2026.04.09
On April 8, 2026, Grandview Institution held a special seminar entitled “The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Impact on European Security and the World Order: Perspectives from China, Ukraine, and Europe.” The seminar was organized around four sessions: “The Political Evolution of the Russia-Ukraine War,” “Seeking Possible Consensus amid Divergent Narratives,” “The War’s Deeper Impact on Europe’s Security Situation and Future Security Architecture,” and “The War’s Broader Strategic Implications: Conflict Spillover, Great-Power Competition, and the Global Order.” Participants exchanged views on the strategic objectives of the principal parties at present; the impact of the war on NATO, EU defense policy, transatlantic relations, and the reshaping of the European security order; the war narratives advanced by China, Europe, and Ukraine, their differences in position, and the scope for future cooperation. They also analyzed great-power competition in the context of overlapping crises and its long-term implications for the international order.
The seminar was co-chaired by Mao Jing, Director of the Center for European Studies at Grandview Institution, and Sergio Grassi, Resident Representative for China at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Beijing Representative Office. Former political leaders, diplomats in China, scholars, and representatives of international organizations from China, Ukraine, and a number of European countries attended the seminar.
Some of the participants included:
Oleksandr Chalyi, former First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Volker Stanzel, former German Ambassador to China
Wojciech Jakóbiec, First Political Counsellor of the Embassy of Poland in China
Samuel Cling, Political Counsellor of the Embassy of France in China
Petro Kovganko, Political Counsellor of the Embassy of Ukraine in China
Hugo Jones, Political Officer of the Embassy of the United Kingdom in China
Fiona Antonnette Barnaby, Head of the Humanitarian Affairs and Policy Unit, ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia
Zhang Baijia, former Deputy Director of the Party History Research Office of the CPC Central Committee
Feng Zhongping, Director of the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Shi Yinhong, Professor at the School of International Relations, Renmin University of China
Xu Poling, Director of the Office of Russian Economy, Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Meng Hong, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for European Studies and the Academy of Area Studies, Renmin University of China
Ren Libo, President of Grandview Institution
Wu Hao, Director of the Center for Defense Studies at Grandview Institution