Explorations on War - Episode 5, with Dr Victoria Vdovychenko

About this episode

The episode discusses Ukraine's fight for sovereignty amidst the Russian invasion, focusing on democratic responsiveness, technological innovation, and international alliances.

Professor William Hurst is joined by Dr Victoria Vdovychenko, Joint Programme Leader at the Centre's Future of Ukraine Programme, to discuss how, whilst fighting for its sovereignty amidst Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine navigates democratic responsiveness to its citizens, innovation to improve its war-fighting technologies, and its international alliances. 

People in this episode

Host: Professor William Hurst

Guest: Dr Victoria Vdovychenko

Topics covered

• war
• democracy
• technology
• international relations
• sovereignty

Keywords

• Ukraine
• Russia
• war-fighting technologies
• democratic responsiveness
• international alliances

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Geopolitics

Places: Ukraine, Russia

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