Can Ukraine soon join the European Union? What can we do to help the people of Ukraine? And how dependent are we on Russian gas? Our scientists are regularly in the media about the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The world woke up to hear the news of the Russian invasion into Ukraine in the early morning of 24 February 2022 after weeks of hoping for a peaceful solution.
The possibility that the United States might ban Russian oil imports has triggered a surge in prices.
Wednesday 9 Mar 2022
In the media
Our experts
Thea Hilhorst
Thea Hilhorst - professor in Humanitarian Studies
The value of expressing solidarity on social media is underestimated.
Fabian Amtenbrink
Fabian Amtenbrink - Professor of European Union Law
It is very unrealistic that Ukraine will join the European Union in the short term.
Jan Rotmans
Jan Rotmans - Professor of Transition Studies
In recent times, the Netherlands have been pushing for more cooperation with Russia because we saw that the natural gas field in Groningen was going to close. So we have gone in exactly the opposite direction.
