Kyiv’s relations with Europe in the age of Nord Stream 2
What can and should the EU do to support Ukrainian sovereignty?
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Ukraine and the EU recently opened a new chapter in their strategic relationship by signing a memorandum of understanding for closer cooperation in raw materials, green and digital technologies. Making Ukraine part of the European value chain is of strategic importance, but where does the country stand on the recent US-German deal on Nord Stream 2? In this week’s episode, guest host Joanna Hosa, deputy director of ECFR’s Wider Europe programme talks with Svitlana Zalishchuk, Deputy Prime-Minister Foreign Policy Advisor and former Member of Parliament in Ukraine and ECFR senior policy fellow Andrew Wilson about Ukraine, its domestic and international outlook and what the EU can and should do to support Ukrainian sovereignty.
This podcast was recorded on 29 July 2021.
Further reading:
“Faltering fightback: Zelensky’s piecemeal campaign against Ukraine’s oligarchs” by Andrew Wilson
Bookshelf:
- “Civilisations” by Laurent Binet
- “American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the marriage of money and power” by Andrea Bernstein
- “No room for small dreams: Courage, imagination, and the making of modern Israel” by Shimon Peres
- “Now we have your attention: The new politics of the people” by Jack Shenker
