The war in Ukraine poses a range of different challenges for the countries of South Eastern Europe. Panels of experts on the region will look at two broad issues: EU enlargement and regional security, and possible ways forward.

Panel 1: The relationship between the EU and the countries of the region
Panellists: Jens Bastian (German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)); Michael Emerson (Centre for European Policy Studies); Kristijan Fidanovski (Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford); Eli Gateva (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford); Kalypso Nicolaidis (European University Institute); Jonathan Scheele (SEESOX)
Chair: David Madden (SEESOX)

Panel 2: Security challenges within the region
Panellists: Dimitar Bechev (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies); Milos Damjanovic; (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network); Adis Merdzanovic (Zurich University of Applied Sciences); Kerem Öktem (Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice)
Chair: Kalypso Nicolaidis (European University Institute)