Vocal Europe is pleased to invite you to a discussion entitled "Towards full EU membership for Ukraine: challenges and opportunities". The aim of this event is to explore the different aspects of Ukraine's journey…
D uring the Cold War, the Arctic was a centre of Soviet-American tensions due to nuclear missiles at the North Pole. After the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet…
[TALKING GEOPOLITICS] With Prof Sophie Vanhoonacker on EU Security & Defence Implications in Ukraine
A s part of our Talking Geopolitical Podcast Series, we had the privilege to talk to Prof Sophie Vanhoonacker, who is a Professor at Maastricht University. We discussed the EU Security and Defence Implications…
A s part of our Talking Geopolitical Podcast Series, we have talked to Ms Marie-Anne Coninsx, the first EU Ambassador for the Arctic and a Member of the Board of Directors of the International…
T he Vocal Europe Team is delighted to invite you to a conference with the aim to discuss the foundations for a full European and sovereign Nation, truly democratic and inclusive for all Ukrainian…
T he historical decision by the European Council of June 23th and 24th 2022 recognizes the European perspective of Ukraine to ensure an official statute of “candidate country” to Ukraine marks the start of…
T he words of the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, outline the “impact [of the war in Ukraine] on food security, energy and finance [as] systemic, severe, and speeding up."[1] Indeed, the outbreak of…
T he war on Ukraine “the breadbasket of the world” has put food security firmly back on the international agenda in a big way.[1] The reason for this is that Ukraine and Russia are…
W e are now entering “The Age of Encounter” — as argued by Hans Kribbe in The Strongmen.[1] In other words, it is an age of encounters with other “great powers” and seemingly irrational and…
E nergy security is a multidimensional concept because it carries the dimensions of availability, affordability, technological development, environmental sustainability, and governance.[1] The interpretation of these dimensions of the energy security changes according to whether…