Curator
Journalist
Gudrun Harrer
Born 1959 in Schwanenstadt, Middle East expert, author.
Dr. Gudrun Harrer lectures on Modern History and Middle Eastern Politics at the University of Vienna and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. Until the end of 2025, she was the chief editor of the daily newspaper „Der Standard“. During Austria's EU presidency in 2006, she served as Special Envoy to Iraq and Chargé d'Affaires of the Austrian Embassy in Baghdad. In 2014, she received the „Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Book“ for her overall journalistic work.
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PAST EVENTS
Monday
7 PM
18 May 2026
International Politics, Europe and Security
A FRAGILE SYRIA IN THE SHADOW OF REGIONAL UPHEAVAL
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Rabie Nasser, Meliha Benli Altunışık, Abdullah al-Jabassini, Reem Turkmani
ONLINE
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Monday
7 PM
04 May 2026
Conflict prevention and peacebuilding
IRAQ AND THE IRAN WAR: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Dlawer Ala’Aldeen, Munqith Dagher, Myriam Benraad
Tuesday
7 PM
14 Apr 2026
International Politics, Europe and Security
SECURITY IN THE GULF: THE DANGER OF RIFTS AMONG MIDDLE POWERS AMID THE IRAN CRISIS
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Thomas Demmelhuber, Marius Bales, Kristin Diwan
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Tuesday
7 PM
24 Mar 2026
International Politics, Europe and Security
THE IRAN WAR: FROM REGIONAL CONFLICT TO GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Danny Citrinowicz, Walter Feichtinger
Monday
7 PM
27 October 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
ABRAHAM ACCORDS - FROM HOPE TO UNCERTAINTY
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Barak Ravid, Ebtesam El-Ketbi, Abdulaziz Sager
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Monday
7 PM
20 October 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR FILE: WHAT NEXT?
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Azadeh Zamirirad, Laura Rockwood, Stephan Klement
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Wednesday
7 PM
08 Oct 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD TO PEACE IN LIBYA
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Michel Cousins
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Wednesday
6:30 PM
03 Sep 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
* fully booked * MEDIATION IN TIMES OF WAR AND CONFLICT
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, Wolfgang Petritsch
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Tuesday
7 PM
13 May 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
EGYPT AND JORDAN IN THE LIGHT OF THE GAZA WAR
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Amir Adly, Nadia al Bagdadi, Amr Hamzawy, Oraib Al-Rantawi
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Monday
7 PM
17 Feb 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
HOW TO FIND COMMON GROUND FOR A DEMOCRATIC AND PROSPEROUS SYRIA
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Maria Alabdeh, Aziz Al-Azmeh, Abdullah Al-Jabassini, Christian Berger
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Monday
7 PM
03 Feb 2025
International Politics, Europe and Security
ISLAMISM IN PALESTINE: HAMAS AND ITS OPPONENTS
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Gudrun Krämer
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Monday
7 PM
11 Nov 2024
International Politics, Europe and Security
ALGERIA, A LINK BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH, EAST AND WEST?
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Slimane Zeghidour
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Tuesday
7 PM
24 Sep 2024
International Politics, Europe and Security
WHAT HAPPENED TO DEMOCRACY IN TUNISIA?
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Sarah Mersch
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Wednesday
7 PM
10 Apr 2024
International Politics, Europe and Security
THE HUTHIS AND THE "AXIS OF RESISTANCE": THE GAZA WAR IN THE RED SEA
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Stephan Reiner, Alexander Weissenburger
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Thursday
7 PM
04 Apr 2024
International Politics, Europe and Security
THE HAMAS: BETWEEN RESISTANCE AND TERROR
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Joseph Croitoru
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Thursday
7 PM
21 Mar 2024
International Politics, Europe and Security
THE NEW RULERS IN THE GULF AND THEIR QUEST FOR GLOBAL INFLUENCE
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Sebastian Sons
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Wednesday
7 PM
21 Feb 2024
International Politics, Europe and Security
ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH: THREAT OF CONFLAGRATION?
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Heiko Wimmen
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Tuesday
7 PM
06 Feb 2024
International Politics, Europe and Security
THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN IRAQ
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Raphael Sako
On the Record
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Monday
7 PM
29 Jan 2024
International Politics, Europe and Security
WHEAT, WEAPONS, RESISTANCE
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Eckart Woertz
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Thursday
7 PM
11 Jan 2024
International Politics, Europe and Security
10 YEARS OF AL-SISI IN EGYPT
Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Khaled Fahmy
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