BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Center for European Studies at the Moynihan Institute prese nts Milada Anna Vachudova from the University of North Carolina\, Chapel H ill.The challenges facing European states in the quest for democracy secur ity have come into sharp relief due to Russia’s war and America’s turn. Th e U.S. administration is attacking democratic allies and currying favor wi th authoritarian regimes. Can Europe dramatically ramp up its geopolitical power and its fight against Russia—even with the U.K. outside of the EU a nd authoritarian-minded regimes inside of it? Drawing on work coauthored w ith Nadiia Koval\, Milada explores why defending liberal democratic values is an essential foundation of the EU’s current and potential geopolitical power—and should drive the expansion of its defense capabilities as well as its soft power to fill the void left by an autocratizing United States. Milada Anna Vachudova is a professor of political science at the Universit y of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her current projects include protest i n defense of liberal democracy across Europe\, the revival of EU enlargeme nt\, and the transformation of European politics and institutions owing to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Her recent articles explore the trajectorie s of European states due to strengthening ethnopopulism and democratic bac ksliding—and how these changes are impacting party systems and civic parti cipation. She is part of the core team of the Chapel Hill Expert Survey (C HES) on the positions of political parties across Europe. Professor Vachud ova holds a B.A. from Stanford University. As a British Marshall Scholar\, she completed an M.Phil. and a D.Phil. at St. Antony’s College at the Uni versity of Oxford. She has held fellowships and grants from various instit utions including the European University Institute\, the Center for Europe an Studies at Harvard University\, the Center of International Studies at Princeton University\, the National Science Foundation and the National Co uncil for Eurasian and East European Research. DTEND:20260331T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T130511Z DTSTART:20260331T193000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Milada Vachudova | Europe in the Face of War and America's Turn UID:RFCALITEM639140871119477874 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Center for European Studies at the Moyn ihan Institute presents Milada Anna Vachudova from the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill.

The challenges facing European states in the quest for democracy security have come into sharp relief due to Rus sia’s war and America’s turn. The U.S. administration is attacking democra tic allies and currying favor with authoritarian regimes. Can Europe drama tically ramp up its geopolitical power and its fight against Russia—even w ith the U.K. outside of the EU and authoritarian-minded regimes inside of it? Drawing on work coauthored with Nadiia Koval\, Milada explores why def ending liberal democratic values is an essential foundation of the EU’s cu rrent and potential geopolitical power—and should drive the expansion of i ts defense capabilities as well as its soft power to fill the void left by an autocratizing United States.

Milada Anna Vac hudova is a professor of political science at the University of N orth Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her current projects include protest in defe nse of liberal democracy across Europe\, the revival of EU enlargement\, a nd the transformation of European politics and institutions owing to Russi a’s war against Ukraine.

Her recent articles explore the trajectori es of European states due to strengthening ethnopopulism and democratic ba cksliding—and how these changes are impacting party systems and civic part icipation. She is part of the core team of the Chapel Hill Expert Survey ( CHES) on the positions of political parties across Europe.

Professo r Vachudova holds a B.A. from Stanford University. As a British Marshall S cholar\, she completed an M.Phil. and a D.Phil. at St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. She has held fellowships and grants from variou s institutions including the European University Institute\, the Center fo r European Studies at Harvard University\, the Center of International Stu dies at Princeton University\, the National Science Foundation and the Nat ional Council for Eurasian and East European Research.

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