The XII Poland-Ukraine Forum debate “Skeletons in the closet - counteracting disinformation: the experience of Poland, Ukraine and other European countries”
February 11th, 2021
The discussion began with interventions by Peter Pomerantsev (London School of Economics, London), Jerzy Pomianowski (European Endowment for Democracy, Brussels), Olgierd Syczewski (Emerging Futures Institute, Warsaw) and Oleksandra Tsekhanovska (Ukraine Crisis Media Center, Kiev).
Participants of the roundtable discussion: Dmytro Dubov (National Institute for Strategic Studies, Kiev), Yevhen Fedchenko (StopFake.org Initiative, Kiev), Dmytro Shulha (International Renaissance Foundation, Kiev), Agnieszka Legucka (Polish Institute for International Affairs, Warsaw), Hennadiy Maksak (Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”, Kiev), Maia Mazurkiewicz (Co-founder & Head of Intelligence Alliance4Europe, Munich), Raimonda Miglinaite (East StratCom Task Force EEAS, Vilnius), David Stulik (European Values Center for Security Policy, Prague), Jonáš Syrovátka (Prague Security Studies Institute, Prague), Agnieszka Ostrowska (Center for International Relations, Warsaw), Volodymyr Yermolenko (Internews-Ukraine, Kiev)
Chaired by: Edwin Bendyk (Batory Foundation, Warsaw), Oleskandr Sushko (International Renaissance Foundation, Kiev)
We discussed the examples of events and topics that have become a breeding ground for
information attacks indicating foreign intervention. How do these activities affect or can affect the relations between the countries of our region and the European Union's relations with its neighbours? Are we doomed to reactivity or can we be proactive? We looked at the good practices in monitoring, catching and early response and institutional and legal solutions to support the fight against disinformation.
