{"id":59252,"date":"2023-10-29T14:53:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libmod.de\/ein-sieg-der-ukraine-bedeutet-die-verteidigung-der-demokratischen-freiheitsordnung\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T10:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T09:11:10","slug":"a-victory-for-ukraine-means-the-defence-of-the-democratic-order-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libmod.de\/en\/a-victory-for-ukraine-means-the-defence-of-the-democratic-order-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA victory for Ukraine means the defence of the democ\u00adratic order of freedom\u201d."},"content":{"rendered":"

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On 11 October 2023, an inter\u00adna\u00adtional conference organised by the Centre for Liberal Modernity shed light on the signif\u00adi\u00adcance of the Russian war of aggression for Europe. What can we do to ensure that a free and united Ukraine emerges from the war? How can war criminals be held accountable? How do we shape the European security order of the future?<\/h3>\n

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Over 30 guests from politics, academia and civil society discussed at the Centre for Liberal Moder\u00adnity\u2019s inter\u00adna\u00adtional conference \u201cUkraine and Us: What does Russian aggression mean for Europe?\u201d held on 11 October 2023 in Berlin with more than 160 inter\u00adna\u00adtional experts.<\/p>\n

\u201cSupporting Ukraine is in the best interests of the democ\u00adratic world\u201d (Ralf F\u00fccks)<\/h2>\n

The conference took place only a few days after  Hamas\u2019 terrorist attack on Israel. \u201cThe two wars have more to do with each other than might appear at first sight. [...] They attack the normative inter\u00adna\u00adtional order and defy all civilised norms,\u201d said Ralf F\u00fccks in his welcoming speech. \u201cIf Putin succeeds with his imperial policy of violence towards Ukraine, the next war is only a matter of time. The author\u00adi\u00adtarian poten\u00adtates and violent powers every\u00adwhere will receive a boost. Supporting Ukraine with all our might is in the best interests of the democ\u00adratic world. [...] It is about a Europe of freedom from Lisbon to Luhansk, to use Annalena Baerbock\u2019s formula.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also quoted this formula from Foreign Minister Baerbock in his key note at the opening of the conference and went on to say the following with regard to the threat of new aggression from Russia: \u201cI don\u2019t want to sound ominous, but we must all under\u00adstand what is at stake. This war is about so much more than Ukraine. [...] In times of peace, Ukraine is the gateway to Europe. This gate can be opened to allow the movement of people, goods, capital and services. But the gate is closed to those who have come with the sword.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe EU must open its doors to countries like Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia\u201d (Marieluise Beck)<\/h2>\n

In her welcoming speech, Marieluise Beck also warned urgently against an \u201cappeasement policy\u201d towards Russia and pleaded in favour of Ukraine\u2019s rapid accession to the EU: \u201cYes, the EU must open its doors to countries such as Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, because the larger and more united the EU is, the less total\u00adi\u00adtarian states can blackmail us and destroy the value-based order and inter\u00adna\u00adtional law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conference with 30 inter\u00adna\u00adtional experts on seven panels<\/h2>\n

At the conference, 30 experts from Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova, Georgia, the UK, Romania, Germany and the USA joined 160 partic\u00adi\u00adpants from politics, academia and civil society on seven panels to discuss the processes that made the war possible and the conse\u00adquences for Europe \u2014 and to draw conclu\u00adsions for the future European security order.<\/p>\n

The individual panels covered a wide range of topics from recon\u00adstruction and energy security in Ukraine to the question of how Russia can be held accountable for war crimes, and the next steps on the path to EU accession for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.<\/p>\n

Take-aways from the conference<\/h2>\n

What conclu\u00adsions can be drawn after the conference? \u201cDon\u2019t under\u00ades\u00adtimate Ukraine\u2019s strength and deter\u00admi\u00adnation,\u201d said Ralf F\u00fccks in his closing remarks, \u201cUkraine has decided to take the path to real freedom, democracy and Europe. That is an enormous strength. [...] How far Ukraine will go depends crucially on us. It\u2019s not just about solidarity, but supporting Ukraine is an investment in our own security, in our democracy. [...] The opponents of liberal democracy feel strong because they think we are weak, because they think we are fearful and afraid of conflict. This is not a plea for a new militarism, but a plea to respond with strength, trusting that democ\u00adracies are stronger than their author\u00adi\u00adtarian opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are the reports on the individual panels:<\/h2>\n

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