Autumn school "NATO-2030" took place at SumDU

On September 27-28, the SumDU Congress Center hosted the Autumn School "NATO-2030: Opportunities, Threats and Cooperation", organized by the SumDU Research Center for Regional Security with the support of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine.

For two days, students, postgraduates, and researchers from the university discussed the dynamics of NATO support in Ukraine, hybrid challenges of the Euro-Atlantic area, and other topical issues.

The event was attended by the following well-known experts in Ukraine and the world: Serhii DZHERDZH, Chairman of the NATO-Ukraine Public League, Volodymyr DUBOVYK, Director of the Center for International Studies, Yevhen MAHDA, Director of the Institute of World Politics. All of them took part in a panel discussion and held thematic seminars on key security trends in Ukraine and the world, the current state of Ukraine-NATO relations, and the NATO-2030 strategy.

Peter LUNIAK, Deputy Head of NATO Public Diplomacy, and Vineta KLEINE, Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine, greeted the audience via video communication.

SumDU Head of International Affairs Department, Rector’s Assistant for International Relations Kostyantyn KYRYCHENKO in his introductory remarks thanked the NATO Headquarters and the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine for their systematic support of the university's security and public information initiatives on Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration.

"Today's seminar is an element of the university's systematic work on informing the public about European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, as well as current security trends in Ukraine and the world", - said the event organizer, the Head of the Research Center for Regional Security Mykola NAZAROV.

For reference: The Research Center for Regional Security is a research center of Sumy State University, which was established with the support of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine. The main purpose of the Center is to unite scientists, government officials, volunteers, and public organizations to study the key security challenges in the region and to form scientifically based recommendations.