European Blend

"No dictatorship with all its policemen, soldiers, judges and prisons can ban the future."

In-depth opening discussion by Kathrin Hondl, ARD, with

Let's be visionary and hyper-realistic: let's dream the dream of a European foreign and security policy that

- guarantees the military security of Europe
- secures prosperity in Europe
- clearly and unequivocally stands up for European values.

Now, how do we get that done?

In particular, how do we resolve

– the question of how Europe should confront authoritarian and nationalist challenges both within and outside the Western community.
– and the issue of Europe's contribution to the global peace order. And the question to what extend the so called European values do shape the European actions.

These leading European and American experts in peace research, politics, economics and media will discuss these questions with you:

• Sanija Ameti
  Co-president Operation Libero, Zurich
• Lars-Erik Cederman
  Professor for International Conflict Research ETH Zürich
• Laurent Goetschel
  Director swisspeace, Basel
• Caroline de Gruyter
  European columnist, NRC Handelsblad, Amsterdam
• Kristian Berg Harpviken
  Research Professor Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
• Harold James
  Professor of History & International Affairs, Princeton University
• Eerik-Niiles Kross
  Former head of the Estonian secret service and member of the Foreign Affairs Commitee of the Parliament of Estonia, Tallinn
• Mark Lilla
  Professor of Humanities, Columbia University, New York City
• Staffan Lindberg
  Professor of Political Science, University of Gothenburg
• Alla Sarbach
  active member of the Ukrainian Diaspora in Switzerland, Zurich
• Peter Unfried
  Editor in chief of the magazine taz.futurezwei, Berlin

The debate will be chaired by Kathrin Hondl, ARD radio correspondent in Geneva. Knowledge partner is swisspeace, Basel.