About the lecture

We are not only in the midst of the much-discussed and much-cited "turning point" in security policy. Europe is in a state of geopolitical tension. There is a great danger that the Ukraine war will escalate into a European war between NATO Europe and Russia.

The lecture aims to answer pressing questions: What is at stake geopolitically and with regard to the Ukraine war? What are the strategic interests of the key players and where are the possible paths to peace?

The speaker

Dr Erich Vad is a retired Brigadier General of the German Armed Forces. From 2006-2013 he was Group Leader in the Federal Chancellery, Secretary of the Federal Security Council and military policy advisor to the then Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel. His bestsellers "Ernstfall für Deutschland" and, together with Klaus von Dohnanyi, "Krieg oder Frieden. Deutschland vor der Entscheidung" are available in bookshops.