Online Event: The Last Year of War or Peace? Foresight for 2026

Join us for the Zoom event on 15 January at 3:00 PM CET / 9:00 AM EDT

8 January 2026

For now, life across Europe is largely calm and uninterrupted. Yet, citizens may soon have to step up to safeguard the values and freedoms they hold dear.

[UPDATE: Watch the video and read the summary from the discussion by clicking HERE]

Join our online event to discuss the political, economic, and security challenges Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) will face in 2026. Participants will explore:

  • How do societies across Europe brace for the global turbulence? 
  • Impact of the US,  Russia, and China on Europe’s security system
  • How CEE countries can navigate existential choices that will shape the region’s democratic and economic security?
  • Political dynamics and scenarios for 2026-2029

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At Visegrad Insight – Res Publica Foundation, we are continuing our strategic foresight work by collecting CEE insight and, jointly with a unique CEE network of fellows, developing policy options for our countries, the EU, and NATO.

Click HERE to read our Democratic and Security Outlook for 2026. 

Speakers:

Monika Sus is a professor of political science at the Institute of Political Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw, Poland) and part-time professor at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence, as co-leads the European Union’s Security Initiative (EUSI). She is also an adjunct faculty member at the Hertie School (Berlin, Germany) and member of Team Europe Direct Poland.

Wojciech Przybylski is leading strategic foresight on EU affairs to improve democratic security of Poland in Europe. He organises EuropeFuture.Forum as the Editor-in-Chief of Visegrad Insight and the President of Res Publica Foundation. An advisory board member at LSE IDEAS Ratiu Forum, European Forum of New Ideas. A guest lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute for the U.S. Government, Warsaw University and CEU Democracy Institute. 

The discussions will last 60 minutes and begin with an on-the-record panel discussion with our speakers, followed by an off-the-record Q&A session.

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