Mykola Nazarov, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, Political Science and Socio-Cultural Technologies of the Faculty FPSC, SumDU, Head of the Research Center for Regional Security, took part in the conference on international security "The New Era of Insecurity", held in Helsinki (Finland) on October 26-28.
The event is one of the world's largest annual conferences on Russia and Eastern Europe studies. The University of Helsinki is the organizer of the event. The topics of the conference change from year to year and researchers who are the best specialists in the declared issues are invited as the main speakers. During 30 panel sessions, they represented more than 100 reports at the conference, and about 200 scientists from the EU, USA, Japan, and Ukraine participated.
Mykola Nazarov represented a report on "Asymmetric military strategies and methods in the Russian-Ukrainian war". The scientist highlighted Ukraine's fundamental asymmetric approaches to struggling with aggression in his report. He also represented the results of sociological research conducted by representatives of the Research Center for Regional Security and the Center of Social Studies of SumDU.
- The full-scale invasion by RF into Ukraine sets the task for the country to critically assess its strengths to provide an effective asymmetric response to the aggressor. I am glad to note that the Research Center for Regional Security activities were noticeable and exciting for colleagues from the University of Helsinki. I am sincerely grateful for the opportunity to share the results of our research with representatives of well-known EU research centers, - said Mykola Nazarov.
During the scientific discussions, the Ukrainian delegation emphasized the importance of further support of our country and Sumy State University, mainly through supporting Ukrainian researchers and institutions that continue active academic and scientific activities in Ukraine. Participation of the researcher of the Faculty FPSC, SumDU, in the international conference is a significant contribution to the promotion of the intellectual image of Ukraine.
