Starting on July 1, 2024, EURUS Professors Crina Viju-Miljusevic, Paul Goode and Jeff Sahadeo will be co-leading a Collaborative Network as part of the Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security program of the Department of National Defence Canada (Funding Results – Canada.ca). The project will address three core challenges – for Canada and in the European/Eurasian region – that are spiralling out from Russia’s War on Ukraine: European security, Eurasian security architectures, and Arctic security. The Eastern Europe and Transatlantic Network (EETN) will receive $250,000/year for three years.
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The objective of this Project is to offer a critical, Canadian perspective on the complicated political, economic, and societal shifts in Eastern Europe and Europe more generally since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. EETN plans to produce multidisciplinary knowledge with the input and contribution of a global network of experts. The project will analyze current developments, understand past legacies, and consider future scenarios as we face a Russia that has now turned from the West. EETN will look at the transformed Europe, Eurasia, and Arctic and assess what the critical implications are for Canada.
Over the three-year period of the project, EETN will develop relationships with regional partners to produce research with deep local input and will connect findings to Canadian policymakers through collaborative platforms. The network will foster a cohort of young scholars and policymakers, in Canada and in the region, trained in cutting-edge methods and analysis to address vital questions for Canadian defence strategy. Through targeted research themes, including timely topics like Canada’s contributions to European security, Canada’s potential role in Eurasia security architecture, and transformations in the Arctic, as well as Russia’s military capabilities, EETN will provide practical and actionable recommendations.The key outcomes of the Project include knowledge production; training and network-building region-wide and across disciplines; and bridging academic, policymaking, and public interests.