Bilateral webinar on national security: perspectives from New Zealand and Ukraine

The New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (Auckland branch) and the Ukrainian Foreign Policy Association invite you to this webinar to share analytical perspectives on various national security issues, both traditional and unconventional, affecting New Zealand and Ukraine.

This webinar takes place in a context shaped by the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the recent publication of a scholarly book produced by the Centre for Defence and Security Studies of Massey University on a myriad of threats for national security defined in the volume as an “intersection of domestic and international security.” The webinar will focus on select topics of the publication which are also of relevance for Ukraine’s national security and foreign policy. While the security environments of Ukraine and New Zealand are dramatically different and distinct the expert contributions from both countries are expected to identify common interests and collaborative approaches, both academic and practical. The webinar presentations will be considered for publication in the academic journals of the organisations involved in the webinar.

Opening Session
20:00 – 20:20 (NZ time)

• Opening remarks by Professor Rouben Azizian, Chair of the Auckland Branch, New Zealand Institute of International Affairs
• Opening remarks by Ambassador Volodymyr Khandogiy, President of the Ukrainian
  Foreign Policy Association.
• Welcome address by Ambassador Alana Hudson, New Zealand Ambassador to Ukraine.
• Welcome address by Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ukraine Ambassador to New Zealand.

The following panels will be moderated by Associate Professor Wil Hoverd, Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Massey University and Professor Oleksandr Sharov, Ukraine Institute of Economics and Forecasting

Panel 1:
Geopolitical Shift: Self- determination, territorial integrity and rules based international system
20:20 – 21:20

Panel 2: Digital currencies in contemporary economic statecraft
21:20 – 22:05

Panel 3:
Conventional warfare today: lessons from the Russian invasion of Ukraine
22:05 – 23:10

Concluding Remarks
22:50 – 23:00

• Closing remarks: Ambassador Khandogyi and Professor Rouben Azizian