The first panel of the conference, “Ukraine and the Allies: Keeping the Firm Rock Unity and Solidarity”, was moderated by Oana Pompescu-Zamfir, Founder and Director of the GlobalFocus Centre. The panelists were Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Guide Goldman Distinguished Scholar for Geostrategy, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Hannes Swoboda, President of the WIIW – Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, the President of the International Institute for Peace and Marko Markovec, Director and Deputy Managing Director of the European External Action Service.