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New Geopolitical Reality

by Juro Avgustinović

16th Pučnik Symposium

Current geopolitical changes were the focus of the 16th Jože Pučnik Symposium, which took place in Slovenska Bistrica. Experts, politicians, including the leader of the SDS party Janez Janša, and representatives of Slovenian civil society gathered to discuss the changed global situation and its implications. The symposium, organized by the KAS Office Croatia and Slovenia and the Dr. Jože Pučnik Institute, addressed, in addition to global power shifts, economic stability, and international cooperation, new challenges such as the role of the Trump II administration in shaping a "new" global system, the EU’s response to global changes, and the strategy for establishing lasting peace in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Furthermore, issues such as freedom of speech, the rise of right-wing populism, and increasing media regulation in Europe were discussed. The symposium concluded with the awarding of the Pučnik Prize for the development of democracy in Slovenia.

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Dr. Metod Berlec, Editor and TV Host

Iva Pučnik Ozimič, Chair of the IJP Council

Dr. Norbert Eschborn, Direktor oft the KAS Office for Slovenia and Croatia

Dr. Marek Mutor, President of the European Platform of Memory and Conscience

Dr. Andrej Umek, President of the Council of the Dr. Anton Korošec Institute

Janez Janša, President of SDS, former Minister and Prime Minister of Slovenia and Tone Kajzer, former Ambassador of Slovenia to the United States

Dr. Milan Zver, Political Scientist, Member of the European Parliament; Dr. Matevž Tomšić, Sociologist, University Professor, Publicist and Jože Biščak, TV Host, Chair of the Council for the Protection of Speech (Assembly for the Republic)