Donald Trump is the first openly Russian-aligned American president since WWII, and has put incredible pressure on Ukraine. How will Ukraine cope, what do they hope for and how do they keep their spirits up?

We decided to sit down with 3 experts to look back and discuss 🤔 if we, as Europe, should have acted sooner, 🤔 where Ukraine stands now and 🤔 what the future migh hold.

Our guests: ✨ Kateryna Botanova, a Ukrainian curator, writer and cultural critic ✨ Maksym Kyiak, chief scientist at the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies (Kyiv, Ukraine) ✨ Adam Reichardt, the editor of the Kraków-based specialist publication, New Eastern Europe

00:00 Context of the episode 06:20 Guest introduction 07:55 How does Europe contend with this war 11:20 Ukrainian culture within the rest of Europe 14:36 Lack of attention since the beginning 19:01 Upsetting turn of events 22:30 Representation and the role of artists and creators 25:18 Wider international context 32:33 Future of Ukrainian the civil society and cultural institutions 35:31 Reversing consumerist convenience

Per Nyholm interview on Gagarin: https://www.eurozine.com/once-a-war-r...

Related reads: https://www.eurozine.com/should-we-ha...

Music: Crypt-of-Insomnia, Balkan Groove Thumbnail image: Dániel István Nagy

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