The Eastern European Transatlantic Network
Presented by the Eastern Transatlantic Network based within the EURUS department at Carleton University, this podcast will explore the core challenges that Canada and the European/Eurasian region are facing as a result of Russia’s War in Ukraine. It will provide an important Canadian perspective on the complicated political, economic, and societal shifts in Eastern Europe and Europe more generally since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Join us as our community of scholars delves into current developments, understands past legacies, and considers future scenarios as we face a Russia that has now turned from the West.
Episodes

Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Declan is joined by Dr. Magdalena Dembinska, a political scientist at the University of Montreal, to explore the enigma that is de facto states. This conversation centres on the questions posed by Transitria, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia in Moldova and Georgia as the two countries draw closer to the EU. This conversation follows Dr. Dembinska's presentation at the Center for European Studies in November 2024.
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Friday Jan 10, 2025
Friday Jan 10, 2025
On this episode, Declan sits down with Dr. Tom Casier, the Chair of Global Politics of Europe at the University of Groningen, to discuss the perceived openness to new EU accession talks. In an illuminating conversation, Dr. Casier explains how the full-scale invasion of Ukraine has prompted a new round of accession talks and what that might mean for the EU as a security power. The two explore how a process of reordering has changed our view of Europe and how it questions the foundational ideas of the EU.
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Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
This episode of the EETN takes a deep dive into the recent Georgian Parliamentary elections and the fall out of the latest victory for Georgian Dream. Declan sits down with Dr. Anna Rekhviashvili, a PhD from York University who focuses on Anti-Gender and Andt-Feminist studies in Georgia and the Caucuses, to shed light on the rising right-wing populism and anti-gender movement in the country. They talk about the long history of gender politics and the role that the West has to play in the upcoming months and years.
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Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
On the first episode of the Eastern Transatlantic Network Podcast get to know the faces behind the newest research department at the Institute of European Russian and Eurasian Studies. Declan sits down with Dr. Crina Viju-Miljusevic, Dr. Paul Goode, and Dr. Jeff Sahadeo as they outline what you can expect from the EETN. Over this brief introduction, they discuss the EETN's research goals, mentorship program, and upcoming events as this research arm gets off the ground.
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