LIVE PODCAST - The Ukraine crisis: How NATO supports its allies

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About this event

This special episode of Media Minded - the podcast which explores the bizarre world of misinformation and conspiracies - takes a deep dive into NATO’s role in the Ukraine crisis. Our in-person panel discussion facilitates a conversation between sector experts, academics, and individuals working in NATO, discussing how the recent war of aggression in Ukraine negatively impacts the UK and how NATO’s swift support and unhesitating willingness to act has helped to strengthen Ukraine against the invasion, re-affirming NATO’s ironclad commitment to collective security.

With the Russian Federation sponsoring disinformation on an unprecedented level, the panel will explore ways in which NATO can act to inoculate itself and its members from mis and disinformation, dispelling the persistent false narratives, historical revisionism, and conspiracy theories spread to justify the invasion of Ukraine.

Speakers

• Paul King - Editor and Engagement Officer at NATO, responsible for the Engagement Section's online engagement, as well as country officer for the UK, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Slovenia, Croatia and Ireland.

• Claire Halperin - Deputy Head of Mission at the UK Delegation to NATO

• Dr Precious N Chatterje-Doody - Author of Russia Today and Conspiracy Theories: People, Power and Politics on RT and Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the Open University, with a specific research interest in Russian foreign and security policy, and state propaganda.

• Nicholas Yap - Deputy Director & Chief of Staff at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab). The DFRLab has operationalised the study of disinformation by exposing falsehoods and fake news, documenting human rights abuses, and building digital resilience worldwide.

Moderator

• Matteo Bergamini - CEO and Founder of Shout Out UK

Agenda

5.30pm-6pm: Guests arrive

6pm-7pm: Panel discussion

7pm-8pm: Refreshments & networking opportunity

This event is hybrid. Please register for an online ticket if you wish to join online. The livestream will begin at 6pm and last for 1 hour.

About the organiser

Shout Out UK (SOUK) is a multi-award-winning education platform and a creative social enterprise. We fuse education and tech with film production and animation to create world-class programmes on Media & Political Literacy and high-impact Democratic Engagement campaigns. We are on a mission to protect and amplify democracy by ensuring that political literacy education is as wide as possible and available to all citizens in and out of school, regardless of their socioeconomic background, ethnicity, or gender.

About NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is a defensive alliance of 31 countries from Europe and North America, whose essential and enduring purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members by political and military means. NATO condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia's brutal and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine - which is an independent, peaceful and democratic country, and a close NATO partner.

This episode of Media Minded is funded by NATO's Public Diplomacy Division's Co-Sponsorship Grants.

Note from the venue - U.S. Embassy London

Our address is the 33 Nine Elms Lane, SW11 7US and is reachable by short walk from either Nine Elms or Vauxhall Underground Stations, and by bus lines 156, 344 & 436 stopping at United States Embassy.

When you arrive, please head for the Main Pavilion Entrance on Viaduct Gardens opposite the Penguin Books HQ.

You will be asked to present government-issued photographic identification (i.e. passport or driving license) on arrival and will need to pass through a light airport-style security check.

Please refrain from bringing any large bags or luggage as unfortunately we cannot store them.

Guests must RSVP with their names as they appear on their government issued IDs.

How to join

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Accessibility

This venue is wheelchair accessible.

Contact

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