#52 Is it worth it? The price of freedom and democracy

52nd Römerberg Talks

Energy costs are rising, inflation is increasing, companies are going bankrupt and jobs are being lost. The economic consequences of the Russian war against Ukraine are also becoming increasingly noticeable in this country. How much loss of prosperity can our society bear before its inner peace is affected – and what will be left of the solidarity with Kiev? This should not only be of strategic interest to Vladimir Putin. European governments will also have to ask themselves this question if their sanctions come with a domestic political price tag.

What should international law and transnational justice be worth to us? What sacrifices do we want to make for the protection of refugees and displaced people? What price do we have to pay for the defense of democracy and freedom? And how do we justify these costs to those who see their livelihoods threatened?

Moderation: Hadija Haruna-Oelker and Alf Mentzer

Program

10:00
Ayse Asar
Welcome by the State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art.

10:15
Armin Nassehi
On the benefits and disadvantages of the question of benefits and disadvantages – expectation management in unpredictable times
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11:00
Marina Weisband
The value of freedom

11:45
Serhij Zhadan
Language after the war

12:30
Martin Schulze Wessel
Putin’s history. Historical obsession and current strategies

13:15
LUNCH BREAK

14:15
Ulrike Herrmann
Who should pay for it? The economics of war

15:00
Ramona Rischke – Matthias Quent
A hot fall? Welcome culture and defensive reflexes

16:00
Teresa Koloma Beck
Cohesion through crisis? Perspectives on Europe

17:00
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