Gerald Knaus travelled to Moldova to meet with senior civil servants, politicians, and ministers in Chisinau to discuss the current war between Russia and Ukraine and the developments in Transnistria, refugees, and EU membership.
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to give a lecture on “Borders, migration and the future of asylum” organised by the University of Education Upper Austria.
Gerald Knaus participated in a virtual panel on Azerbaijan’s Caviar Diplomacy “A Dollar for Your Soul” organised by students from the Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights.
Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on the Western Balkans and Russia for the Working Party on the Western Balkans Region (COWEB) organised by the Council of the European Union.
Adnan Cerimagic took part in a workshop titled “How to deal with the threat of authoritarianism? Europe after the elections in Serbia and Hungary – and beyond.”
Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on “Effective Policy Advocacy” at a methodological breakfast organised by Think Tank Lab and the German Council on Foreign Relations.
Kristof Bender was invited to an off-the record expert meeting to discuss the process of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM).