Putin's Four Wars. Why Does Russia Want to Become an Empire Again?

1 December 2020 - France

The Foundation hosted an online debate on Russia and Putin's political ambitions that go beyond Russian territory. The author Sergei Medvedev, the specialist of the Russian and post-Soviet world Galia Ackerman and the former ambassador and member of the Scientific Council of the Foundation Philippe de Suremain intervened.

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On Tuesday, 1 December, the Foundation organised an online debate on Russia, its President Putin and the importance of its foreign policy for Europe. *** Participants *** - Sergei MEDVEDEV, Author of the book The Return of the Russian Leviathan (published by Polity Press) - Galia ACKERMAN, Associated Researcher at the University of Caen, specialist on Russia and Post Soviet states, writer and translator - Philippe DE SUREMAIN, Former Ambassador of France and Member of the Foundation's Scientific Council The debate was moderated by Eric MAURICE, Director of the Foundation's Brussels office

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Democratic Resilience in Europe in Times of Polarisation

19 November 2025 to 19 November 2025

The Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies organises an open lecture by Jean-Dominique Giuliani, President of the Robert Schuman Foundation.

The lecture, titled “Democratic Resilience in Europe in Times of Polarisation,” is organized in cooperation with the French Embassy in Tallinn and the Institut français d’Estonie, as part of the French Week in Tartu. The event opened by Ms. Sophie Coumel, Director of the Institut français and Cultural Counsellor, and moderated by Dr. Stefano Braghiroli, Associate Professor of European Studies at our institute, .marks the concluding activity of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “REPAIR - Rejuvenating Democracy in the EU”, led by the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies and supported by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme.