28th European Forum Vienna (Day 2)

On the second day we will dive into two panel discussions covering the topics Stability in Eastern Europe and Middle East. Speakers will include: Welcome: Werner Fasslabend (President of the AIES; former Austrian Federal Minister of Defence) Emil Brix (Director, Vienna School of International Studies) Klaudia Tanner (Austrian Federal Minister of Defence) (video message) Wolfgang Sobotka, President, Campus Tivoli, Think Tank of the Austrian People's Party Mikuláš Dzurinda (President, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies; former Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic) Keynote Speeches: Karoline Edtstadler (Austrian Federal Minister for the EU and Constitution) Adrian Balutel (Chief of Staff to the President of the Republic of Moldova) Oleksij Reznikov (former Minister of Defence of Ukraine)  Outi Holopainen (Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Security Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland) 11:00 - War, Peace and Stability in Eastern Europe Anton Shekhovtsov (Director Centre for Democratic Integrity) Andreas Umland (Analyst Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies)  Lesia Ogryzko (Director of Sahaidachnyis Security Centre Kyiv) 12:30 - The Middle East at a Crossroads Dlawer Ala'Aldeen (Founding President, Middle Research Institute Erbil) Mary Fitzgerald (Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington D.C.) Wolfgang Pusztai (Chairman of the Advisory Board National Council on U.S.-Libya Relations; Senior Advisor, AIES) Partners: Vienna Scholl of International Studies (DA) Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Campus Tivoli