VI PANEL DISCUSSION “THE MODERN RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR AS A CONFLICT OF VALUES AND IDEOLOGIES”
May 2, 2024 at the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, the VI panel discussion “The modern Russian-Ukrainian war as a conflict of values and ideologies” took place.
The organizers of the event were the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Before the start of the panel discussion, the heads of the organizing institutions addressed the participants of the scientific event with a welcome speech.
Director of the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Academician Oleg Rafalskiy expressed his gratitude to the scientific institutions that participated in the event and announced further projects together with the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine.
Director of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences, Academician Valeriy Smoliy reminded that the idea of this event is primarily to be a platform for discussions and exchange of opinions between representatives of various fields of knowledge.
The rector of the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine Andriy Chernyak, as a representative of the educational community on the one hand, and the state security system on the other, noted in particular: “The issue of values is no less important than the issue of weapons or military training. We at the SSU Academy try to educate not only military or security forces, but first of all citizens and patriots.”
Valeriy Smoliy, Oleg Rafalskiy and Andriy Chernyak
The discussion took place on two panels, each of which had its own moderator and a separate topic. The first panel “The Russian-Ukrainian war in the context of value orientations of the modern world” was moderated by a Candidate of Political Sciences, a leading researcher of the Department of Political Institutions and Processes of the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the NAS of Ukraine Rostyslav Balaban.
Doctor of Philosophy, head of the Department of Philosophy of Culture, Ethics and Aesthetics of the Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Serhiy Proleev with his report on the topic “Are there any value orientations left in the modern world?” War as a devaluation of values”.
Serhiy Proleev and Anna Goncharenko
Anna Goncharenko, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the State Security Institute of the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine offered to look at the issue through the prism of identity. In her report “Ukrainian identity in the context of universal values as basic elements of national security strategies and concepts”, the scientist raised the question of how Ukrainian legislation defines the concept of identity and what conflicts arise in this regard.
Oleksandr Lysenko
The moderator of the second panel on the topic “Value priorities of the warring parties” was Candidate of Historical Sciences, senior researcher of the Department of Special Branches of Historical Science and Electronic Information Resources of the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Volodymyr Golovko. Oleksandr Lysenko, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Military Historical Research Department of the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, devoted his report to the differences between Ukraine and Russia, even at the level of observing the traditions of warfare. Using specific examples of the legislation that regulates and establishes the rules of warfare, the scientist demonstrated not just the occupiers’ disregard for humanitarian legislation, but also their deliberate and deliberate violation of it. According to the participants of the discussion, Oleksandr Lysenko collected material that will be used to compile an anthology of documents on the rules of warfare.
Yuriy Nikolaiets
The logical continuation of the theme of the polarity of the values of the Russian Federation and Ukraine was the report of the Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Political Culture and Ideology of the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Yuriy Nikolaiets “Political values: conflict in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war”.
During the discussion. Viktor Kotigorenko
The panel discussion was completed by the third block, in which, in addition to the discussants, those present in the hall and participants in the online format joined the discussion.