{"id":5248,"date":"2025-03-13T14:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/russlands-sieg-und-die-existenzielle-krise-des-westens"},"modified":"2026-07-21T06:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:50:30","slug":"russias-victory-and-the-wests-existential-crisis","status":"publish","type":"kreisky_event","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/russlands-sieg-und-die-existenzielle-krise-des-westens","title":{"rendered":"Russia's Victory and the West's Existential Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Carlo Masala, Gustav Gressel: RUSSIA\u2019S VICTORY AND THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS OF THE WEST\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dh46KzSyoNQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Carlo Masala &amp; Gustav Gressel: RUSSIA\u2019S VICTORY AND THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS OF THE WEST\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0LxAzCdyvCXTVxjhWR6wa9?si=ce04fb7294d64340&amp;utm_source=oembed\" src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h4>Cathrin Kahlweit in conversation with Carlo Masala and Gustav Gressel<\/h4>\n<h4>RUSSIA'S VICTORY AND THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS OF THE WEST<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>Political scientist, security expert and bestselling author Carlo Masala has written a new book called \u201eWhen Russia Wins\u201c - which was actually intended to be a dystopian scenario. But since the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, events have come thick and fast; threats that have been sat out, ignored or glossed over in the West are turning into realities at lightning speed. Is Ukraine on the brink of forced capitulation? And will Putin's army soon be on the Baltic or Moldovan border? How close is Washington's pact with Moscow? How likely is it that Nato will still defend its members with the help of the USA? And how likely is it that the transatlantic defence alliance will survive at all?<br \/>\nIn an interview with Cathrin Kahlweit, Carlo Masala from the Bundeswehr University in Munich and the renowned Austrian expert on Eastern Europe and military strategies, Gustav Gressel, from the National Defence Academy in Vienna, discuss how capable of defence and war the West is and wants to be. And what needs to happen to prevent nightmares from becoming reality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carlo Masala<\/strong>, political scientist, university lecturer in international politics, expert on Eastern Europe and military strategies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gustav Gressel<\/strong>, political scientist, expert on Eastern Europe, security policy and military strategies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cathrin Kahlweit<\/strong>, long-time SZ correspondent, is a publicist and presenter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cathrin Kahlweit im Gespr\u00e4ch mit Carlo Masala und Gustav Gressel RUSSLANDS SIEG UND DIE EXISTENTIELLE KRISE DES WESTENS Der Politikwissenschaftler, Sicherheitsexperte und Bestseller-Autor Carlo Masala hat ein neues Buch geschrieben, das \u201eWenn Russland gewinnt\u201c hei\u00dft \u2013 und eigentlich ein dystopisches Szenario sein sollte. Aber seit dem Amtsantritt von US-Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump \u00fcberschlagen sich die Ereignisse; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5249,"template":"","format":[29],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"schwerpunkt":[43],"class_list":["post-5248","kreisky_event","type-kreisky_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","schwerpunkt-internationale-politik-europa-und-sicherheit","format-podiumsdiskussion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RUSSLANDS SIEG UND DIE EXISTENZIELLE KRISE DES WESTENS - Kreisky Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/event\/russias-victory-and-the-wests-existential-crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RUSSLANDS SIEG UND DIE EXISTENZIELLE KRISE DES WESTENS - Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cathrin Kahlweit im Gespr\u00e4ch mit Carlo Masala und Gustav Gressel RUSSLANDS SIEG UND DIE EXISTENTIELLE KRISE DES WESTENS Der Politikwissenschaftler, Sicherheitsexperte und Bestseller-Autor Carlo Masala hat ein neues Buch geschrieben, das \u201eWenn Russland gewinnt\u201c hei\u00dft \u2013 und eigentlich ein dystopisches Szenario sein sollte. 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