Organized by Aleh Cherp (Environmental Sciences, CEU) and Alexander Etkind (International Relations, CEU)
Among many explanations of the current crises around the globe, the issues of oil curse, petroagression and decarbonization play their part along with many other factors – personal, cultural, and political. How could we scale the relative weight of these factors? Do conflicts flare because of the geographical concentration of fossil fuels? Because people and nations can no longer tolerate the imminent threat of climate change caused by burning fossils? Or because regimes and companies propped by fossil revenues refuse to see their power slipping away to cleaner technologies?
This workshop will compare and contrast the diverging views on the question. Focusing mainly on the Russo-Ukrainian War but also considering other conflicts, the leading experts in the field will discuss the value and the limits of techno- and eco-centric perspectives on war.
Keynote Speaker:
Sergey Vakulenko
Featuring:
Siarhei Liubimau
Kirill Rogov
Richard Balme
Sergei Medvedev
The event will be followed by a small reception.