Bruno Maçães is a Portuguese politician and author. He is the former Secretary of State for European Affairs in Portugal, and the author of numerous books, including The Dawn of Eurasia; History Has Begun: The Birth of a New America; and Geopolitics for the End Time: From the Pandemic to the Climate Crisis. Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld, spoke to Bruno Maçães in Lviv, during the Lviv Book Forum, about Europe, Eurasia, power, China, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The conversation took place two days before Russia’s round of massive missile strikes on Ukrainian cities in October. 

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Bruno Maçães on Europe, Eurasia, Russia, China, and Ukraine | Thinking in Dark Times # 5

What can philosophy and literature contribute during wartime? Volodymyr Yermolenko says wartime is a time of rethinking. How do we shape our relationship with the past? How do we assess our identities? Moreover, how do we deal with reality? In the ISVW podcast Yermolenko speaks about the current situation in Ukraine, the history that precedes it, and their fight against Russia. | Wat kunnen filosofie en literatuur betekenen in tijden van oorlog? Volgens Volodymyr Yermolenko is oorlog een tijd waarin je ideeën gaat heroverwegen. Hoe om te gaan met de geschiedenis? Hoe om te gaan met de eigen identiteit? Sterker nog, hoe om te gaan met de werkelijkheid? In de ISVW podcast spreekt Yermolenko over het huidige Oekraïne, de geschiedenis van Oekraïne en hun strijd tegen Rusland. Meer weten? Lees 'Oekraïne. Geschiedenissen en verhalen' (ISVW, 2022). Alle opbrengsten van het boek gaan bovendien naar goede doelen die Oekraïners steunen.

Aflevering 60: Volodymyr Yermolenko about Ukraine in wartime / over Oekraïne in tijden van oorlog

Gillian Tett is a British journalist and author. She is chair of the editorial board and US editor-at-large of the Financial Times. She is the author of "Fool's Gold"; "The Silo Effect" and "Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life". Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld, speaks to Gillian Tett about how anthropology can help us understand the world, what the West has gotten wrong about Ukraine in the past, and how Russian imperialism is different from the Western imperialisms. This is "Thinking in Dark Times", a podcast series by UkraineWorld. UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the oldest Ukrainian media NGOs. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

Gillian Tett - on anthropology, imperialism, and the West’s (mis)perceptions of Ukraine

Nicolas Tenzer is a French philosopher, analyst, and author of numerous texts about the issues of security and strategy. He founded and runs the blog “Tenzer Strategics” (in English). Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld, speaks to Nicolas Tenzer about the similarities between Nazism and Stalinism/Putinism, about morality in politics, and the need for more Western involvement in the fight against Putinist Russia. UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the oldest Ukrainian media NGOs. The series Thinking in Dark Times seeks to make Ukraine and the current war a focal point of our common reflection about the world’s present, past, and future. We try to see the light through and despite the current darkness. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

Explaining Ukraine

Nicolas Tenzer - on morality in geopolitics | Thinking in Dark Times # 14

Why should we avoid dividing Europe into “Western,” “Central,” and “Eastern,” and instead speak of Europe as a whole? What is Ukraine’s struggle bringing to the European idea? What is it like for a British intellectual to visit Ukraine during the war? Why must Europe regain its strength and power?  Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld.org, speaks to Timothy Garton Ash, a British historian, the author of eleven books on politics and the ‘history of the present.’ Timothy Garton Ash is a Professor of European Studies in the University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Thinking in Dark Times is a podcast series by UkraineWorld. This series seeks to make Ukraine and the current war a focal point of our common reflection about the world’s present, past, and future. We try to see the light through and despite the current darkness. 

UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the largest Ukrainian media NGOs.

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Timothy Garton Ash - on Ukraine’s role in Europe | Thinking in Dark Times # 17

A conversation about the Ukrainian experience during the war, Russian fascism, the future of this war, and Ukrainian security. 

Volodymyr Yermolenko, the chief editor of UkraineWorld, was a guest on Ukraine Calling, a podcast by Hromadske Radio, a Ukrainian independent radio broadcaster. Host: Andriy Kulykov, Chairman of the Hromadske Radio NGO and a Ukrainian radio and TV journalist.

Original: https://hromadske.radio/en/podcasts/ukraine-calling/i-do-think-that-ukraine-is-able-to-not-only-too-just-to-fight-but-to-lead-for-certain-global-causes-volodymyr-yermolenko

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How Ukrainians overcome their inferiority complex — with the Ukraine Calling podcast

What does it mean to live in Ukraine for over a decade, report on Ukraine’s revolution, the annexation of Crimea, and both episodes of Russia’s war against Ukraine? What does it mean to be a foreign reporter in Ukraine, and yet have a deep personal connection with the country? 

This episode is a conversation with Christopher Miller, the lead correspondent in Ukraine for the Financial Times. Miller was previously a world and national security reporter for POLITICO and the Ukraine correspondent for BuzzFeed News. Before that, he spent five years as a correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Kyiv. He has lived and worked in Ukraine for many years, and just published the book "The War Came to Us. Life and Death in Ukraine" with Bloomsbury Publishing. 

Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher and journalist, and chief editor of UkraineWorld.org. 

Thinking in Dark Times is a podcast series by UkraineWorld. This series seeks to make Ukraine and the current Russian war against Ukraine a focal point of our joint reflection on the world’s present, past, and future. We try to see the light through and despite the current darkness. 


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The war seen by a Financial Times journalist - with Christopher Miller

Yaryna Chornohuz is a Ukrainian poet who became a soldier to defend her homeland. She is a paramedic and a reconnaissance scout who went to the frontline before Russia’s full-scale invasion. Before her military experience, she was an activist organizing protests in support of the Ukrainian language and culture, and against capitulation to Russia. While on the frontline, she wrote two books of poetry, which had substantial resonance in Ukraine. Her profound poetry touches upon the topics of life and death, connection with those who are no longer alive, connection to the land, and Ukraine’s war experience today. 

Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher and journalist, and chief editor of UkraineWorld.org. 

Thinking in Dark Times is a podcast series by UkraineWorld. This series seeks to make Ukraine and the current Russian war against Ukraine a focal point of our joint reflection on the world’s present, past, and future. We try to see the light through and despite the current darkness. 

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Being a poet and a woman on the frontline - with Yaryna Chornohuz

How can we think about imperialism and colonialism today? What can Ukrainians and Indians tell each other in this respect? How can we try to look for horizontal connections between formerly colonized nations? 

In this episode, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and journalist, and chief editor of UkraineWorld, speaks to Aman Sethi, an Indian journalist and writer, former editor-in-chief of HuffPost India. Aman Sethi is also the author of A Free Man. A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi. 

Thinking in Dark Times is a podcast series by UkraineWorld. This series seeks to make Ukraine and the current Russian war against Ukraine a focal point of our joint reflection on the world’s present, past, and future. We try to see the light through and despite the current darkness. 

UkraineWorld (ukraineworld.org) is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the largest Ukrainian media NGOs.

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Rethinking imperialism, a look from Ukraine and India - with Aman Sethi

How can we think about the future today - and learn from it? How is the war influencing our thinking and action? Why are societies polarized, and can we overcome this polarization? 

Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld.org, speaks to Otto Scharmer, a German-born American intellectual who introduced influential concepts like Theory U and presencing  in an attempt to learn from the emerging future and act in a more creative way.

Otto Scharmer is a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Founding Chair of the Presencing Institute. Through his bestselling books Theory U and Presence (the latter co-authored with Peter Senge and others), Otto introduced the concept of “presencing” — learning from the emerging future. 

Thinking in Dark Times is a podcast series by UkraineWorld. This series seeks to make Ukraine and the current war a focal point of our common reflection about the world’s present, past, and future. We try to see the light through and despite the current darkness. 

UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the largest Ukrainian media NGOs.

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Support our volunteer trips to the frontline areas at paypal: ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

How to learn from the emerging future? - with Otto Scharmer

A podcast by UkraineWorld.org, a multimedia project about Ukraine run by Internews Ukraine. Explaining Ukraine, its politics, society and its culture. Support us: patreon.com/ukraineworld

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