Ukraine and Beyond
Ukraine and Beyond is a series of conversations with me and various guests with the aim of improving our understanding of the war in Ukraine and with the ambition of improving our ability to understand and fight the global struggle for freedom. My name is Emil Juhler-Nøttrup, I am 27 years old and I am from Copenhagen, Denmark. I have always been politically active, and I am currently doing a Master’s degree in Political Science. My personal motivation for doing and publishing the conversations stems from a sense of responsibility and indignation that I have felt ever since Russia’s large scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The responsibility and indignation arose because what took place crystallised for me what happens when free democratic countries meet autocratic threats with apathy, conveniency and appeasement. The free democratic world failed Ukraine by giving them NOTHING substantial to defend themselves with prior to the large-scale invasion because we thought the President and the people would surrender without a fight. Why were we so blatantly wrong? I think it comes down to two factors. One is our own inability to defend and understand freedom, and the other is our lack of understanding of the countries that have suffered under Soviet and Russian influence in the past, and I think the two things are intrinsically linked. The ambition is therefore also that by understanding Ukraine better, we can improve our overall ability to defend and understand freedom. And after all, if we ourselves DO NOT defend freedom, which we DIDN´T do before the large-scale invasion, both on a practical level and in the global struggle for narratives, then why should other people follow our example? Right now Ukraine is the example we all have to follow and understand. It´s as simple as that. The conversations take place in Danish and English, as I also speak with Danes. I do my best to talk to as many Ukrainians as possible, because their stories are the most important and greatly inspire me, but many of the conversations are also with Danish or foreign politicians or experts whose voices are important in the debate. If you got this far, i suppose you will read this as well, but let me be honest. I once had a more USA, NATO and EU critic view, but what corrected my path, was seeing the documentary ”Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”. This documentary shows what Ukrainians went through during the ”Revolution of Dignity” in the winter of 2013-14, and it is just staggering how close you see the events. Nothing is left for doubt. This was a democratic revolution in which many Ukrainians willingly sacrificed their lifes to the struggle for freedom and dignity. We have to keep honoring, understanding and think of the meaning such actions! Enjoy and get smarter. Slava Ukraini! Follow the work here: https://www.instagram.com/ukrainefluencing/ https://www.facebook.com/EmilJuhlerN https://www.linkedin.com/in/emil-juhler-n%C3%B8ttrup-564684132/
Episodes
From 1361 and more than two centuries onwards Ukraine was under Polish-Lithuanian influence. Back then the power of The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth spanned all the way from the Baltic Sea above Lithuania to the Black Sea beneath Ukraine. In the episode we talk about the period and about how this influence on Ukraine is expressed, both historically and in our current time.
If you have any questi...
Den 26. marts slog Ukraine Island 2-1 i den afgørende kvalifikationskamp om at komme til EM til sommer. Det er en kæmpe ting for Ukraine og ukrainerne, at deres landshold nu har muligheden for at repræsentere nationen ved sommerens EM. I den anledning tog jeg en snak med min gode og enormt fodboldkyndige ven, Lasse Krarup Jørgensen, om Ukraines hold og Ukraines chancer. Det blev til en meget spændende snak, der først og fremmest ha...
Søndag den 31. marts var tyrkerne til stemmeurnerne, da der skulle afholdes lokalvalg. I den anledning har jeg talt med min gode ven, Furkan Kadir Yavuz, som ved en helt del om tyrkisk politik. Det korte resumé er, at Erdogan er gået tilbage, og at oppositionen er gået frem, hvilket er rigtig godt nyt - også for Ukraine. I afsnittet kan du høre Furkans gennemgang af valgresultatet og vores analyse af, hvilke perspektiver det skaber...
In the third episode of Ukraine - History in the making Emil presents the story of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus and the subsequent Mongolian rule over Ukrainian lands. Emil is joined by Yevheniia who talks about the general perception and perhaps lack of knowledge among Ukrainians concerning this period. If there is one thing that stands out it is definitely the degree of cruelty and destruction that the Mongol Empire brought ...
In the second episode of Ukraine - History in the making Elizabeth Pulvas presents the story of Kyivan Rus, the ancestral state of modern Ukraine. Join us as we unveil the ever interesting story of Kyivan Rus. This period really stands out in the ongoing information war about Ukrainian history. Through manipulation, proganda and lies Russia tries to claim the great heritage of Kyivan Rus. In the episode Elizabeth tells the true sto...
On march 4 I spoke with Yevheniia Fedotova for the first episode of a Ukraine history series called "Ukraine: History in the making", that I'm doing with her, Olena Dudko and Elizabeth Pulvas where we, over the next four months present the history of Ukraine.
Our aim is to reach as many people as possible, because we think that by spreading knowledge about the history of Ukraine, we help people to understand why Ukraine and Ukraini...
I dag, 16 februar, gik Aleksej Navalnyj bort - myrdet af de russiske rædselsregime. Det skete samtidig med, at vi begyndte vores tur tilbage mod Danmark. I denne epsiode taler vi om vores tur til Ukraine, og Jens gennemgår Navalnyjs politiske virke. Afslutningsvis reflekterer vi over, hvor det stiller Rusland fremadrettet.
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Slava Ukraini, i går, i dag, i morgen, for altid! 🇺🇦
I disse dage rejser jeg med Jens Alstrup og foreningen Frihed for Ukraine mod øst i Ukraine. Her får i første episode fra vores tur mod øst, hvor vi taler om selve foreningen, Frihed for Ukraine.
Meld jer ind og doner her. Alt går til beskyttelsesudstyr ukrainske soldater: https://frihedforukraine.dk/
In this episode I announce that I'm going to take a break from doing weekly episodes and explain the reason. Besides that I use the occasion to share some reflections I´ve done concerning our attitude towards to Ukraine. The reflections are:
1. Where is our sense of urgency?
2. We need to get over the perpetual convenient excuses for not helping Ukraine.
3. Deterioration works!
4. Elections are coming up everywhere.
5. Voluntee...
Tirsdag den 9. marts talte jeg med Jens Alstrup, bestyrelsesformand i foreningen Frihed for Ukraine, som han også er medstifter af. Jens er med afstand den, af alle jeg har talt med, der har brugt mest tid på, og bruger mest tid på, at hjælpe Ukraine. Det vigtigste er nok hans mere end 10 ture til Ukraine, enten for at rapportere eller for at aflevere udstyr til soldater. Udover det frivillige arbejde for Ukraine, har Jens også, so...
Lørdag den 16. december talte jeg igen med Nicolai Toxværd, der tidligere har været EU-, forsvars- og udenrigsordfører i Konservativ Ungdom. I dag er han Sergentelev på Løjtnantsuddannelsen ved HSGS. Vi taler mest om det historiske topmøde i Det Europæiske Råd tidligere i december. Derudover taler vi om udviklingen i krigen mellem Israel og Hamas fra oktober og frem til i dag. Afslutningsvis berører vi den konflikt, der spirrer mel...
Fredag den 8. december talte jeg med Christian Egander Skov. Christian er forfatter til bogen "Borgerlig Krise" fra 2022, redaktør ved Årsskriftet Critique og samtidig konsulent og programleder for Medborgerskab og samfundspolitik i Tænketanken Prospekt for blot at nævne nogle få af hans titler. Jeg har glædet mig ekstraordinært meget til at udgive netop denne samtale, fordi Christian, som jeg ser det, er en af de skarpeste stemmer...
On December 7 I spoke with Serhii Kostrikov from Ukraine who lives in Copenhagen. I met Serhii through his wife Anastasia, whom I spoke with back in September. Serhii and Anastasia are both active in the Copenhaged based organisation "Ukrainian Dialogues". I encourage everyone to follow their work in Facebook, Instagram and X. At a resent event in memory of the atrocitiy that was Holodomor (a genocide comitted against Ukraine by th...
On Sunday the 26th of November I spoke with Olena Dudko. We talk about why history in general is important and about why Ukrainian history is, particularly, important as Ukraine is fighting an existential war for the survival of Ukraine as an independent free and sovereign nation. The conversation works as a kind of prologue to a longer “Ukrainian history series” I have been wanting to do for a long time, because history and especi...
Mandag den 13. november talte jeg for anden gang med Niels Jespersen, chefredaktør for Netavisen Pio. Vi taler om krigen i Ukraine og om Ukraines politiske krig med fokus på udsigten til fortsat og øget militær støtte. Det taler vi om i lyset af krigen mellem Hamas og Israel, der siden 7. oktober har betydet, at mindre fokus har været til overs for Ukraine. Derudover taler vi om alt mellem himmel og jord, herunder KU's groteske ret...
This week is a special episode about our change of name from "Conversations about Eastern Europe" to "Ukraine and Beyond". We´re changing the name because "Ukraine and Beyond" is more fitting than the current to describe the conversation series. In the episode i outline the reasons for the change, talk about the connection between the Israel-Palestine war and the war Ukraine and make a sort of status as to where we are now with the...
On Wednesday 18 October, I spoke with Anna, who is the Head of the Law Department at the Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine.
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On Wednesday 11 October I spoke with Oleksandr Kraiev. Oleksandr is the director of the North American Programme at the Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism" and a future PhD fellow at Visegrad Insight. We talk about the latest news in Ukraine, the tragedies that have struck Ukrainian civilians, about our assessments concerning development in US support for Ukraine and about the relationship between Hamas and Russia.
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Tirsdag den 10. oktober, tre dage efter terrorangrebet på Israel, talte jeg med Katrine Evelyn Jensen, forbundsformand i Danmark Socialdemokratiske Ungdom. Vi taler om, hvorfor vi bakker Israel op, om hvordan vores verdenssyn med tiden har ændret sig, og så taler vi om, hvor tragisk det er, at der i Danmark er steder, hvor det at være jøde eller udtrykke sympati med Israel og jøder medfører en sikkerhedsrisiko.
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Tirsdag den 10. oktober talte jeg med Nicolai Toxværd, der tidligere har været EU-, forsvars- og udenrigsordfører i Konservativ Ungdom. I dag er han Sergentelev på Løjtnantsuddannelsen ved HSGS. Vi taler om den aktuelle situation i Israel og Palæstina, om situationen i Mellemøsten bredere set og om, hvad der skal til fra de "vestlige" befolkningers side, hvis den nedadgående kurve for frihed og demokrati på globalt plan skal vendes...
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