International (in)security: building solidarity in a rupturing world?
Channel: Спільне
Date: 2023-11-16

Russia's invasion of Ukraine exposed a deepening crisis of international security. Variously described as the decline of the American hegemony, the dawning of a multi-polar, or the intensification of inter-imperialist rivalry, this tendency leads to threats of or outbreaks of fighting from Mali to Taiwan, from Armenia to Palestine. It is felt most acutely in peripheral areas, where populations have been historically subject to imperial ambitions of imperialist countries. International organizations or coalitions struggle to prevent conflicts or achieve their peaceful resolution. Progressive movements, on their part, often lack a vision of a just international order and avoid the question of security. In addition, the situation is complicated by the fact that oppressed peoples rely on the help of various competing imperialist states, which provokes camp/block thinking and makes international solidarity difficult. 

Speakers:
⊛ Dana El Kurd, Palestine.
⊛  Chelsea Ngoc Minh Nguyen, Vietnam-Indonesia.
⊛  Brian Hioe, Taiwan.
⊛  Christina Soloyan, Armenia.
⊛  Volodymyr Artiukh, Ukraine.
Moderated by historian and activist Hanna Perekhoda. Organiser — Taras Bilous.

01:18 Introduction to the panel by Hanna Perekhoda
04:54 Intensification of regional conflicts, the role of “great powers” and international efforts at preventing or resolving conflicts
32:30 Potential of reforming existing international governmental organizations like the UN, the African Union, and others
50:52 Progressive strategies for facing the ongoing crisis of security and international solidarity in opposition to the logic of geopolitical blocks
1:09:02 Discussion