Putin’s assault has plunged Ukraine into the darkest hour of its 30-year history as an independent state. What is the view from Kyiv? What are Putin’s ultimate aims? What are the implications of this crisis for Europe and the global order? We bring together three leading analysts to offer perspective on these and related questions.
Discussion around Frank Vibert’s new book: Comity: Multilateralism in the New Cold War.
The second panel of Putney Debates 2021 concentrated on the unity of the UK, and panellists debated the issue from perspectives of the the UK as a whole and four nations.
The first session of Putney Debates 2021 discussed the models of national unity, including the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Spain, and Italy.
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott’s lecture considers the unity and disunity of the UK. It discusses the diverse histories of the four nations of the UK and what it means to characterize the UK as a ‘union’ rather than a ‘unitary’ State.
Spain has suffered in the last two decades a very high separation tension. In this lecture, professor Roberto Galán-Vioque explains what happened in Spain and what caused its separatist tensions.
