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. 

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

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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. 

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

A conversation about Ukraine, the Russian invasion, resistance, ideas, and ordinary people doing extraordinary things, - held during Volodymyr Yermolenko’s visit to Yale University in February 2024. 

Timothy Snyder is an American historian and Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University.

Marci Shore is an American historian and associate professor at Yale University.

Volodymyr Yermolenko is a Ukrainian philosopher, chief editor of UkraineWorld and president of PEN Ukraine.

Let us thank Yale University and Ukraine House at Yale for organizing this discussion and helping us to publish its recording. 
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Timothy Snyder, Marci Shore, and Volodymyr Yermolenko at Yale

How can history help us understand the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Why can Moscow not even imagine itself without Kyiv? Is Russia an empire in decline? 

The Explaining Ukraine podcast invites Professor Serhii Plokhii, a prominent Ukrainian historian, director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), and author of numerous books about Ukraine, Russia, and Eastern Europe. His latest book is The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History.

This conversation was held in Kyiv on May 24th, 2024, before Plokhii met with the Ukrainian public at the UkraineWorld Club and PEN Ukraine. 

Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher, chief editor of UkraineWorld and president of PEN Ukraine.

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Listen on various platforms: https://li.sten.to/explaining-ukraine 

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Check two other podcasts with Plokhii:

What Makes Ukrainian History Interesting to the World
https://ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/ep-46-ukrainian-history

World War II and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
https://ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/ep-223

Serhii Plokhii on the historical context of the Russo-Ukrainian war

Is democracy in decline today? What is “Post-Wall” Europe, born after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and why is it now gone? How is Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion changing Europe? 

UkraineWorld invites Timothy Garton Ash, a British historian, Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His latest book is "Homelands: A Personal History of Europe". 

This episode is a recording of Professor Garton Ash’s meeting with the Ukrainian public in Kyiv, at the UkraineWorld Club and PEN Ukraine, on May 15th, 2024. It is part of UkraineWorld’s series Thinking in Dark Times. 

Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher, chief editor of UkraineWorld and president of PEN Ukraine

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The FULL conversation (with questions from the audience and replies by Timothy Garton Ash) is available for UkraineWorld's patrons at https://www.patreon.com/posts/timothy-garton-106112059

You can also support our volunteer trips to the front lines at PayPal: ukraine.resisting@gmail.com.

Check two other conversations with Professor Garton Ash: 

Timothy Garton Ash on Ukraine’s role in Europe
https://ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/ep-225

Timothy Garton Ash on Europe, Lviv and Wounded Soldiers
https://ukraineworld.org/en/videos/garton

Timothy Garton Ash on how Ukraine is changing Europe

Why is Georgia drifting toward authoritarianism? Why is its current government aligning more closely with Russia and blaming its predecessors for Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia? How are the histories of Ukraine and Georgia deeply intertwined—and why are these two countries key to understanding Eastern Europe?

My name is Volodymyr Yermolenko. I am a Ukrainian philosopher, the chief editor of UkraineWorld, and the president of PEN Ukraine.

My guest today is Tornike Gordadze, former Georgian State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration. He currently teaches at Sciences Po and the Jacques Delors Institute in Paris. We recorded this conversation in Tbilisi during the vibrant Zeg Festival, where both Tornike and I were participants.

The Explaining Ukraine podcast is produced by UkraineWorld, an English-language media outlet about Ukraine, run by Internews Ukraine.

You can support our work on https://www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld. Your support is crucial, as we rely heavily on crowdfunding.

You can also help fund our volunteer trips to frontline areas in Ukraine, where we support both soldiers and civilians. Donations are welcome via PayPal at: ukraine.resisting@gmail.com.

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Contents:

00:00 – Tornike Gordadze, a former Georgian minister 
01:35 –  Does the Russian imperialism connect Georgia and Ukraine?
02:53 – Georgians fight for Ukraine. Why?
06:00 – The Russian war methodology in Georgia and Ukraine 
08:00 – The NATO Missed Chance: Bucharest Summit 2008 and its consequences
10:10 – How did the West's fear empower Russia?
15:00 – Georgia, Syria, Ukraine: Russia didn't pay any price for the interventions
17:00 –  The West was not strong
19:00 – Georgia’s Transformation: From Rose Revolution to political decay
20:22 – Why is Russia afraid of the successful democracies next door?
24:04 – Who was Saakashvili?
26:30 – The rise of Georgian Dream - did Russia win?
28:59 – Russian or Belarusian playbook in Georgia
30:57 – Why would Georgia destroy all connections with the West?
33:40 – Why does Orban support the Georgia authorities?
36:15 – Bratislava speech of Macron: Russia is not only a threat to Ukraine but also to Europe
38:30 – Two shocks for Europe
40:16 – The future of the European continent is in danger – Gordadze

Look at Georgia to Better Understand Ukraine and Russia – with Tornike Gordadze

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