY:Roundtable and Discussion on Upheaval in Georgia - Andrew Wilson (
 UCL)\, Mas Fras (LSE)\, Natalie Sabanadze (Chatham House)\, Eto Buziashvil
 i (Atlantic Council)\, Saba Brachveli (Civil Society Foundation)
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DESCRIPTION:For weeks\, Georgia has been rocked again by popular protests 
 over the ruling party Georgian Dream’s reintroduction of the unsuccessfu
 l ‘foreign agent’ bill\, previously revoked in March 2023 after large-
 scale protests. The bill forces any non-governmental or media organisation
  with more than 20% foreign funding to register as an agent of foreign inf
 luence. \nThe reintroduction of the bill\, designed to mimic existing Russ
 ian legislation clamping down on civil society\, has been met with even la
 rger scale protests within Georgia\, and global condemnation from the EU\,
  US\, and UK. If passed into law\, the bill is likely to alter Georgia’s
  hard-fought European path away from the EU and towards the Kremlin. \nThe
  turmoil comes after Georgia secured EU candidate status at the end of las
 t year\, with the requirement to fulfil nine recommendations\, issued by t
 he European commission\, aimed at strengthening democratic institutions an
 d increasing the robustness of Georgian civil society and independent medi
 a. \nThe re-introduction of the bill has this time been accompanied with n
 ewly explicit anti-Western and conspiracist rhetoric from a ruling party t
 hat has unleashed unprecedented violence and intimidation against protesto
 rs.\nConsidering upcoming elections in Georgia in October 2024\, and the t
 ense geopolitical climate in the region created after the Russian invasion
  of Ukraine\, the existing crisis brings up several pressing questions whi
 ch we will address at this event. \nSpeakers joining in person:\nProfessor
  Andrew Wilson\, University College London SSEES \nDr Max Fras\, The Londo
 n School of Economics \nDr Natalie Sabanadze\, Senior Research Fellow\, Ru
 ssia and Eurasia Program\, Chatham House\nSpeakers joining online: \nEto B
 uziashvili\, Atlantic Council \nSaba Brachveli\, Civil Society Foundation\
 nSpeakers:\nAndrew Wilson (UCL)\, Mas Fras (LSE)\, Natalie Sabanadze (Chat
 ham House)\, Eto Buziashvili (Atlantic Council)\, Saba Brachveli (Civil So
 ciety Foundation)
LOCATION:Linacre College (Tanner Room)\, St Cross Road OX1 3JA
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  Wilson (UCL)\, Mas Fras (LSE)\, Natalie Sabanadze (Chatham House)\, Eto B
 uziashvili (Atlantic Council)\, Saba Brachveli (Civil Society Foundation)
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