2nd Transatlantic Ukraine Seminar
10.12.2025 - 12.12.2025
It is currently difficult to predict how Russian aggression towards Ukraine and diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire will evolve over the next few months. However, amid growing transatlantic estrangement, it is clear that Europe will need to increase its support for Kyiv and reinforce its security. What steps need to be taken now?
This conference aims to bring together leading experts and analysts on Ukraine for a frank and professional discussion to summarize the interim results of the conflict and predict possible scenarios for the development and end of Russian aggression against Ukraine.
We – the German-Ukrainian Bureau, the Ukrainian Institute and the Protestant Academy Loccum – would be delighted to welcome you to the conference here in Loccum in early December!
„Drei Fragen an …“ Gustav Gressel zur Situation auf dem Schlachtfeld in der Ukraine und den militärischen und politischen Lehren daraus. Herr Gressel ist Hauptlehroffizier und Forscher an der Landesverteidigungsakademie des Österreichischen Bundesheers in Wien. Er stellte sich unseren Fragen am 11. Dezember 2025 am Rande dieser Tagung.
Die Hörfunkjournalistin Gesine Dornblüth berichtete für den Deutschlandfunk am 12. Dezember live von dieser Tagung. Dabei ging es vor allem um das Thema, ob ein fairer Friedensplan für die Ukraine jetzt gelingen könne.
Die Berichterstattung können Sie hier im Politik-Podcast auf Deutschlandfunk hören.
Mattia NELLES, Co-Founder & Executive Director, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf
Kateryna RIETZ-RAKUL, Head, Ukrainian Institute in Germany, Berlin
Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Protestant Academy Loccum
Eric CIARAMELLA, Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie En-dowment for International Peace, Washington D.C.
Marta DYCZOK, Associate Professor, Departments of Political Science and History University of Western Ontario/Canada
Meaghan MOBBS, President of R. T. Weatherman Foundation and Director for American Safety and Security at Independent Women, Washington D.C.
MODERATION: Melinda HARING, Senior Advisor at Razom for Ukraine and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Eurasia Center of the Atlantic Council, Washington D.C.
Balázs JARABIK, Founder of Minority Report, a political risk consultancy cover-ing Central and Eastern Europe, and a partner at R.Politik, Bratislava
Amanda PAUL, Senior Policy Analyst and Deputy Head of the Europe in the World Programme at the EPC (European Policy Center), Brussels
Anastasiya SHAPOCHKINA, President and Founder at Eastern Circles and Faculty Membre at Sciences Po Paris, Paris
MODERATION: Kateryna STETSEVYCH, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Berlin
Kick-off Impulse by:
Michael KOFMAN, Senior Fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Washington D.C.
Followed by discussion with:
Gustav GRESSEL, Hauptlehroffizier und Forscher Landesverteidigungsakade-mie des Österreichischen Bundesheers, Wien
Taras TYMOCHKO, Lead Dronefall Project, Come Back Alive, Ukraine
Oleksandr YABCHANKA, Captain and Commander of the Robotic Systems Service of the 'Da Vinci Wolves' Battalion, 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukraine
MODERATION: Elena DAVLIKANOVA, Sahaidachnyi Security Center and Democ-racy Fellow with the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Kyiv
Nataliya GUMENYUK, Journalist and CEO of the Public Interest Journalism Lab, Kyiv
Phillips O'BRIEN, Historian and Professor of Strategic Studies University of St Andrews, Scotland
Yaroslav TROVIMOV, Chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal and Author of “Our Enemies Will Vanish” (2024) and “No Country for Love” (2024), Kyiv/New York
Fredrik WESSLAU, Distinguished policy fellow at the Stockholm Centre for East-ern European Studies (SCEEUS), Stockholm
MODERATION: Konrad SCHULLER, Journalist, Frankfurther Allgmeine Zeitung (FAZ), Frankfurt a.M.
* invited
Yevhen HLIBOVYTSKY, Director of Frontier Institute and Supervisory board member at Suspilne (Ukrainian public service broadcast), Kyiv
Sevgil MUSAJEVA, Chief Editor of Ukrayinska Pravda, Kyiv
MODERATION: Gesine DORNBLUETH, Journalist, Texte und Töne, Berlin
Daniel BRÖSSLER, Foreign Affairs Correspondent in the Berlin Parliamentary Office, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Berlin/München
Jaroslava BARBIERI, Research Fellow, Ukraine Forum, Russia and Eurasia Pro-gramme, Chatham House, London
Ljudmyla MELNYK, President, German-Ukrainian Society (D.U.G.) and Head of the Ukraine Program of IEP, Berlin
Andreas UMLAND, Analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) in the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), and As-sociate Professor of Politics at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA), Stockholm
MODERATION: Mattia NELLES, German-Ukrainian Bureau
Andriy LYUBKA, Autor, Writer, Director of the Institute for Central European Strategy (ICES) and Vice President of PEN Ukraine, Kyiv
MarKo MARTIN, Writer and author, Berlin
Sevgil MUSAJEVA, Chief Editor of Ukrayinska Pravda, Kyiv
MODERATION: Kateryna RIETZ-RAKUL, Head of Ukrainian Institute in Germany, Berlin
Oleksandr IAKYMENKO, Program Coordinator at Democracy Reporting International for Ukraine and Moldova, Berlin
Miriam KOSMEHL, Senior Expert Eastern Europe and EU Neighbourhood, Bertelsmann Foundation, Gütersloh
Nataliya PRYHORNYTSKA, Co-Founder and Board Member of Open Platform/ Alliance of Ukrainian Or-ganizations, Berlin
MODERATION: Eduard KLEIN , Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen, Bremen
Yaroslav TROVIMOV, Chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, Kyiv/New York
Yuliya ZISKINA, Senior Legal Fellow at Razom, Washington D.C.
MODERATION: Simon SCHLEGEL, Head Ukraine Program, LibMod (Zentrum Li-berale Moderne), Berlin
Oleksandr YABCHANKA, Captain and Commander of the Robotic Systems Service of the 'Da Vinci Wolves' Battalion, 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukraine
Taras TYMOCHKO, Lead Dronefall Project, Come Back Alive, Ukraine
MODERATION: Viktoriya FESHAK, Interdisciplinary Analyst and Strategist, Vitsche Germany, Berlin
• What were the key takeaways?
• What questions remained unresolved and need to be addressed in the future?
• Looking at the sphere of politics: Who should do what with whom by when?
Myroslav LAIUK, Ukrainian Poet, Novelist, Dramatist, TV and Radio Host, Kyiv
Andriy LYUBKA, Autor, Writer, Director of the Institute for Central European Strategy (ICES) and Vice President of PEN Ukraine, Kyiv
Marko MARTIN, Writer and author, Berlin
MODERATION: Kateryna RIETZ-RAKUL, Head of Ukrainian Institute in Germany, Berlin
* invited
** prel. confirmed
Rebecca HARMS, Vice Chair, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and former Member of the European Parliament (2004-2019), Uelzen
James SHERR, Honorary Fellow of Institute at the International Centre for Defence and Securi-ty (ICDS) and Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme of Chat-ham House, Tallinn
Nicolas TENZER, Chairman of the Center for Studies and Research on Political Decision (CERAP) and Senior Non-Resident Fellow at Non-resident Senior Fel-low at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Paris
Victoria VOYTSITSKA, Advocacy Director, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, former Member of Parliament, Secretary at the Committee on Fuel Energy, Nuclear Policies and Security (2014-2019), Kyiv*
Brian WHITMORE, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council and Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Texas-Arlington
MODERATION: Olga TOKARIUK, Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), London
Inna NELLES, Co-Founder, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf
Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Protestant Academy Loccum
Arrival at approx. 14:00
* invited
** prel. confirmed
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