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Many people are showing their solidarity with Ukraine. Where does that come from? Researchers Geske Dijkstra, Thea Hilhorst and Lucas Meijs discuss this.
Friday 4 Mar 2022
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Our experts
Thea Hilhorst
Thea Hilhorst - professor in Humanitarian Studies
The value of expressing solidarity on social media is underestimated.
Fabian Amtenbrink
Fabian Amtenbrink - Professor of European Union Law
It is very unrealistic that Ukraine will join the European Union in the short term.
Jan Rotmans
Jan Rotmans - Professor of Transition Studies
In recent times, the Netherlands have been pushing for more cooperation with Russia because we saw that the natural gas field in Groningen was going to close. So we have gone in exactly the opposite direction.
