Yevhen Hlibovytskyi, a prominent Ukrainian intellectual and director of the Frontier Institute, discusses Ukraine's crucial role in European security. He argues that Ukraine is transitioning from a security recipient to a provider, actively restraining Russian aggression. The conversation also covers how insecurity drives innovation and the need for the EU to integrate security into its framework. Hlibovytskyi warns of the risks of European fragmentation and emphasizes that delayed action could lead to significant long-term costs.
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Resilience Through Chronic Insecurity
Ukraine's prolonged insecurity has hardened its society and made it more resilient than much of Europe.
This resilience lets Ukraine innovate rapidly in defense and digitize warfare in ways Western militaries struggle to match.
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Civil Society Powers Rapid Military Innovation
Ukraine combines traditional warfare understanding with fast field innovation to counter Russia.
Volunteer networks and social crowdfunding sustain military needs more flexibly than many state systems.
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Necessity Fuels Ukrainian Entrepreneurship
Acute wartime need drives entrepreneurship and fast problem-solving in Ukraine.
Western societies often lack that urgent motivation because generations grew up assuming security is guaranteed.
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Ukraine is not a burden for Europe — it’s a chance for Europe.
Today, European security is unthinkable without Ukraine. Ukraine has the strongest army in Europe, a dynamic defense industry, and citizens with vast military experience.
The real question is: to what extent does Europe itself understand the threat posed by the new authoritarianisms? And to what extent does it realise that helping Ukraine is, in fact, a matter of its own survival?
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Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld, and president of PEN Ukraine.
Guest: Yevhen Hlibovytskyi, a prominent Ukrainian intellectual and director of the Frontier Institute.
Frontier Institute: https://frontier.pro-mova.com/en
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CONTENTS:
00:00 Yevhen Hlibovytskyi, Ukrainian intellectual and director of the Frontier Institute.
02:04 Has the dynamic shifted, making Ukraine a supplier of security to Europe rather than just a recipient?
07:49 Is the acute 'need' driven by war a stronger motivator for entrepreneurship and creativity than peacetime opportunity?
10:25 Why is the historical understanding of the Russian threat still proving ambivalent in some Central and Southern European countries?
15:01 Should the European Union transform into a geopolitical union by adding a military security component to its integration?
22:36 Is the Ukrainian governance model inherently more resilient because of civil society?
27:59 Why is Europe failing to find the necessary political will to take decisive action on Russian assets, sanctions, and information warfare?
30:31 Is the perception of Ukraine as a 'burden' outdated?
35:03 What about NATO?
43:48 What long-term economic and demographic impacts will follow if the current threat isn't addressed?
Explaining Ukraine