Security and Warfare in Ukraine: Domestic and Global Developments Post-2022


Please note in-person places are limited.

This workshop examines the impact of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on global and regional security. The event will open with a roundtable exploring interactions between Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel in the context of global instability. In the afternoon, we will first consider the role of the EU and NATO in securing Ukraine’s borders, as well as explore Ukraine’s responses to rising cybersecurity challenges. We will then examine the domestic dimension of the full-scale war, addressing civil-military dynamics during wartime, challenges of force generation, and veteran politics.

10:10-12:00 Roundtable: Ukrainian Security in a Global Perspective: Post-Traumatic Sovereignty in Eastern Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East
Dr Jaroslaw Kuisz (Kultura Liberalna, Warsaw; University of Oxford)
Professor Karolina Wigura (Kultura Liberalna, Warsaw; University of Oxford)
Professor Yaacov Yadgar (University of Oxford)
Dr Bo-Jiun Jing (University of Oxford)
Chair: Dr Zbigniew Wojnowski

13:00-15:00 Panel I: Ukraine and Geopolitical (In)Security
Dr Henrik Larsen (Center for European Policy Analysis), ‘Ukraine’s Uncertain Path to EU: between Western Conditionality and Elite Resistance’ online
Professor Mark Webber (University of Birmingham), ‘NATO’s eastern direction – with or without America?’
Olga Tokariuk (Institute for Strategic Dialogue), ‘Information Warfare as part of Russia’s Strategy to Undermine Ukraine’
Chair: Yevhen Yashchuk (University of Oxford)
Discussant: Professor Roy Allison (University of Oxford)

15:30-17:30 Panel II: Domestic Security Developments and Challenges
Dr Taras Fedirko (IWM / University of Glasgow), ‘Military voluntarism and the Transformation of the Ukrainian Nation-State’
Professor Jan Willem Honig (King’s College London / Netherlands Defence Academy), ‘The Use of Volunteers in War: Political and Military Implications’
Dr Erin McFee (Corioli Institute and Atlantic Council), ‘Securing the Return: Veteran Reintegration and Domestic Stability in Post-2022 Ukraine’ online
Chair and discussant: Dr Marnie Howlett (University of Oxford)