In the second episode of the podcast series “EUCON – The Eurasian Podcast,” Florence Ertel talks to Professor Dr. Daniel Göler from the University of Passau about the implications of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Looking back to the Russian-Ukrainian-European relations before the war, Daniel Göler discusses whether Russia perceives the EU’s normative power as a geopolitical threat, triggering its aggression against Ukraine since 2014. Based on this assumption, he raises the question of how unexpected the Russian attack actually was.
Daniel Göler holds a Jean-Monnet-Chair of European Politics at the University of Passau. His primary research interests include the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy, German strategic culture, and governance in the European multi-level system.
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Third episode of “EUCON – The Eurasian Podcast” published
In the third episode of the podcast series “EUCON – The
Eurasian Podcast” we talk to Hannes Meissner from the Center of Excellence for Black Sea Studies at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna. Hannes is working on political risk analysis and political risk management of multinational corporations with a focus on the post-Soviet space. His current research focuses on state capture, informal networks and their consequences for multinational companies, such as corruption, clientelism and a weak rule of law. We talk about the differences between economic and political risk and how these concepts are interconnected. We also shed light on the question of how companies can effectively identify and mitigate political risks. In addition, we discuss how the Russian war on Ukraine is impacting the field of political risk management in the post-Soviet space and what challenges companies face and how they can address them. If you want to learn more about us and our project, please visit our website!
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