Security Guarantees for Ukraine: Expert Discussion

On October 8, 2025, at 13:00, the Assembly Hall of the Santific and Educational Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv will host an open discussion on “Security Guarantees for Ukraine.” The roundtable is organized jointly by the Institute of International Relations, the Dnistryanskyi Center, and the International Centre for Policy Studies with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation. Key issues will include whether there are real guarantees Ukraine can rely on, who our allies are, and what mechanisms of security agreements might look like.

Speakers:

• Oleksandr Lytvynenko, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (2024–2025);
• Mykola Bielieskov, Senior Analyst at Come Back Alive Initiative, Chief Consultant at the National Institute for Strategic Studies;
• Dmytro Sherengovskyi, PhD in Political Science, Vice-Rector of Ukrainian Catholic University, Head of the Security Program at Dnistryanskyi Center;
• Volodymyr Manzhola, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy, IIR KNU;
• Mykola Kapitonenko, PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy, IIR KNU.

Free entrance, no prior registration required.

For students, faculty members, researchers in international relations, security experts, and the broader public interested in foreign policy and international security.