From 10 to 18 July 2022, the College of Europe in Natolin, the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), and the Polish-American Freedom Foundation (PAFF) organised the 10th edition of the Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA). This year's theme was:
"Information war and the new geopolitical reality"
WEASA is a summer programme addressed to experts – such as analysts, political advisors, think thank and NGO employees, civil servants, and journalists – coming from Eastern Partnership, Western Balkans countries, and Poland.
The 10th edition of WEASA addressed two broad themes in connection with Russia's war against Ukraine: 1) the information war which was taking place before, during, and after the physical war; and 2) the new geopolitical reality manifested as a result of the war.
WEASA 2022 occurred in person at the College of Europe in Natolin, and discussed several topics, including:
- Russia's war against Ukraine and the new geopolitical reality;
- European integration and the war in Ukraine: What's next for Eastern Partnership?;
- European integration and the war in Ukraine: What next for Western Balkans?;
- Media literacy and resilience towards disinformation;
- Open Source Intelligence and Investigations;
- Personal digital security;
- How social media companies are responding to the war?;
- Citizen journalism / what is it, and how does it works?;
- Surveillance technologies as a threat to democracy?;
- The role of NATO in fighting disinformation.
The agenda of WEASA 2022 can be found here.
We invite you to consult our news items pertaining to the opening and closing (respectively) of WEASA 2022.
For more information on WEASA, please visit www.weasa.org or write to contact@weasa.org.